On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 20:02 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 04.01.2006, 13:40 -0500 schrieb Robert P. J. Day: > > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Florin Andrei wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 08:41 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > > > > You are using the Livna package? I am compiling directly from the > > > > nvidia install package. > > > > > > Mixing RPM and non-RPM software is usually a bad idea. > > > > not always. nvidia's been pretty good about providing downloadable > > and runnable files that install drivers on FC systems with a minimum > > of fuss. > > You mean the installer that overwrites files that again are overwritten > during the next Mesa/Xorg-Update? Or that don't work if you change the > graphic card to one from another verndor? > Please be a little more explicit in your complaints. Changing from one manufacturers (nvidia) chipset to another (ati) has always been a problem and hardly is any different whether you are using the drivers from the livna repo or directly from the manufacturer. You always have to tell X what the video card is (in some way). AFAIK the current nvidia driver does not overwrite anything unless you tell it to, and then only the xorg.conf file. (I have been using it since they first released it). The rpm is more likely to do what you indicate without warning. The only file in X that needs changed for that driver is xorg.conf and it needs modified whenever a different brand video card is chosen, regardless of whether you use the system config tools (systen-config-display) or do it manually. In fact, the only way I can get my monitor to work correctly is to manually edit that file to set the proper refresh rates. > Such things are quite fun sometimes. Does anybody remember Win 9x? ;-) > > SCNR > -- > Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
