On 10/27/06, Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 10:39 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 10/27/06, ethericalzen@xxxxxxxxx <ethericalzen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:57:58 -0400 > > Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> took out a #2 pencil and > > scribbled: > > > > > Guys and Gals, I'm getting to information overload here and my > > > brain hurts. Is there one definitive site with a step-by-step to > > > install FC5 compiz for my GeForce FX 5200? So far I have the > > > 1.0-8774 driver version, 128 MB of video memory and it sez Bus > > > Type AGP 8X > > > > Just out of curiosity. Are you trying to get AIGLX working along > > with compiz? That will not work without the 9626 nvidia driver. the > > 8xxx series doesn't have the GLX component to do the 3d stuff from > > AIGLX. If you're just installing compiz, well..yeah there's that > > then. > > See: > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=77030 Lonnie, been there.. first it starts off with assumptions that I have already done so and so and I'm not sure that I have. A step by step is really better, for idiots and dear ole Mum. <grins> My fear is that I'll do something half-baked and wind up with a locked machine or something equally dreadful.
compiz & beryl are beta software at best, so you're playing with fire by running them under the bet of circumstances. If you're concerned about a locked machine, then you shouldn't even be touching this stuff. If you're not clear on the instructions in that nvnews post, then you should ask on nvnews where the nvidia+compiz experts hang out.
I have dnloaded the 9626 nvidea driver from nVidia. But with all of the caveats in the past against doing so, should I instead try livna and yum? I don't want to grab packages willy-nilly and jam them in with a
I don't, but that's just me.
shoehorn and curses. I have to live with this machine and I'd hate to be deprived of my one addiction. (OK, make it second addiction) I want the result of this major upgrade to be forever yum upgradable and "approved" meaning I can get some form of relief should it blowup anyway. And! ...shown how to do eet stepper by stepper, just like a harddrive thinks. Thanks for all the work over there at nVidia Lonnie!!! But, James made some very basic assumptions that this user would be where he is, technologically speaking, and that ain't the case. Ric
What isn't the case? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
