On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 21:18 -0500, ethericalzen@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:52:43 -0400 > Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> took out a #2 pencil and > scribbled: > > > On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 15:01 -0500, ethericalzen@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > <snippage> > > > > > So I suggest you make sure that you log > > > out and back in to ensure the nvidia module is working before > > > your start editing things and making back ups. > > > > Thanx Alex! You did a great job of breaking it down more. Only > > prob is that I'm still running FC5. I thought the update of the > > livna modules was good for FC5 as well. Lonnie said in his post > > that it was just for FC6. <groans> Is it just a matter of having > > the FC6 kernel? Or is there a slew of changes making this entire > > matter moot? Thanx! Ric > > > > As Lonni helpfully points out and is very very correct, although > you can get compiz to work with aiglx on FC5, it's much much > simpler if you move over to FC6. Although I did manage to get FC5 > working with compiz and AIGLX, it wasn't at all stable for me and > certainly wasn't fun to work on. I highly recommend FC6 for this. > > During periods of high activity on my desktop, the mouse seems to > have a bit of trouble tracking. YMMV, but I thought I'd point that > out to you. It does look very good though. OK, I GIVE!! compiz works pretty well on FC5 but there are just enough annoying jimmies going on that I might as well bite the gosh darn bullet here. Who would be willing to burn me a good working set and how much?? I don't have that much bandwidth now that I've moved to the kon-trey. Papadizi blows up now and that just pushed me over the edge. No Papadizi = No life. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
