Chris: Thanks for the pointer to the nvidia drivers. They work like a charm. My vertical line problem is gone and the enhancements work too. All I had to do was download the kmod-nvidia package and it all worked. Thanks again, knute... > >> 2) I can't enable "Desktop Effects". Is some special hardware >> required? > >Probably not that special hardware, but probably special drivers. > >If you have an ATI or NVIDIA graphics card, you will need the properity >drivers. even then, not all work. See > >http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx > >for details. > >For inbuilt intel stuff I gather the inbuilt driver handles 3D out the box, >but I don't have one so cannot be sure. > >If you do need to install the binary nivida or ati drivers, both are available >from livna > >http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/UsingLivna > >I use nvidia, and if you do also let me strongly recommend the livna route >instead of the "default" or "official" nvidia binary installer. It will save >you problems in the long run... (search this list for details). > >I have never used ATI but I gather there are also drivers. > >for nvidia, you can install the driver with > > > yun install kmod-nvidia > >or ati with (I think) > > > yum install kmod-fglrx > >for either you will need at minimum > >Section "Extensions" > Option "Composite" "Enable" >EndSection > >in your xorg.conf file. Maybe something else, I'm not sure... > >If you have other problems, let us know :) > >Chris -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...
