On Monday 28 May 2007 22:18:11 Kam Leo wrote: > On 5/28/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Monday 28 May 2007 21:33:22 Les Mikesell wrote: > > > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > > Les Mikesell wrote: > > > >> *AND* because the fedora distribution does nothing to assist their > > > >> users in installing the driver that Nvidia makes freely available. > > > >> The party-line argument that third party drivers cause support > > > >> problems kind of falls on its face when the included driver doesn't > > > >> work at all... > > > > > > > > Nvidia supplies the driver, shouldn't they also supply the support > > > > for it? After all, Nvidia is getting profit for selling the > > > > hardware. They are also the people that know what is in the driver. > > > > Why should someone else be expected to provide support if Nvadia > > > > isn't willing to provide the source for their driver, or at least > > > > the information needed so someone else can create an open source > > > > driver? > > > > > > Per the original poster, it isn't Nvidia's driver that is broken, it is > > > the one included in the distribution. > > > > > > Supplying, or at least documenting the procedure to get the working > > > version isn't about 'supporting' Nvidia, it is about supporting fedora > > > users and providing something that works for them. It seems odd for > > > that to be such a controversial topic. > > > > The linux compatibility list says that the nv driver works for the card > > in question. Tested on Debian, IIRC. > > > > Anne > > The problem may not have anything to do with the driver for the > graphics adapter. A few of my systems have embedded graphics adapters. > Numerous distributions(including Fedora) have choked on the disabled > embedded adapter. When that happens I resort to text mode install and > run system-config-display or it's equivalent post install. Exactly what both Antonio and I told him to do, yesterday moening. Anne
