On Monday September 10 2007 3:43:51 pm Chris Jones wrote: > Yes, that is essentially what the livna rpm does. I think it > does a little more than that, some service now runs at boot up > which dynamically enables the nvidia libraries + xorg.conf on > the fly, so if for instance for some reason the kernel mod > isn't available at boot time the fallback nv driver works as > expected. I've said this several times before, but it bears repeating. For the nVidia proprietary driver, in my view, the best solution by far is the one available from freshrpms - their nvidia driver package also plays nice with Fedora and quickly lets you revert to the nv driver in the event of problems, AND, if you also install the dkms package, also available at freshrpms, you never have to worry about the kernel-module again. When a new kernel gets installed by an update, dkms detects that during reboot, and dynamically builds a new kernel-module for that kernel as your machine is coming back up. I have multiple machines using this setup and I've never had it fail in nearly two years of using it. The first time you do this you have to also install the kernel-headers package for your kernel - subsequent updates will then update that package along with the kernel whenever a new one is released as they are always released at the same time. I never build new kernel-modules, nor wait for new ones to be released - what could be simpler? -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
