On Oct 30, 2007 6:20 AM, Chris Jones <jonesc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Karl Larsen wrote: > > I had nvidia running fine on this computer using the kmod-nvidia > > files that come from fedora. Then I was told about better nvidia > > software from their web site. I got it and tried to install it on this > > computer. It did not install and it ruined the older nvidia. > > Not a good idea to do that. > > Note that the livna driver is *exactly* the same as the one you got from > the nvidia site, just repackaged as an rpm. There is nothing "better" > about it. That's not quite true. The Livna packages have had a number of bugs that the official NVIDIA driver packages never had. Most of it has been file omissions.