Karl Larsen wrote: > Gilboa Davara wrote: > There are two things I have to do to make Nvidia work on Fedora. > First not on FC6 but on F7 and F8 when you do a new load from the DVD > you get a strange not right X windows and you get no pointer. > > The pointer is easy, you just have to add to xorg.conf a Option that > causes Fedora to use the software pointer. Until you have gone to level > 5 without a pointer you don't know what a pain the lack of a pointer is :-( > > I found on the Nvidia web page a great bash file that lets me update > the Nvidia kernel module when needed. It is my understanding that > somewhere in the Fedora group there exists this bash file and they are > making kernel rpm packages. And a rpm package to load so the system can > use the kernel. > > This has been here for around a year. But because of the Fedora > "standards" they will not package the needed Nvidia software because > they send us binary files. Now Nvidia has no problem sending the proper > binary files to Microsoft who puts it into there packages and thank > Nvidia. This is flat out wrong Karl. Nvidia provides Microsoft with a binary only driver, that Microsoft pays them for (license fees) that will just barely work and does not do 'the good stuff' that you want. If a Windows user wants the 'the good stuff', most do, he must go to Nvidia's site, find his card, download, install, and configure the proper drivers. Sounds one heck of a lot like what you are complaining about having to do does it not? I have an Nvidia card. A GeForce 8600 GTS. And I have had absolutely no problems with the nv drivers as provided by the Linux kernels. Nor have I ever had any problems finding, compiling, and installing the Nvidia Linux drivers provided by Nvidia when I wanted to do that. I have had many Nvidia cards. I have used Nvidia for more years than I care to think about. And never, ever, at no time, have I had any problems with them Or with Linux. > How long will Nvidia be around? The last time I looked they have > bought back 2 million of their own shares at around $35/share and are > paying a profit to investors on slightly over 3 Billion dollars of > profit this year. We will see more and more new computers using Nvidia > products because they sell a hardware set to Motherboard makers that do > everything. As for Nvidia being around later? You're kidding here right? Long after you and I are both gone and forgotten they will still be making and selling video cards. > So yes I will write 2 bugs. One will be to fix the pointer problem > forever, and the other will cover the problem I do not know how to solve. As for your bugs? Could be bugs. But if they are you appear to be the only person that has them. I have not seem any 'me too' replies to your complaints. -- David
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