01/12/11 22:12:32, Adrian Sevcenco <Adrian.Sevcenco(a)cern.ch>:
> Hi! what is that compatibility status of nvidia drivers in fedora 16?
> Is it safe to install, update and use nvidia drivers of rpmfusion?
> Thanks!
On 2 December 2011 11:27, Boris Glawe <public(a)boris-glawe.de> wrote:
Hi Adrian,
there are two options:
- Use Fedora's driver (is it still called nouveau?)
- Use rpmfusion's package with the original nvidia driver.
The first option *never* worked for me. I'm using a very old graphic
adapter, though (Geforce FX5200). Fedora's driver make it to start the Gnome
environment, but most widgets of the Desktop are totally distorted and are
not readable. The performance is also a mess. This driver makes my computer
as slow as a computer from 1995 (possibly because there's no hardware
support for basic 2D operations!?)
With nvidia's driver everything works find. Unfortunately nvidia's driver is
no longer available, as the FX5200 requires a legacy driver (173.xx) which
is no longer provided by rpmfusion. However rpmfusion's wishlist already has
an entry related with that:
http://rpmfusion.org/Wishlist
If you have a current nvidia adapter the rpmfusion solution should work
properly.
nvidia is working for me after an upgrade F15 -> F16. I did have to do
the dracut step again to create a new initrd and also force reinstall
of the nvidia driver via yum to get the glx libs working correctly.
--
imalone