On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 14:10 -0500, John Thompson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jerry Feldman wrote: > > | The advantage to using livna is that they are included in RPM packages. > | If you get them directly from Nvidia, when you get an updated kernel you > | would have to reinstall the drivers. > | IMHO: It is usually better to use RPM packages rather than tarballs > | because of the database. But, there are always exceptions. > > The advantage of using the NVidia installer is that when you need to > install a new kernel you don't have to wait for livna to update their > RPMs. Just re-run the installer and it will build new modules to match > your new kernel.
Better yet, use akmod-nvidia from Livna, which will build you a custom RPM if the Livna one isn't ready when you update your kernel. -Chris -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
