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Depending on you linux distro you can also use Livna yum repository to handle this kind of thing automatically. Sometimes though it gives an odd bug where you have to reboot twice after kernel and modules have been upgraded... Cheers, Tim On 28 Jan 2007, at 21:14, Miguel Ortiz-Lombardia wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > The only thing you need to really care about if you are going to use > the > nvidia drivers from their website is that you have to "recompile" them > every time you update your kernel. This "recompiling" puts the modules > in the right place for the new kernel. In fact, this is a lot easier > done than said ;-) > > Cheers, > > > Miguel > > En/na James M. Vergis ha escrit: >> The nvidia drivers from the NVIDIA website work fine for me. Just be >> sure to modify your X configuration file as documented by using the >> correct driver and commenting out what they tell you. Sorry I can >> give >> you specifics... I am not at my linux box. Also if you want to remove >> the NVIDIA software, the install script has an uninstall flag so not >> nightmarish at all. >> >> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:25:59 -0600 >> Bryan Lepore <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> brief story before the question: >>> on my FC6 box (after direct RH9->FC6 upgrade), using "nv17" and >>> "vesa" >>> drivers, coot reports >>> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0" >>> >>> i figure its to do w/: >>> >>> dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so: undefined >>> symbol: >>> _glapi_Dispatch >>> (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so >>> >>> ... in Xorg.0.log. >>> already tried every combination of loading GLcore or glx in >>> xorg.conf, >>> and >>> yummed xorg-x11-server-Xorg and logout/in. >>> so i figure i have to (1) yum nvidia or (2) yum livna drivers or (3) >>> use the >>> commercial package from nvidia. >>> the internet suggests this choice is effectively irreversible, or a >>> nightmare. >>> >>> so do any of these options 'just work' for coot? >>> any comments appreciated. >>> >>> -bryan >> > > - -- > Miguel Ortiz Lombardía > Centro de Investigaciones Oncológicas > C/ Melchor Fernández Almagro, 3 > 28029 Madrid, Spain > Tel. +34 912 246 900 > Fax. +34 912 246 976 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Et ainsi ne pouvant faire que ce qui est juste fût fort, on a fait que > ce qui est fort fût juste. > Blaise Pascal, Pensées > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) > > iD8DBQFFvRIoF6oOrDvhbQIRAv3oAJ4m0XkvHHEAJpdN8dQ0k13E5aHgLACfSnqH > jhfU2P6wea3bKCbc58Fpwgw= > =qjoH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >