nVidia and Squeak and libGL

Ric Moore wayward4now
Fri Jan 5 09:36:45 PST 2007


On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 10:49 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 16:58 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> >> On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Ric Moore wrote:
> >>> so yeah, sh*t happens. But, with all of the EDU's involved it might pay
> >>> nVidia to keep a hand in the thing, if only for future sales and growth
> >>> for the high-end users of your -very- fine product line...  meaning
> >>> people with grant money to spend on the latest and greatest video and
> >>> audio gear. That's just my two-cents worth. Oh yeah, the version of my
> >>> nVidia module is:
> >>>
> >>> kmod-nvidia-1.0.9631-1.2.6.18_1.2868.fc6
> >>>
> >>> That should be the most recent?? Thanks for your assistance,
> >>> International Man O' Mystery.
> >>
> >> 1.0-9631 is only the most recent from the 1.0-96xx legacy driver branch.
> >> Unless your GPU is older than NV3x, you should be using 1.0-9746.
> >
> > It's a GeForce FX 5200.
> 
> That's NV34.
Thanks! I tried to update using yum but it can't find it using
kmod-nvidia-1.0.9746-1.2.6.18_1.2869.fc6
(new kernel) Which repo would have it?? It's getting really insane
between the repos, we need a net-cop just to direct traffic. Ric
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