Ok, now i'm confused:<br><br>So I've got an nVidia FX 5700 in my system right now. Running kernel 2.6.16-1.2096_FC5smp. I'm sure i've got something loaded from nVidia (their binary drivers) but seeing a few messages posted to this list i'm now completely unsure if I have everything I need or not.
<br><br>rpm -qa | grep nvidia provides the following:<br><br>xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.8756-1.lvn5<br>kmod-nvidia-smp-1.0.8756-1.2.6.16_1.2096_FC5<br><br>I actually got the nvidia drivers off of <a href="http://livna.org">livna.org
</a>'s yum distribution via <i>yum install kmod-nvidia-smp. </i>The question is, I notice from atrpms, there are several packages, looking at nvidia-graphics8756-kmdl I notice it wants to install the following: <br><br>
nvidia-graphics8756-kmdl-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5 i686 1:1.0_8756-72.rhfc5.at atrpms 1.6 M<br>Installing for dependencies:<br> kernel i686 2.6.16-1.2096_FC5 updates 13 M<br> nvidia-graphics-devices noarch
<a href="http://1.0-4.rhfc5.at">1.0-4.rhfc5.at</a> atrpms 2.8 k<br><br>Which LOOKS like a non-SMP Kernel, and an additional nvidia-graphics-devices RPM (I notice at ATRPMS there's also a "helpers" rpm there as well).
<br><br>So, for good nVidia support, all the correct drivers and tools and such, what the heck should I be installing and how do I manage to get it all.<br><br>I'm just too used to the old slackware days where everything was
tar.gz and you just built what you needed. Yes, I know I can do that, but that makes for a maintenance nightmare having to keep up with new releases, packages are good, but i'd like to make sure i've got all the RIGHT stuff at this point.
<br><br>Advice?<br><br>--Douglas Wagner<br>