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[Lorenzo Ciani <lciani@xxxxxxxx>]

Dear Alexandre,

I have no idea of what you're talking about! :-)

libGL.so libglx.so xorg-server ... I never had to worry about that. I simply installed the nvidia driver and the kernel module all from the RPM Fusion repository using yum.

It just worked... Did you try it?

--- Gio 22/10/09, Alexandre Kaspar <alexandre.kaspar@xxxxxxx> ha scritto:

> Da: Alexandre Kaspar <alexandre.kaspar@xxxxxxx>
> Oggetto: Re: [Sony-vaio-z-series] R: Nvidia driver problem with kernel 2.6.30
> A: sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Data: Giovedì 22 ottobre 2009, 01:45
> Hi again,
> 
> I wondered how you've dealt with the link overwriting which
> happens with nvidia installation - I suppose it does with
> the kmod-nvidia then.
> 
> Since you just have to wait for updates, you may not be
> able to store the intel libGL correctly before the update
> (imagine you have a big update with the kernel, the kmod AND
> xorg-server and that stuff which updates the libGL and/or
> libglx.so).
> Then it'll disappear. And you won't get any libGL for the
> intel card which is problematic.
> What did you do so that you keep the intel libGL.so and
> libglx.so ?
> 
> Alexandre Kaspar
> 
> Lorenzo Ciani <lciani@xxxxxxxx>
> a écrit :
> 
> > I'm using Fedora 11 on a Sony Vaio Z VNG-Z790DLX,
> running kernel-2.6.30.8-64.fc11.i686.PAE. I installed
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia and kmod-nvidia-PAE from the RPMfusion
> repository
> > 
> > Nvidia is working just fine.
> > 
> > Ciao.
> > 
> > --- Gio 15/10/09, Alexandre Kaspar <alexandre.kaspar@xxxxxxx>
> ha scritto:
> > 
> >> Da: Alexandre Kaspar <alexandre.kaspar@xxxxxxx>
> >> Oggetto: [Sony-vaio-z-series] Nvidia driver
> problem with kernel 2.6.30
> >> A: sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Data: Giovedì 15 ottobre 2009, 17:07
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I just got a big problem with the nvidia graphics
> card with
> >> the new kernel 2.6.30 on Fedora.
> >> The intel one is working well. No problem.
> >> 
> >> The nvidia is... not working with the nvidia
> driver (last
> >> one 180...). But it works with 'vesa' or 'nv', or
> even
> >> 'nouveau' (but who cares ... we don't want them
> except
> >> nouveau...). I actually need the nvidia one for 3d
> fast
> >> computing (a reason why I bought this
> >> Actually, I searched a lot and find out how to
> solve the
> >> current problem.
> >> 
> >> I don't know if you have the same problem, but I
> share my
> >> solution to you so that it may help someone :
> >> 
> >> Add a vmalloc=196M parameter to the kernel so that
> there is
> >> enough memory for the nvidia driver.
> >> Actually, I got the solution from this thread :
> >> http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=42278
> >> 
> >> I don't know if 196M is the good value (I may try
> some
> >> other values... I think the less which is working
> is the
> >> best for it doesn't take too much memory).
> >> 
> >> Anyway, it solved the problem for me (and I'm now
> really
> >> happy :D).
> >> Hope that can help.
> >> 
> >> Alexandre Kaspar
> >> 
> >> --http://www.wox-xion.ch/
> >> 
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