Video Solutions

Using 3rd Party Video Drivers — by Mike A Harris — last modified Apr 22, 2009 10:30 AM

There have been a number of bugs reported in Red Hat bugzilla against X which have recently been tracked down to 3rd party video drivers being the culprit behind the problem the user was experienced. In many of the cases however, it wasn't obvious that the 3rd party drivers were at fault because the user was actually using the Red Hat/Fedora supplied drivers, and not using the 3rd party driver that they had previously installed.

Installing the Drivers as Provided by nVidia — by bobjensen — last modified Sep 30, 2009 12:50 PM

We suggest using the nVidia rpms from the RPMFusion repository. Some people report problems once in a great while. If you are one of those people here's how to install the nVidia drivers if the RPM doesn't work (or if you don't want to use the RPM). NEVER use these instructions with out trying the RPMs first:

Configuring an nVidia Card and Kernel Modules — by scott_glaser — last modified Jan 23, 2010 10:37 PM

There are kernel modules provided by RPMFusion that are specifically designed for Fedora. If you're using yum, and you're using our suggested yum configuration, you should be able to install the drivers easily. If you need support for the nVidia drivers, check out the nV News "Linux and nVidia Graphics" forum.

Removing the nVidia Binary Installer and Replacing it with Kernel Modules — by scott_glaser — last modified Apr 22, 2009 10:24 AM

At times new users are poorly informed and assume the best way to get 3D and added feature support for their nVidia graphics cards is to install the driver as provided by nVidia. We believe this is not the case. We recommend using the kernel modules provided by RPMFusion.

Installing and running AIGLX on Fedora — by strikeforce — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

This how to will take you through the steps to install Aiglx using the Nvidia drivers version 1.0.9626.

xorg Radeon driver HOWTO — by Homer — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

A solution for those ATI GPU owners who cannot start an X server using the xorg Radeon driver.

Setting Up Beryl — by strikeforce — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

Beryl is an OpenGL accelerated desktop that seeks to provide a free, open source desktop experience to the community that reflects the wishes of the users. Above all else, the project seeks to listen to and respond to the requests of the user base. This will go through the steps of installing it.