Video Solutions

Compiz-Fusion with Fusion Icon — by scott_glaser — last modified Jan 10, 2010 09:37 PM

Compiz Fusion is the "cool desktop effects" most notably the Cube that most of you have seen in a screenshot or videos all over the Internet. Fedora comes with a version called Desktop Effects, simply compiz, however is does not have all the features of compiz-fusion. You can take a look at it under System -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Desktop Effects. Now if you want to use all the effects, plugins, etc . . . this is the post for you to follow.

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.

fixing refresh problems with nvidia and compiz in fedora 10 — by mark mcintyre — last modified Jan 21, 2009 06:59 AM

the latest drivers seem to work just fine, but i found some of my firefox tabs not refreshing upon switching and my terminal windows not displaying all the text. i found this fix in the nvidia forums...

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

Using akmods — by zcat — last modified Mar 17, 2009 10:16 AM

How & why to use livna's "automagical" akmods instead of regular kmods (kernel modules).

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.