Video Solutions

Configuring an ATi Card and Kernel Modules — by bobjensen — last modified Nov 15, 2008 04:26 PM

The ATi fglrx driver has been packaged as a kmod and is available from the RPMFusion repo.

Configuring an nVidia Card and Kernel Modules — by scott_glaser — last modified Nov 10, 2008 04:38 PM

There are now nVidia driver RPMs provided by livna.org that are designed especially 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. If you have packaging issues (not driver issues) you can file a bug report at http://bugzilla.livna.org.

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 Compiz-Fusion in Fedora 9 — by opsec — last modified Jun 17, 2008 09:53 PM

This brief howto will go over installing and configuring Compiz-Fusion in Fedora 9 using yum in the GNOME Desktop Environment. The default system install includes only Compiz, not Compiz-Fusion.

Installing the Drivers as Provided by nVidia — by bobjensen — last modified Nov 15, 2008 04:38 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):

Removing the nVidia Binary Installer and Replacing it with Kernel Modules — by scott_glaser — last modified Nov 15, 2008 04:06 PM

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 Jan 30, 2008 03:46 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 supplied drivers, and not using the 3rd party driver that they had previously installed.

Using akmods — by zcat — last modified Nov 06, 2008 10:36 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.