Greeting All:
First of all, I would like to say thank you for whatever information that you can give me...
I would like to know if it is better to use the supplied video drivers by fe xorg-x11-drv-? or would it be better to use the video driver from NVidia? My video card is:
nVidia Corporation NV44 [Quadro NVS 285] (rev a1
Would anyone also be able to tell me if I will be able to gnome-shell/ gnome 3 with this video card as it currently says that I will need 3d acceleration now when I try to go to Desktop Effects if I were to use the NVidia supplied drivers? I do not even know if it would be wise to use the NVidia drivers anyway?
Sincerely yours, Rob G. Healey
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 23:09:31 -0700, Rob Healey robhealey1@gmail.com wrote:
I would like to know if it is better to use the supplied video drivers by fe xorg-x11-drv-? or would it be better to use the video driver from NVidia? My video card is:
nVidia Corporation NV44 [Quadro NVS 285] (rev a1
Would anyone also be able to tell me if I will be able to gnome-shell/ gnome 3 with this video card as it currently says that I will need 3d acceleration now when I try to go to Desktop Effects if I were to use the NVidia supplied drivers? I do not even know if it would be wise to use the NVidia drivers anyway?
Try Nouveau first and if that works for you, stick with that. Nouveau provides limited 3D support. I think you still need to install mesa-dri-drivers-experimental to get 3D for Nouveau.
If you need more performance or if 3D is buggy for the stuff you want to do, then try the nVidia drivers using rpmfusion packages.
Dear Bruno:
Thank you for your immediate response! I am impressed...
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Bruno Wolff III bruno@wolff.to wrote:
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 23:09:31 -0700, Rob Healey robhealey1@gmail.com wrote:
I would like to know if it is better to use the supplied video drivers by
fe
xorg-x11-drv-? or would it be better to use the video driver from NVidia? My video card is:
nVidia Corporation NV44 [Quadro NVS 285] (rev a1
Would anyone also be able to tell me if I will be able to gnome-shell/
gnome
3 with this video card as it currently says that I will need 3d
acceleration
now when I try to go to Desktop Effects if I were to use the NVidia
supplied
drivers? I do not even know if it would be wise to use the NVidia
drivers
anyway?
Try Nouveau first and if that works for you, stick with that. Nouveau provides limited 3D support. I think you still need to install mesa-dri-drivers-experimental to get 3D for Nouveau.
You said to try nouveau first, where would I get the drivers for that? is it the default driver from xorg? If not, where and how would I install and use it?
I know that mesa-dri-drivers-experimental is a package that I can download and install from fedora correct?
If you need more performance or if 3D is buggy for the stuff you want to do, then try the nVidia drivers using rpmfusion packages.
If I need to go to this route, how would I know which package to install from rpmfusion???
Thank you, Rob G. Healey
On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 23:30 -0700, Rob Healey wrote:
Try Nouveau first and if that works for you, stick with that. Nouveau provides limited 3D support. I think you still need to install mesa-dri-drivers-experimental to get 3D for Nouveau.
You said to try nouveau first, where would I get the drivers for that? is it the default driver from xorg? If not, where and how would I install and use it?
Yes, it's the default driver. You're using it already.
I know that mesa-dri-drivers-experimental is a package that I can download and install from fedora correct?
Yes, Bruno's simply suggesting you install the mesa-dri-drivers-experimental package, which will enable the 3D support of nouveau. It's not enabled by default because it's, well, experimental. :)
If you need more performance or if 3D is buggy for the stuff you want to do, then try the nVidia drivers using rpmfusion packages.
If I need to go to this route, how would I know which package to install from rpmfusion???
There are instructions at Fusion:
http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia
there's still a bug with F14 support, though, which isn't documented there yet. Try nouveau first, anyway. If it doesn't work, someone can help you off-list with nvidia.
Bruno Wolff III:
Try Nouveau first and if that works for you, stick with that.
One silly detail when using the Nouveau drivers rather than nVidia's is that only the latter does speed regulation of the graphic card's fan. Is anyone aware if there is some other way to have speed control of the fan without going to the proprietary video drivers?
On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 21:56 +0100, Göran Uddeborg wrote:
Bruno Wolff III:
Try Nouveau first and if that works for you, stick with that.
One silly detail when using the Nouveau drivers rather than nVidia's is that only the latter does speed regulation of the graphic card's fan. Is anyone aware if there is some other way to have speed control of the fan without going to the proprietary video drivers?
this is basically power management stuff, and PM is rather more complex than a 'silly little detail' on the back end. nouveau team is currently working to implement power management and very early code is available in current upstream, AIUI, but this isn't a one-line fix unfortunately.
Adam Williamson:
... and PM is rather more complex than a 'silly little detail' ...
:-) Don't get me wrong. I meant it was a silly detail for me as a user. I can easily imagine it might be quite complex on the implementation side.
... nouveau team is currently working to implement power management ...
I see. Not available now, but there is hope it might be in the future, then. Thanks for the explanation.
--- On Wed, 10/27/10, Rob Healey robhealey1@gmail.com wrote:
From: Rob Healey robhealey1@gmail.com Subject: NVidia Driver question??? To: "Fedora Development List" test@lists.fedoraproject.org Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 2:09 AM
Greeting All:
First of all, I would like to say thank you for whatever information that you can give me...
I would like to know if it is better to use the supplied video drivers by fe xorg-x11-drv-? or would it be better to use the video driver from NVidia? My video card is:
nVidia Corporation NV44 [Quadro NVS 285] (rev a1
Would anyone also be able to tell me if I will be able to gnome-shell/ gnome 3 with this video card as it currently says that I will need 3d acceleration now when I try to go to Desktop Effects if I were to use the NVidia supplied drivers? I do not even know if it would be wise to use the NVidia drivers anyway?
Sincerely yours, Rob G. Healey
I've never had any problems with the manufacturer's drivers for Nvidia. You need to check and see if your card is supported with the current Nvidia driver release. If not, you will have to go with nouveau. --LX