Re: Beryl Manager Not Working in FEDORA 7

Fedora recommends users install a 3rd-party RPM packaged driver instead of
using the installer from Nvidia's website. Currently Livna provides a well
packaged driver.

For yum only:

First, setup Livna
Repository<http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f7.html#yum>

[mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo
<http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f7.html#sudo> rpm -ivh
http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm
[mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

Install the nvidia driver through Livna:

[mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo yum install kmod-nvidia

If a kernel update is installed at the same time, then a reboot will be
required. If not, then simply log out completely of Gnome or KDE and the
Nvidia driver should load. The Nvidia logo will flash quickly once.

For users without yum

Download the http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm RPM and run:

[mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo
<http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f7.html#sudo> rpm -ivh
livna-release-7.rpm
[mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

Navigate to http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/7/ and select your architecture:
i386, x86_64 or ppc. You will need 3 components: xorg driver, nvidia kernel
module and a livna display configuration utility.

For xorg driver, select the one matching the latest Nvidia driver (1.0.9762).
For example:
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-*1.0.9762*-2.lvn7.i386.rpm.

For nvidia kernel driver you *MUST MATCH YOUR KERNEL*. Use the uname command
for the proper match. For example:

[mirandam@charon ~]$ uname -rm
*2.6.21-1.3194.fc7* *i686*

Selected: kmod-nvidia-1.0.9762-1.*2.6.21_1.3194*.fc7.*i686*.rpm

The display configuration utility should be named livna-config-display(example:
livna-config-display-0.0.11-1.lvn7.noarch.rpm).

Install all files at the same time:

[mirandam@charon downloads]$ sudo rpm -ivh
kmod-nvidia-1.0.9762-1.2.6.21_1.3194.fc7.i686.rpm \
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.9762-2.lvn7.i386.rpm \
livna-config-display-0.0.11-1.lvn7.noarch.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:livna-config-display ########################################### [ 33%]
2:kmod-nvidia ########################################### [ 67%]
3:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia ########################################### [100%]

If you had a previous version of these files before, remove them first with rpm
*-e*.

If you cannot find a perfect match you may will have to update to a kernel
that matches from Fedora 7
Updates<http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/7/>
..

*NOTE: SELinux Problems* SELinux seems to prevent the v9755 Livna Nvidia
Driver from properly loading *after a reboot*. This has been fixed in the
v9762 Livna package. The following is a *TEMPORARY* work around:

[mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo /usr/bin/chcon -cv
system_u:object_r:xserver_misc_device_t /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*

If you are having this problem or unsure, please use yum to update: yum
update nvidia-kmod.


from http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f7.html#nvidia

personally use this to form my nvidia and does not give problems me with
beryl


2007/10/4, Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

sou1234321 wrote:

Please note that, inspite of having successfully installed the Beryl
Manager, it's not working at all...!

HARDWARE:
NVIDIA GeForce 6200-GT Turbo (successfully detected by FEDORA)

Even when I am trying to enable the desktop effects, it's showing that
it
cannot be done...!

Why so? Please help...

Your video hardware/driver needs to support it (hardware accelerated
opengl
mostly).

-- Rex

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