On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Mauriat Miranda <mli...@mjmwired.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Matt Morgan <minxmertzm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I just plugged an NVidia GT520 into my Fedora 17 machine and I have two > > monitors working with the nouveau driver with zero effort on my part. > Yay. > > But videos are jumpy so I want to try the proprietary driver. > > > > I went to the How-to that's been recommended on this list, at > > > > http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia > > > > Where the first task is to figure out which driver to install. The > options > > are "GeForce 6 and Newer," "GeForce 5 (FX Series)," and "GeForce 2 > through > > GeForce 4." > > > > You're supposed to see what lspci says to figure out which you have, but > my > > lspci output is a little obtuse: > > > > [matt@matt ~]$ lspci | grep VGA > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1040 (rev > a1) > > > > Which one do I have? > > Most likely this is a relatively new piece of hardware, so you would > select the "and Newer" category. You were correct. I didn't realize how old the 6 series was. Ironically, with the proprietary driver Fedora doesn't see my second monitor, and while videos play beautifully smoothly, people in them all look very blue! Only in videos ... I don't see any other color issues. Anyway, consider this one solved. Thanks, Matt
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