I really want to use Fedora 12 x86_64 on my laptop but I can't get my head around these god-damn drivers.
Can someone please direct me to a good guide to install these drivers?
The only experience I've had with NVIDIA drivers before was Ubuntu and that was through the Hardware Driver window.
Pretty sure [url=http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_190.42.html]these[/url] are the drivers you want; try changing the permissions to make the file exectuable and running it from the terminal to install them.
Yes, those are the ones. I knew that already.
The problem is when I go into a Terminal, change the run level to single-user mode and execute it. It tells me I'm missing kernel sources, gcc or it can't build the kernel. Something along those lines.
This is going to sound really patronising, but if it says that you're missing something have you tried to, well, [i]install it[/i]? I don't mean to be condescending here, but the cases of you having something it requires and it not recognising it and you not having the prerequisite files at all are pretty different.
I've already installed all the dependencies but the kernel source won't build.
And why exactly won't it build?
This is what you want: [url=http://rpmfusion.org/]RPM Fusion[/url]
Fedora can't distribute the proprietary drivers themselves, so RPM Fusion has all that stuff.
Just enable the RPM Fusion repository, and install. I can't remember the name of the package; search for Nvidia.
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You'll definitely want the non-free repository, not sure if you'll need the free one though. I think the free one has the MP3 codec... (gstreamer-plugins-ugly)
Ah thank you, I'll try that out.
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