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Newer page: version 37 Last edited on Saturday, July 23, 2005 12:13:54 pm by CraigBox Revert
Older page: version 35 Last edited on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 12:42:22 am by EdLinklater Revert
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 On some hardware, you need to cause an error before starting the install. At the boot prompt, type 'garbage' (or anything else that isn't a valid kernel image name). After it errors, type your normal boot command (or press enter for the defaults) and voila! 
  
 See [the bugzilla report|http://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=159026] 
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+!! Screen corruption with Matrox and S3 video cards  
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+Bugzilla Bug [161242|https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161242] – libvgahw.a is broken in FC4, replacing it with FC3's solves the problem  
  
 !!! Fedora Core 3 
  
 !![LVM] issues 
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 !! NVIDIA GLX Drivers with Fedora Core 1. 
 * The current NVIDIA GLX drivers don't compile out of the box on Fedora. They require you to "export CC=gcc32" before running the installer. This was not the case on RedHat 9. Perhaps the Installer detected the compiler correctly on RH9?? 
 ** ''FC1 ships with gcc 3.3, but the kernel doesn't compile with it yet so its compiled with 3.2 This means all kernel drivers need to be compiled with gcc3.2, which is included for just this reason. -- AlastairPorter'' 
-* The drivers linked off the NVIDIA drivers webpage are older than the current driver set. The current set (as of 22/12/03) is 1.-5328. I assume these match up with the ForceWare 53 series for Windows. 
+* The drivers linked off the NVIDIA drivers webpage are older than the current driver set. The current set (as of 22/12/03) is 1.-5328. I assume these match up with the ~ ForceWare/Detonator 53 series for Windows. 
 * The only version of the NVIDIA drivers I could get to work with my GeForce 5700 were 5328. I've not nailed down the complete set of variables but I got it to work fine with the following options in the "Device" section: 
  
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 Option "NvAGP" "3"