livna vs. nvidia

[Lonni J Friedman]

Use the --uninstall option.

On 4/19/06, Paul Lemmons <Paul.Lemmons at tmcaz.com> wrote:
> Ok... this was a scary article...
>
> It does lead to another question though. I do have the drivers from the
> vendor installed. Do I need to uninstall them before I install the livna
> version? If so, how?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Paul Howarth
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:23 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: livna vs. nvidia
>
> Lonni J Friedman top-posted:
> > There is no difference between livna and the official NVIDIA driver
> > package.  The only difference is that one is an RPM, and the other is
> > not.
> >
> > On 4/19/06, Paul Lemmons <Paul.Lemmons at tmcaz.com> wrote:
> >> I have read the "Why use livna" page for the Nvidia drivers. It tells
> me
> >> that maintenance is easier. That is cool but it does not really tell
> me
> >> what the difference is. I am currently running the drivers as
> >> distributed by Nvidia and am about to upgrade my kernel. So, I am
> >> considering switching to the livna drivers. Before I do that, though,
> I
> >> would like to know what I am doing.
> >>
> >> What is the difference between the two? Is the livna just a repackage
> of
> >> the same software I get from Nvidia or is it something different?
>
> Actually there is a very important difference. The livna package won't
> clobber your system libraries.
>
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-February/msg01178.htm
> l


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