On 01/25/2013 12:18 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> On 01/25/2013 10:08 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
>>>
>>> My understanding is that none of the distribution or other RPM
>>> repositories include a RPM binary port of the Nvidia proprietary
>>> ("taints the kernel") X11 video driver.
>>
>> ELrepo does indeed package the nvidia binary 'taints the kernel' driver;
>> see http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia
>>
>> This packaging properly deals with noveau as well.  I am using
>> ELrepo-packaged nvidia drivers on three EL6 boxes right now.
>>
>
> Thank you for the correction.
>
> Am I correct to assume that this driver -- presumably derived from the 
> proprietary Nvidia driver that must be uninstalled per the 
> documentation in the URL that you provided -- has fully stereoscopic 
> 3D support, including whatever openGL modifications are required, as 
> does the Nvidia "factory" package?
>
> If so, and thus stereoscopic 3D activation in the xorg.conf file is 
> required, does this ELrepo package provide the necessary xorg.conf 
> file?  If not, and if the ELrepo derivative requires the same syntax 
> in the same xorg.conf stanzas as the Nvidia "factory" driver, could 
> you kindly transmit my xorg.conf file fix to the Elrepo group, or 
> provide me with the correct contact information?
>
> Yasha Karant

I've found the ELRepo folks to be very helpful and responsive to bugs 
filed here:

http://elrepo.org/bugs/

Pat


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