- Joined
- Dec 15, 2009
So I went ahead and did a fresh install to F16 and decided to give KDE a try (4.8 just looked too sexy to pass up) and the install went smooth as always.
However, I went about installing the Nvidia drivers per the if-not-true-then-false group's website (which has always worked for me) and it just BROKE.
My "plasma workspace" was non functional, the only thing I could get in to was the Konsole in Failsafe. I ended up having to drop down to init 3, do a yum installed *nvidia* and deleted everything from AKMOD and so on.
After a dracut --force and reboot I managed to get to Nouveau drivers running again and Nvidia was gone.
Some searching on the interwebz seems to reveal incompatability isssues with glibc on KDE and the Nvidia drivers themselves. Although admittedly that info is 1-2 months old so I'm not sure if this is still the case.
Can any other KDE'ers help me out here? I'd like to get the Nvidia drivers working as the Desktopeffects/Kwin don't seem to want to run
However, I went about installing the Nvidia drivers per the if-not-true-then-false group's website (which has always worked for me) and it just BROKE.
My "plasma workspace" was non functional, the only thing I could get in to was the Konsole in Failsafe. I ended up having to drop down to init 3, do a yum installed *nvidia* and deleted everything from AKMOD and so on.
After a dracut --force and reboot I managed to get to Nouveau drivers running again and Nvidia was gone.
Some searching on the interwebz seems to reveal incompatability isssues with glibc on KDE and the Nvidia drivers themselves. Although admittedly that info is 1-2 months old so I'm not sure if this is still the case.
Can any other KDE'ers help me out here? I'd like to get the Nvidia drivers working as the Desktopeffects/Kwin don't seem to want to run