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Old 01-13-2011, 07:06 PM   #1
kujirasan
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Kernel Module for Graphic CARD


I am trying to install a kernel module for graphics card, GeForce 8500 GT, on Fedora 14, KDE, 32 bit version,
the there the followings: nvidia-173xx, and nvidia-96xx, how to figure out, which one is the right one that for the graphic card mentioned above? i searched for few hours, but could not find anything.
 
Old 01-13-2011, 08:12 PM   #2
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You probably could have saved a few hours of searching by clicking "Supported Products" on the driver page, which lists what graphics cards the different versions of the legacy drivers work with.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-d...28-driver.html
 
  


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