Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-31 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/31/2013 02:04 PM, Craig White wrote: Michael monitors this list - there's really no excuse for it not to work unless someone didn't follow the instructions and no amount of personal frustrations should cause you or anyone else to suggest risky behavior to be practiced by others unless you o

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-31 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:48 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > > You should install the repo key on your system prior to ever > installing > > packages. If you import the key, you don't have this problem. > > Instructions are on rpmfusion.org website for this purpose. > > > > I do. I've been having intermi

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-31 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/31/2013 12:26 PM, Craig White wrote: You should install the repo key on your system prior to ever installing packages. If you import the key, you don't have this problem. Instructions are on rpmfusion.org website for this purpose. I do. I've been having intermittent issues with rpmfusi

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-31 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2013-01-30 at 16:08 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 01/30/2013 03:02 PM, Raf Roger wrote: > > it helps me to installed everything as i wanted and it works well. > > Good. Please note that I only suggested that option because I trust > rpmfusion. Unless you're sure it's safe, it's probably b

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/30/2013 03:02 PM, Raf Roger wrote: it helps me to installed everything as i wanted and it works well. Good. Please note that I only suggested that option because I trust rpmfusion. Unless you're sure it's safe, it's probably better not to try it, especially with an obscure third-party

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-30 Thread Raf Roger
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 01/30/2013 02:08 PM, Raf Roger wrote: > >> i search on internet and i just found that such package has no key... so >> what next ? :( >> > > RTFM. Checking, I see that there's an option for exactly this situation: > --nogpgcheck and I know f

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-30 Thread jonc
On 01/30/2013 05:08 PM, Raf Roger wrote: i'm sad because nothing work with nvidia driver installation steps. here is what i did: 1st test: su yum update kernel\* selinux-policy\* reboot su yum --nogpgcheck install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/30/2013 02:08 PM, Raf Roger wrote: i search on internet and i just found that such package has no key... so what next ? :( RTFM. Checking, I see that there's an option for exactly this situation: --nogpgcheck and I know from personal experience that rpmfusion sometimes has trouble with

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-30 Thread Raf Roger
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 01/30/2013 12:05 PM, jonc wrote: > >> I've had success with the first method, while others have not and prefer >> the second. >> > > The one thing you don't want to have to do is download the binary blob > from nVidia and use it. If you do, y

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/30/2013 12:05 PM, jonc wrote: I've had success with the first method, while others have not and prefer the second. The one thing you don't want to have to do is download the binary blob from nVidia and use it. If you do, you'll have to reinstall it every time there's a kernel update.

Re: booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-30 Thread jonc
On 01/30/2013 02:41 PM, Raf Roger wrote: Hi, when i boot on Fedora CD/DVD (whatever it is as version 17/18) result of a blank screen. to be able to install i need to install with troubleshooting mode and "run in basic graphic mode" i have a nvida graphic card so i guess here is the problem.

booting on Fedora 17/18 with basic video mode

2013-01-30 Thread Raf Roger
Hi, when i boot on Fedora CD/DVD (whatever it is as version 17/18) result of a blank screen. to be able to install i need to install with troubleshooting mode and "run in basic graphic mode" i have a nvida graphic card so i guess here is the problem. is there a solution to run in a better resolut