Description of problem: While running the advanced graphics driver kmod-nvidia, I can run GoogleEarth, however when I attempt to view a picture stored on GoogleEarth I see only see black surrounded by the frame of the picture. Once that occurs, most of my graphics stop working reliably ... such as choosing firefox or the shutdown pop-up window now only shows black. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kmod-nvidia-96xx-2.6.23.14-107.fc8-96.43.01-20.lvn8 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-96.43.01-3.lvn8.1 kmod-nvidia-96xx-96.43.01-20.lvn8 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.open GoogleEarth 2.view a picutre in GoogleEarth (tan button) 3.reopen firefox, etc Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: dmesg and /var/log/messages show nothing
Those drivers are not provided by Fedora.
:-) I waited weeks to see if this would get fixed and the day I finally post the problem is the day newer advanced drivers get posted ... and sure enough, fixed the problem! :-) Timing is everything! Please close this issue as fixed by the latest versions of drivers.