http://forums.fedoraforum.org – F12 x86_64 gnome 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 after : Code: su rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable... http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-... yum --enablerepo=rp*g install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 reboot (all 4 steps) i tried : System > Preferences > Desktop Effects and got: “Accelerated 3D graphics is not available. Desktop effects require hardware 3d support”. Code: [rp@f-03 ~]$ rpm -qa |grep nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-190.42-2.fc12.x86_64 kmod-nvidia-190.42-1.fc12.4.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-190.42-2.fc12.x86_64 kmod-nvidia-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64-190.42-1.fc12.4.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-190.42-2.fc12.i686 Code: [rp@f-03 ~]$ lsmod Module Size Used by fuse 62048 2 sunrpc 191864 1 ip6t_REJECT 5856 2 nf_conntrack_ipv6 21880 2 ip6table_filter 4016 1 ip6_tables 19664 1 ip6table_filter ipv6 298864 28 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand 7824 1 powernow_k8 17332 1 freq_table 4864 2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8 dm_multipath 17304 0 uinput 9248 0 snd_hda_codec_realtek 281380 1 nvidia 9614008 32 snd_hda_intel 30344 2 snd_hda_codec 72832 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 9224 1 snd_hda_codec snd_seq 58080 0 ppdev 10040 0 snd_seq_device 7620 1 snd_seq snd_pcm 83144 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec firewire_ohci 23348 0 snd_timer 22608 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm parport_pc 27640 0 forcedeth 54764 0 snd 67592 12 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer parport 34320 2 ppdev,parport_pc firewire_core 47880 1 firewire_ohci soundcore 7328 1 snd amd64_edac_mod 29632 0 snd_page_alloc 9568 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm crc_itu_t 2080 1 firewire_core joydev 11984 0 serio_raw 6644 0 i2c_nforce2 9048 0 edac_core 43516 1 amd64_edac_mod k8temp 5344 0 ata_generic 5924 0 pata_acpi 5152 0 pata_amd 14260 0 sata_nv 25228 4 floppy 57496 0 ttm 41952 0 drm_kms_helper 25360 0 drm 171168 2 ttm,drm_kms_helper i2c_algo_bit 6020 0 i2c_core 28608 4 nvidia,i2c_nforce2,drm,i2c_algo_bit advice? (HowTos)