On 04/26/2010 07:27 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > On 26 April 2010 06:46, badmagic<badmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi all (figured out the problem), >> >> I've had trouble installing Fedora for the last few releases. I don't >> have it installed at the moment so I can't offer much help BUT as I'm >> certain my prob relates to my EVGA GTX 295 Co-Op Edition graphics card >> and these are quite common cards, I'm sure the fix is quite widely known. >> >> Everything installs/boots okay until I get to the bit where I need to >> log in. I get the GDM graphical login screen but the mouse and keyboard >> seem to stop working. If I change to terminal view (Ctrl Alt F2 for >> memory) I can still type DMESG shows problems with the graphics card - >> can't remember specifics. >> >> I tried changing the xorg.conf to settings I know worked under other >> distros/BSD/Solaris (using xorg) to no avail. >> >> Is this a known problem? Is there a fix? Is there some GRUB switch I can >> throw in there that'll work - I tried some to no avail. >> >> > I am not sure but your card is probably not supported by the open > source nouveau drivers. Have you tried using the proprietary drivers > packaged by rpmfusion [http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia]? If not you > could give that a shot. I would go about it like this, > > 1. Boot to runlevel 3 > 2. use yum to install rpmfusion free and non-free repo > 3. now use yum to install the nvidia proprietary drivers > 4. reboot > > >> My specs are as follows: >> >> ASUS P5Q Deluxe motherboard >> 4GB Kingston (compatible with mobo) RAM >> EVGA GTX 295 co-op edition graphics card >> Corsair HX 1000W (more than enough) >> >> > Nice rig ;) > > >> That's about all >> >> > GL > > >> Regards, >> Steve Laurie >> > You must also blacklist nouveau in the grub config There is a complete write up in the above RPMFUSION HOWTO -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
