On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 06:25, Steven P. Ulrick <lists-fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 16:59, Steven P. Ulrick
> <lists-fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> > If the output of "/sbin/lspci | grep VGA" is:
> > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT]
> > (rev
> > a1)
> >
> > are the correct instructions for installing the proprietary NVidia driver
> > still
> > located here:
> > http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/nvidia-yum-kmod
> >
> > I have tried the above referenced instructions a couple of times, with the
> > same,
> > bad results... I am now going to try again, paying special attention to
> > the
> > "Troubleshooting" section... With this exact system, I have been so used
> > to
> > everything working (up until I installed Fedora 13) that I have never even
> > had
> > to look at the troubleshooting steps for these instructions before.
> >
> > I will get back to you with whatever happens.
> >
>
> I have a 9800 GT, and all I had to do for F13 was enable rpmfusion repo andWell, I have one of those :) I think I will try all of this over AGAIN :)
> install kmod-nvidia; after that Nvidia driver was already used on the next
> boot, but it didn't recognize my dual-head setup (which was expected). I
> tried using nvidia-settings (as root) to configure dual-head, but I had some
> trouble setting it exactly the way I wanted; then I just replaced
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the one from my F12 /etc backup and that was it.
Good luck =)
> Much easier than with F12 =)You had a hard time getting this to work with F12? For me, on this same system,
it "Just Worked."
My problem was the boot setup, because if I recall correctly the nouveau driver was being used and nvidia could not load correctly, making the system unstable. After some Googling I found out I had to blacklist the nouveau driver. After I solved that, I had no more problems whatsoever.
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