Re: Correct instructions for installing NVidia proprietary driver on Fedora 13?

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On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 13:34, Andre Costa <blueser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Steven,

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 23:09, 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.

Hello Again,
Well, no luck so far...  But here are some excerpts from log files that might
help someone see what my problem is:

First, the output of 'grep -i "nvidia" messages':

[root@localhost log]# grep -i "nvidia" messages
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called
for 1 device(s).
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as
rivafb, nvidiafb or
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership
of the NVIDIA
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or
rivatv kernel module
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without
rivafb/nvidiafb
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA
kernel module again.
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called
for 1 device(s).
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as
rivafb, nvidiafb or
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership
of the NVIDIA
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or
rivatv kernel module
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without
rivafb/nvidiafb
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA
kernel module again.
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
May 28 15:33:54 localhost yum: Installed: 1:kmod-
nvidia-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64-195.36.24-1.fc13.5.x86_64

Second, the output of 'grep -i "nvidia" Xorg.0.log':

[root@localhost log]# grep -i "nvidia" Xorg.0.log
[   185.822] (--) PCI:*(0:3:0:0) 10de:0622:10de:058f nVidia Corporation G94
[GeForce 9600 GT] rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456,
0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000cc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[   185.824] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so
[   185.833] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   185.833] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  195.36.24  Thu Apr 22 19:52:00 PDT 2010
[   185.836] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[   185.836] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[   185.839] (--) NOUVEAU(0): Chipset: "NVIDIA NV94"
[   186.322] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver
not found)

Your insight is greatly appreciated.

It seems you`re loading nouveau instead of nvidia. If that`s the case, you might have to blacklist nouveau kernel module somehow (which seems odd considering that I didn't have to do anything). Did you install F13 from scratch or did you upgrade from F12?

I`m not at home right now so I can`t check my configuration files, but I`ll do that as soon as I can and see if that's anything that could help you.

Regards,

Andre

grub.conf doesn't seem to have anything specific to nvida/nouveau:

title Fedora (2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-System rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/System rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/Swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=br-abnt2 rhgb quiet vga=0x369
initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64.img

(NOTE: I added the vga=0x369 myself to see graphical boot on my main display at 1600x1050, otherwise I get plain text boot progress)

There's a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf which contains:

# RPM Fusion blacklist for nouveau driver - you need to run as root:
# dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
# if nouveau is loaded despite this file.
blacklist nouveau

This file has been installed by xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-195.36.24-1.fc13.x86_64. Checking the scripts it runs with "rpm -q --scripts" shows me it installs /etc/init.d/nvidia which starts with

#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig:    2345 8 92
# description:  This script will check if a nvidia kernel module is present for\
#               the running kernel and modify the xorg.conf to  the appropriate\
#               configuration.

I guess all this combined made nvidia work here. Is your setup similar to the one above?

Regards,

Andre
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