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

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> > Hello Everyone
> > I'm going to try all of this again.  This time, I'm going to give a precise, 
> > blow by blow account of what I am doing:
> > 1. "yum update": No Packages marked for Update
> > 2. [steve@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci | grep VGA
> > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] 
> (rev 
> > a1)
> > 3. Go to this address: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html
> > I found this on that page: "GeForce 9600 GT  0x0622"
> > 4. I SKIP this step "su -c 'setsebool -P allow_execstack on'" because I have 
> > SELinux disabled.
> > 5. su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia'
> > Results:
> > Package 1:kmod-nvidia-195.36.24-1.fc13.6.x86_64 already installed and latest 
> > version
> > Nothing to do
> > 6. su -c 'mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-
> > nouveau.img'
> > 7. su -c 'dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)'
> > 8. "rdblacklist=nouveau nomodeset" at the end of the appropriate kernel line 
> in 
> > "grub.conf"
> > 
> > These 8 steps are the same ones that I follow every time I try this.  If 
this 
> > does not work, I am going to try 'blacklist "nouveau"' in 
> > /etc/modprobe/blacklist instead of "rdblacklist=nouveau" in grub.conf.
> > 
> > OK.  Here we go...
> 
> Hello Again,
> I decided to re-compile the kernel because of the last two comments on this 
> page:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-701291.html
> 
> > Tails9
> > February 20th, 2008, 03:59 PM
> > After reading alot, I guess I have to compile the kernel without the 
nvidiafb
> > module, because I'd like to use the official nvidia drivers so I can run
> > compiz (again), but this time without XGL (so I have direct rendering (so
> > the videotearing will be gone) ). Tails9
> > March 2nd, 2008, 02:13 PM
> > I recompiled the kernel without the framebuffer support, reinstalled the
> > nvidiadrivers with envy and the problem is gone.
> 
> 1. "rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.src.rpm"
> 2. cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/
> 3. rpmbuild -bp kernel.spec
> 4. "cd ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.33/linux-2.6.33.x86_64/"
> vi Makefile"
> EXTRAVERSION="-noframebuffer"
> 3. "make menuconfig"
> 4. "Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Support for frame buffer devices"
> 5. Uncheck "nVidia Framebuffer Support" & "nVidia Riva support"
> 6. "exit" back to the main menu.
> 7. Select "exit" again, and choose to save my new configuration file
> 8. "make rpm"
> 
> It's building now.  We'll see what happens.

OK.  The good news is that the RPM was successfully built.  The bad news is that 
the output of "rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64.rpm" is as follows:

[root@localhost x86_64]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64.rpm 
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
        package kernel-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64 (which is newer than 
kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64) is already installed
        package kernel-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64 (which is newer than 
kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64) is already installed
        file /lib/firmware/matrox/g200_warp.fw from install of 
kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package linux-
firmware-20100106-4.fc13.noarch
        file /lib/firmware/matrox/g400_warp.fw from install of 
kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package linux-
firmware-20100106-4.fc13.noarch

Any ideas?

Steven P. Ulrick
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