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

Chris Kloiber <ckloiber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 31 May 2010 05:03:12 -0400

To the end of the kernel line in grub I remove the "rhgb quiet" and add:

nomodeset rdblacklist=nouveau

Then (after adding the rpmfusion-free and non-free repos) I run:

# yum -y install akmod-nvidia kmod-nvidia

And finally reboot. After I get into X I run:

# nvidia-settings

This lets me set my resolution and second monitor options.

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Chris Kloiber

On 05/31/2010 04:40 AM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
Hi there

Did you do a clean install?

Yes.  Did a clean install from the DVD, entirely wiped out my old Fedora
12
install.

If this does not work then try the akmod instead of the kmod
akmod will autotrack in newest kernel mod on boot

yum list | grep -i akmod:
akmod-nvidia.x86_64                        1:195.36.24-1.fc13.5
@rpmfusion-nonfree
akmods.noarch                              0.3.6-3.fc12
@rpmfusion-free

I used akmod on Fedora 12, and it always worked perfectly for me.  In
fact,
everything with the proprietary nVidia driver worked perfectly.

Steven P. Ulrick

Wow dude... I am really not sure what is going on.

  From what I hear all people have to do is make sure rpmfusion is in
repo and yum update

This is the only thread were it has failed like this

I guess the only thing left to try is not do it through yum but
add/remove software

It should not make a bit of difference, but you may want to remove the
driver go back to nouveau and try the proprietary driver through
add/remove software, as well as the kmod for the kernel version.
Then lower protection (selinix) then rdblacklist=nouveau on kernel lines
in grub.conf

Agreed, it SHOULDN'T make a difference.  But I'll give it a shot...
1. "Applications | System | Software Management" (kpackagekit)
2. Search for "kmod-nvidia"
3. Select "akmod-nvidia"&  "kmod-nvidia"
4. Install the following packages:
nvidia-settings
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
nvidia-xconfig
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs
kmod-nvidia-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64
5. "Apply"

NOTHING was added to the end of the kernel line in grub.conf.  Also, here is
the
contents of my xorg.conf file as it stands after I installed the above
packages:
     # Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

      Section "Files"
              ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
      EndSection

      Section "ServerFlags"
              Option      "AIGLX" "on"
      EndSection

     Section "Device"
             Identifier  "Videocard0"
             Driver      "vesa"
     EndSection

     Section "Extensions"
             Option      "Composite" "Enable"
     EndSection

So, I'm going to delete xorg.conf, add "rdblacklist=nouveau nomodeset" to the
kernel line and reboot...

I'll get back with you in a few minutes.

Well, here's the results: the screen still goes black (and, according to the
monitor itself) and goes into power save mode when it should be starting X.

For kicks I tried rebooting WITHOUT doing the initramfs/dracut stuff.  Things did
not go any different than they do when I actually follow the correct
instructions.

One interesting observation: I am doing "rdblacklist=nouveau" and I do not even
seem to have the "nouveau" driver running?  my xorg.conf says "Driver "vesa""
Perhaps retrying AFTER WORK, and doing "rdblacklist=vesa"?

Anyway, I NEED to get to work.

Steven P. Ulrick

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