I'll start by saying that I'm running F17 on large number of (vastly
different) machines, of that, 2 are using nouveau and 4 are using the
nVidia binary drivers.
(I usually use the binary drivers only if I require high-performance OpenGL)
The reason I mention it, is that it's unlikely that I missed a major
(Fedora specific) issue w/ nVidia binary drivers under F17.
With that said, a couple of questions:
0. Please post your hardware configuration.
GPU: GeForce GTX 275
Intel i5
8GB RAM
1. Are you using RPMFusion or are you using different nVidia RPMs repository?
RPMFusion
2. Have you followed the nVidia HOW FAQ? (http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia)
On that page it says PAE. I am using 64bit of Fedora 17, should I use PAE?
I am not sure which drivers should I install. I tried both kmod and
akmod from Yumex (one by one and at both times boots into Fedora and the
screen get stuck with above mentioned em1: link becomes ready)
3. Have you made sure nouveau is *disabled* in grub?
No.
4. Why are you using akmods-nvidia instead of kmod-nvidia? Any
particular reason for "build" the RPMs locally?
http://ask.fedoraproject.org/question/315/what-is-the-difference-between-an-akmod-and-kmod
5. akmod-nvidia requires time to finish building the RPMs, have you
tried giving it some time to finish?
Yes, Yumex showed it completed.
6. Try rebooting. When you see the "Loading grub" message, press space
(it'll bring the grub menu), select the top Fedora entry and press
'e'. Locate the line that has "rhgb quiet" and remove the "rhgb quiet"
string. Once done Ctrl-X to reboot. Does it work? If it doesn't, what
do you see?
System boots and then get stuck at em1: link becomes ready
- Gilboa
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