On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya <swapnil.bhartiya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> With that said, a couple of questions: >> 0. Please post your hardware configuration. > > GPU: GeForce GTX 275 > Intel i5 > 8GB RAM I've got a two machines using GTX 2xx cards. HW should be safe, I reckon. >> 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? x86_64 is 64bit. No need for PAE. (yum install kmod-nvidia etc) > 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. Big no-no. nouveau collides with the nVidia binary driver. This alone might explain the issues you are facing. 1. Install the nVidia binary drivers. $ yum install -y kmod-nvidia.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 (You can remove the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 part if you don't need 32bit support) 2. Edit /etc/default/grub 2a. Locate a line that contains "rhdb quiet" 2b, Right after the quiet, add: rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0 (I usually also add vga=xxxx to get a nicer login screen. E.g. If your display is capable of displaying 1024x768 you can add vga=0x317) 3. Once done, rebuild the grub2 configuration. $ grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg 4. Reboot. > >> 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 In general akmods are only needed if you plan to deploy self-built / testing kernels. >> 5. akmod-nvidia requires time to finish building the RPMs, have you >> tried giving it some time to finish? > > Yes, Yumex showed it completed. akmods run *every* boot as a service. - Gilboa -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
