<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 06:25, Steven P. Ulrick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists-fedora@afolkey2.net">lists-fedora@afolkey2.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">> Hi Steven,<br>
><br>
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 16:59, Steven P. Ulrick<br>
> <<a href="mailto:lists-fedora@afolkey2.net">lists-fedora@afolkey2.net</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Hello Everyone,<br>
> > If the output of "/sbin/lspci | grep VGA" is:<br>
> > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT]<br>
> > (rev<br>
> > a1)<br>
> ><br>
> > are the correct instructions for installing the proprietary NVidia driver<br>
> > still<br>
> > located here:<br>
> > <a href="http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/nvidia-yum-kmod" target="_blank">http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/nvidia-yum-kmod</a><br>
> ><br>
> > I have tried the above referenced instructions a couple of times, with the<br>
> > same,<br>
> > bad results... I am now going to try again, paying special attention to<br>
> > the<br>
> > "Troubleshooting" section... With this exact system, I have been so used<br>
> > to<br>
> > everything working (up until I installed Fedora 13) that I have never even<br>
> > had<br>
> > to look at the troubleshooting steps for these instructions before.<br>
> ><br>
> > I will get back to you with whatever happens.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> I have a 9800 GT, and all I had to do for F13 was enable rpmfusion repo and<br>
> install kmod-nvidia; after that Nvidia driver was already used on the next<br>
> boot, but it didn't recognize my dual-head setup (which was expected). I<br>
> tried using nvidia-settings (as root) to configure dual-head, but I had some<br>
> trouble setting it exactly the way I wanted; then I just replaced<br>
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the one from my F12 /etc backup and that was it.<br>
</div>Well, I have one of those :) I think I will try all of this over AGAIN :)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good luck =)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">> Much easier than with F12 =)<br>
</div>You had a hard time getting this to work with F12? For me, on this same system,<br>
it "Just Worked."<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>My problem was the boot setup, because if I recall correctly the nouveau driver was being used and nvidia could not load correctly, making the system unstable. After some Googling I found out I had to blacklist the nouveau driver. After I solved that, I had no more problems whatsoever.</div>
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