driver nvidia

[Rafnews]

Hi,

where can i find the newest drivers for nVidia graphic card for F10 ?
thx.

[thomas cameron]

Alain Roger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> where can i find the newest drivers for nVidia graphic card for F10 ?
> thx.
>
> -- 
> Alain
>
> Windows XP x64 SP2 / Fedora 10 KDE 4.2
> PostgreSQL 8.3.5 / MS SQL server 2005
> Apache 2.2.10
> PHP 5.2.6
> C# 2005-2008

I don't particularly like using packaged NVidia stuff - too much of a 
pain waiting for the packagers to catch up with the latest kernel.

I just grab the right driver from 
http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html.  Once it's downloaded, just run 
this as root:

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run -s -X

Change NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run to the package you download.

That will do a quiet install and set up your xorg.conf appropriately.

If you want to use packaged versions, you can use the rpmforge repo at 
http://rpmfusion.org.  There are good docs there as to how to use the repo.

[Jim]

Thomas Cameron wrote:
> Alain Roger wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > where can i find the newest drivers for nVidia graphic card for F10 ?
> > thx.
> >
> > -- 
> > Alain
> >
> > Windows XP x64 SP2 / Fedora 10 KDE 4.2
> > PostgreSQL 8.3.5 / MS SQL server 2005
> > Apache 2.2.10
> > PHP 5.2.6
> > C# 2005-2008
>
> I don't particularly like using packaged NVidia stuff - too much of a 
> pain waiting for the packagers to catch up with the latest kernel.
>
> I just grab the right driver from 
> http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html.  Once it's downloaded, just 
> run this as root:
>
> sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run -s -X
>
> Change NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run to the package you download.
>
> That will do a quiet install and set up your xorg.conf appropriately.
>
> If you want to use packaged versions, you can use the rpmforge repo at 
> http://rpmfusion.org.  There are good docs there as to how to use the 
> repo.

How do you find drivers on Nvidia.com for older cards, like a GeForce FX 
Go5200 NV34M

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 14:04 -0500, Jim wrote:
> Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > Alain Roger wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > where can i find the newest drivers for nVidia graphic card for F10 ?
> > > thx.
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Alain
> > >
> > > Windows XP x64 SP2 / Fedora 10 KDE 4.2
> > > PostgreSQL 8.3.5 / MS SQL server 2005
> > > Apache 2.2.10
> > > PHP 5.2.6
> > > C# 2005-2008
> >
> > I don't particularly like using packaged NVidia stuff - too much of a 
> > pain waiting for the packagers to catch up with the latest kernel.

The akmod-nvidia packages at rpmfusion includes logic to rebuild the
drivers automatically when a new kernel is booted.  Quite sweet, really,
and none of the hassles associated with nVidia's packaging.
> > I just grab the right driver from 
> > http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html.  Once it's downloaded, just 
> > run this as root:
> >
> > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run -s -X
> >
> > Change NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run to the package you download.
> >
> > That will do a quiet install and set up your xorg.conf appropriately.
> >
> > If you want to use packaged versions, you can use the rpmforge repo at 
> > http://rpmfusion.org.  There are good docs there as to how to use the 
> > repo.
>
> How do you find drivers on Nvidia.com for older cards, like a GeForce FX 
> Go5200 NV34M

Look for the akmod-nvidia-96xx or akmod-nvida-173xx packages at
rpmfusion.  Note that these are no longer supported by nVidia, but they
are kept current for new kernels by the rpmfusion gang.

[Jim]

Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 14:04 -0500, Jim wrote:
> > Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > > Alain Roger wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > where can i find the newest drivers for nVidia graphic card for F10 ?
> > > > thx.
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > Alain
> > > >
> > > > Windows XP x64 SP2 / Fedora 10 KDE 4.2
> > > > PostgreSQL 8.3.5 / MS SQL server 2005
> > > > Apache 2.2.10
> > > > PHP 5.2.6
> > > > C# 2005-2008
> > >
> > > I don't particularly like using packaged NVidia stuff - too much of a 
> > > pain waiting for the packagers to catch up with the latest kernel.
>
> The akmod-nvidia packages at rpmfusion includes logic to rebuild the
> drivers automatically when a new kernel is booted.  Quite sweet, really,
> and none of the hassles associated with nVidia's packaging.
> > > I just grab the right driver from 
> > > http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html.  Once it's downloaded, just 
> > > run this as root:
> > >
> > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run -s -X
> > >
> > > Change NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run to the package you download.
> > >
> > > That will do a quiet install and set up your xorg.conf appropriately.
> > >
> > > If you want to use packaged versions, you can use the rpmforge repo at 
> > > http://rpmfusion.org.  There are good docs there as to how to use the 
> > > repo.
> >
> > How do you find drivers on Nvidia.com for older cards, like a GeForce FX 
> > Go5200 NV34M
>
> Look for the akmod-nvidia-96xx or akmod-nvida-173xx packages at
> rpmfusion.  Note that these are no longer supported by nVidia, but they
> are kept current for new kernels by the rpmfusion gang.

But how do I tell if 96xx or 173xx is for my old Geforce FX Go5200 ?

[Peter Reed]

snip
> But how do I tell if 96xx or 173xx is for my old Geforce FX Go5200

It would be the 173.14.12 package.  You can always go to the nivida drivers 
site and do a search for your hard ware. 
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Peter