Re: Problems while installing NVdivia proprietary drivers

[Doug]

On 02/24/2015 02:19 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Paul Smith <[e-mail] > wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have installed the NVidia property drivers from RPMFusion
> repositories, inside a text session.
>
> Afterwards, I ran as root:
>
> nvidia-xconfig
>
> and rebooted.
>
> However, no X session is started after the reboot. Could someone
> please give some help?
>
>
> There's a reason that the packages came from RPM Fusion and not Fedora, namely they are binary proprietary drivers. Therefore it is generally inappropriate to seek support here.
>
> You could start with the RPM Fusion users mailing list but depending on what your issue is it may be better to try the Nvidia forums.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard

Ran into a problem like that with PCLOS. I was advised to do the following:

From the commandline boot, sign on as root. Then do:

apt-get install dkms-nvidia340

XFdrake -auto

reboot

This may work OK for you, since both are rpm systems.

--doug