[Fedora-Bangladesh] Trouble installing nVidia driver in fedora 13 beta

[Junayeed Ahnaf]

On 19 May 2010 15:45, Angel <angel at linux.org.bd> wrote:

> Enable rpm fusion stable release (test release will mess up ur system):
> rpm -Uvh
> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
>
> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
>
> Now try the kmod-nvidia driver, if its available for ur kernel. If not try
> the akmod-nvidia. Also install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.
>
> Type this commands:
> su -
> sed -i '/root=/s|$| rdblacklist=nouveau|' /boot/grub/grub.conf
> mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname  -r)-nouveau.img
> dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
>
> Now edit xorg.conf:
>
> gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> and add
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "IgnoreABI" "true"
> EndSection
>

Well, it worked. But problem is now that I can't get back my full
resolution. Full resolution was 1280*1024 but now that it's showing that max
res is 1024*768. How to fix this up?


>
> If still failed, then sure, its a bug. Just wait 1 more week to release the
> final version.
>
> I even enabled rawhide repo, n it fucked up my system twice.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Junayeed Ahnaf Nirjhor <
> zombiegenerator at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was trying to install nVidia driver in my Fedora Goddard beta. My
>> graphics card is nVidia geforce 9800GT and 8400SE. Right now I want to
>> install 8400 SE driver. I've applied "su -c 'yum -y install akmod-nvidia
>> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs'" that messed my box and I had to re-install
>> everything. I'm using KDE. How can I install drivers? The default
>> drivers doesn't support full 3D.
>>
>
>
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