How to install the Nvidia driver in Fedora Core 5 ?

[Jeff Vian]

On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 13:31 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> On 4/14/06, Wong Kwok-hon <kwokhon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/14/06, alan <alan at clueserver.org> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 22:32 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> My card is TNT2 M64 and only 7174 (legacy) can work and no module
> > > >> found  in rpm.livna.org . It also failed to build....
> > > >>
> > > >> Would someone tell me how to do or where to get the module ??
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Wong Kwok Hon
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Best thing to do is to make sure that kernel-devel is installed and then
> > > > download your driver from here:
> > > >
> > > > http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8756/NVIDIA-Linux-
> > > > x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run
> > > >
> > > > You should read the directions on the page before you install:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8756.html
> > > >
> > > > I followed the TNT2 links and those urls are what I got.  The installer
> > > > now features an editor which will automatically edit your xorg.conf file
> > > > if you want.
> > > >
> > > > If these new drivers still dont' work for you, then you will be stuck
> > > > searching the internet for a 7174 version of the Nvidia packaged
> > > > drivers.
> > >
> > > The older versions of the nVIDIA driver do not work with the kernel that
> > > comes with FC5.
> > >
> > > There is a new version of the nVIDIA driver that builds correctly without
> > > patches on FC5.  It was released just a few days ago, so you may need to
> > > grab the new one.  It is also supposed to fix some issues with suspend as
> > > well, as well as a few other bugs.
> > >
> > > Also make sure you are not running X when you try to build the nVIDIA
> > > driver.  It does not like that for some reason.
> >
> > Yes, my TNT2 M64 is in Nvidia Legacy and not supported in 8756.
> > And also I tried to install the 7174 in init 3 which without X but still failed.
> > So do any procedure I missed ?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Wong Kwok Hon
> >
> 
> Forgot to tell u that I got the information from Nvidia readme file as follows:
> 
> Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the unified
> driver. These GPUs will continue to be maintained through the special
> legacy NVIDIA GPU driver releases.
> NVIDIA chip name 	Device PCI ID
> RIVA TNT 	0x0020
> RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 	0x0028
> RIVA TNT2 Ultra 	0x0029
> Vanta/Vanta LT 	0x002C
> RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro 	0x002D
> Aladdin TNT2 	0x00A0
> GeForce 256 	0x0100
> GeForce DDR 	0x0101
> Quadro 	0x0103
> GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 	0x0150
> GeForce2 Ti 	0x0151
> GeForce2 Ultra 	0x0152
> Quadro2 Pro 	0x0153
> 
> So.... No legacy driver for above cards ?
> 
I think you are misreading that.
The legacy driver IS for these cards.
The new unified driver does not support these cards.

> Wong Kwok Hon
>