How to install the Nvidia driver in Fedora Core 5 ?
Daniel Buggie
buggie at best.com
Fri Apr 14 17:53:35 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 12:47 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 20:55 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> > On 4/14/06, Lyvim Xaphir <knightmerc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 15:09 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I got a Geforce 2 MX from other 2nd hand computer and still failed to
> > > > modify the xorg.conf
> > > > The problem is X cannot the glx and nvidia but I can modprobe it in
> > > > root account...
> > > >
> > > > Any steps need after modified xorg.conf after the nvidia-xconfig run ?
> > > >
> > > > Wong Kwok Hon
> > > >
> > >
> > > Try rebooting the machine.
> > >
> > > LX
> >
> > Still the same... can't load the glx and nvidia even I can modprobe
> > the nvidia... but strange that glx is missing...
> >
> > Wong Kwok Hon
> >
>
> If you have tried previously to load the livna nvidia drivers, you may
> be experiencing a conflict between the two. You might try uninstalling
> the livna nvidia rpms and then run the Nvidia installer again.
>
> LX
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I ran into this one last night after a fresh install of 5.
See: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=66851
In a nutshell, update/install the following packages:
xorg-x11-server-sdk
xorg-x11-server-Xorg
Once done, reinstall the Nvidia drivers.
Daniel
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