Correct instructions for installing NVidia proprietary driver on Fedora 13?

Sun May 30 22:02:07 UTC 2010

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 13:34, Andre Costa <blueser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 23:09, Steven P. Ulrick <lists-fedora at afolkey2.net
> > wrote:
>
>> > Hello Everyone,
>> > If the output of "/sbin/lspci | grep VGA" is:
>> > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600
>> GT]
>> (rev
>> > a1)
>> >
>> > are the correct instructions for installing the proprietary NVidia
>> driver
>> still
>> > located here:
>> > http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/nvidia-yum-kmod
>> >
>> > I have tried the above referenced instructions a couple of times, with
>> the
>> same,
>> > bad results...  I am now going to try again, paying special attention to
>> the
>> > "Troubleshooting" section...  With this exact system, I have been so
>> used to
>> > everything working (up until I installed Fedora 13) that I have never
>> even had
>> > to look at the troubleshooting  steps for these instructions before.
>> >
>> > I will get back to you with whatever happens.
>>
>> Hello Again,
>> Well, no luck so far...  But here are some excerpts from log files that
>> might
>> help someone see what my problem is:
>>
>> First, the output of 'grep -i "nvidia" messages':
>>
>> [root at localhost log]# grep -i "nvidia" messages
>> May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints
>> kernel.
>> May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not
>> called
>> for 1 device(s).
>> May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: This can occur when a driver such
>> as
>> rivafb, nvidiafb or
>> May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained
>> ownership
>> of the NVIDIA
>> May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb
>> or
>> rivatv kernel module
>> May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel
>> without
>> rivafb/nvidiafb
>> May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: support), then try loading the
>> NVIDIA
>> kernel module again.
>> May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
>> May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not
>> called
>> for 1 device(s).
>> May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: This can occur when a driver such
>> as
>> rivafb, nvidiafb or
>> May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained
>> ownership
>> of the NVIDIA
>> May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb
>> or
>> rivatv kernel module
>> May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel
>> without
>> rivafb/nvidiafb
>> May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: support), then try loading the
>> NVIDIA
>> kernel module again.
>> May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
>> May 28 15:33:54 localhost yum: Installed: 1:kmod-
>> nvidia-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64-195.36.24-1.fc13.5.x86_64
>>
>> Second, the output of 'grep -i "nvidia" Xorg.0.log':
>>
>> [root at localhost log]# grep -i "nvidia" Xorg.0.log
>> [   185.822] (--) PCI:*(0:3:0:0) 10de:0622:10de:058f nVidia Corporation
>> G94
>> [GeForce 9600 GT] rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216,
>> 0xd0000000/268435456,
>> 0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000cc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
>> [   185.824] (II) Loading
>> /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so
>> [   185.833] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
>> [   185.833] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  195.36.24  Thu Apr 22 19:52:00 PDT
>> 2010
>> [   185.836] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
>> [   185.836] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
>> [   185.839] (--) NOUVEAU(0): Chipset: "NVIDIA NV94"
>> [   186.322] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X
>> driver
>> not found)
>>
>> Your insight is greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> It seems you`re loading nouveau instead of nvidia. If that`s the case, you
> might have to blacklist nouveau kernel module somehow (which seems odd
> considering that I didn't have to do anything). Did you install F13 from
> scratch or did you upgrade from F12?
>
> I`m not at home right now so I can`t check my configuration files, but I`ll
> do that as soon as I can and see if that's anything that could help you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andre
>

grub.conf doesn't seem to have anything specific to nvida/nouveau:

title Fedora (2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64 ro
root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-System rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/System
rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup00/Swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=br-abnt2 rhgb quiet
vga=0x369
initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64.img

(NOTE: I added the vga=0x369 myself to see graphical boot on my main display
at 1600x1050, otherwise I get plain text boot progress)

There's a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf which contains:

# RPM Fusion blacklist for nouveau driver - you need to run as root:
# dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
# if nouveau is loaded despite this file.
blacklist nouveau

This file has been installed by xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-195.36.24-1.fc13.x86_64.
Checking the scripts it runs with "rpm -q --scripts" shows me it installs
/etc/init.d/nvidia which starts with

#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig:    2345 8 92
# description:  This script will check if a nvidia kernel module is present
for\
#               the running kernel and modify the xorg.conf to  the
appropriate\
#               configuration.

I guess all this combined made nvidia work here. Is your setup similar to
the one above?

Regards,

Andre
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