Correct instructions for installing NVidia proprietary driver on Fedora 13?

[Steven P. Ulrick]

> On 05/30/2010 04:47 PM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
> >>> Hello Everyone
> >>> I'm going to try all of this again.  This time, I'm going to give a 
precise,
> >>> blow by blow account of what I am doing:
> >>> 1. "yum update": No Packages marked for Update
> >>> 2. [steve at localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci | grep VGA
> >>> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 
GT]
> >>>        
> >> (rev
> >>      
> >>> a1)
> >>> 3. Go to this address: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html
> >>> I found this on that page: "GeForce 9600 GT  0x0622"
> >>> 4. I SKIP this step "su -c 'setsebool -P allow_execstack on'" because I 
have
> >>> SELinux disabled.
> >>> 5. su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia'
> >>> Results:
> >>> Package 1:kmod-nvidia-195.36.24-1.fc13.6.x86_64 already installed and 
latest
> >>> version
> >>> Nothing to do
> >>> 6. su -c 'mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-
> >>> nouveau.img'
> >>> 7. su -c 'dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)'
> >>> 8. "rdblacklist=nouveau nomodeset" at the end of the appropriate kernel 
line
> >>>        
> >> in
> >>      
> >>> "grub.conf"
> >>>
> >>> These 8 steps are the same ones that I follow every time I try this.  If
> >>>        
> > this
> >    
> >>> does not work, I am going to try 'blacklist "nouveau"' in
> >>> /etc/modprobe/blacklist instead of "rdblacklist=nouveau" in grub.conf.
> >>>
> >>> OK.  Here we go...
> >>>        
> >> Hello Again,
> >> I decided to re-compile the kernel because of the last two comments on this
> >> page:
> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-701291.html
> >>
> >>      
> >>> Tails9
> >>> February 20th, 2008, 03:59 PM
> >>> After reading alot, I guess I have to compile the kernel without the
> >>>        
> > nvidiafb
> >    
> >>> module, because I'd like to use the official nvidia drivers so I can run
> >>> compiz (again), but this time without XGL (so I have direct rendering (so
> >>> the videotearing will be gone) ). Tails9
> >>> March 2nd, 2008, 02:13 PM
> >>> I recompiled the kernel without the framebuffer support, reinstalled the
> >>> nvidiadrivers with envy and the problem is gone.
> >>>        
> >> 1. "rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.src.rpm"
> >> 2. cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/
> >> 3. rpmbuild -bp kernel.spec
> >> 4. "cd ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.33/linux-2.6.33.x86_64/"
> >> vi Makefile"
> >> EXTRAVERSION="-noframebuffer"
> >> 3. "make menuconfig"
> >> 4. "Device Drivers --->  Graphics support --->  Support for frame buffer 
devices"
> >> 5. Uncheck "nVidia Framebuffer Support"&  "nVidia Riva support"
> >> 6. "exit" back to the main menu.
> >> 7. Select "exit" again, and choose to save my new configuration file
> >> 8. "make rpm"
> >>
> >> It's building now.  We'll see what happens.
> >>      
> > OK.  The good news is that the RPM was successfully built.  The bad news is 
that
> > the output of "rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64.rpm" is as 
follows:
> >
> > [root at localhost x86_64]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64.rpm
> > Preparing...                ########################################### 
[100%]
> >          package kernel-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64 (which is newer than
> > kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64) is already installed
> >          package kernel-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64 (which is newer than
> > kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64) is already installed
> >          file /lib/firmware/matrox/g200_warp.fw from install of
> > kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package linux-
> > firmware-20100106-4.fc13.noarch
> >          file /lib/firmware/matrox/g400_warp.fw from install of
> > kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package linux-
> > firmware-20100106-4.fc13.noarch
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Steven P. Ulrick
> >    
> 
> 
> 
> Hi there
> 
> Did you do a clean install?

Yes.  Did a clean install from the DVD, entirely wiped out my old Fedora 12 
install.

> If this does not work then try the akmod instead of the kmod
> akmod will autotrack in newest kernel mod on boot

yum list | grep -i akmod:
akmod-nvidia.x86_64                        1:195.36.24-1.fc13.5         
@rpmfusion-nonfree
akmods.noarch                              0.3.6-3.fc12                 
@rpmfusion-free

I used akmod on Fedora 12, and it always worked perfectly for me.  In fact, 
everything with the proprietary nVidia driver worked perfectly.

Steven P. Ulrick