Correct instructions for installing NVidia proprietary driver on Fedora 13?
Steven P. Ulrick
lists-fedora at afolkey2.net
Mon May 31 08:19:47 UTC 2010
> >> 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
> >
> Wow dude... I am really not sure what is going on.
>
> From what I hear all people have to do is make sure rpmfusion is in
> repo and yum update
>
> This is the only thread were it has failed like this
>
>
>
> I guess the only thing left to try is not do it through yum but
> add/remove software
>
> It should not make a bit of difference, but you may want to remove the
> driver go back to nouveau and try the proprietary driver through
> add/remove software, as well as the kmod for the kernel version.
> Then lower protection (selinix) then rdblacklist=nouveau on kernel lines
> in grub.conf
Agreed, it SHOULDN'T make a difference. But I'll give it a shot...
1. "Applications | System | Software Management" (kpackagekit)
2. Search for "kmod-nvidia"
3. Select "akmod-nvidia" & "kmod-nvidia"
4. Install the following packages:
nvidia-settings
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
nvidia-xconfig
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs
kmod-nvidia-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64
5. "Apply"
NOTHING was added to the end of the kernel line in grub.conf. Also, here is the
contents of my xorg.conf file as it stands after I installed the above packages:
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
So, I'm going to delete xorg.conf, add "rdblacklist=nouveau nomodeset" to the
kernel line and reboot...
I'll get back with you in a few minutes.
Steven P. Ulrick
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