Correct instructions for installing NVidia proprietary driver on Fedora 13?
Steven P. Ulrick
lists-fedora at afolkey2.net
Mon May 31 21:19:36 UTC 2010
> On 31.05.2010 21:36, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
> >> Hello Everyone9,
> >> 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 Everyone,
> > Since nothing has been figured out about this issue that I'm having yet, I
> > thought I'd give you a lot more detail about my system:
> >
> > Main System: SuperMicro SuperWorkstation SYS-5046A-XB
> > Motherboard: SuperMicro Super C7X58
> > ICPU: ntel(R) Xeon(R) QuadCore CPU E5504 2.00GHz
> > Memory: 8GB of RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3
1333
> > (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit
> > Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9600 GT (512MB of DDR2 memory on board.)
> >
> > Like I've said elsewhere in this thread, the proprietary nVidia drivers from
> > rpmfusion worked great on this same system under Fedora 12. I even used the
> > same instructions TRYING to get it to work under Fedora 13 that I used to
> > SUCCESSFULLY get it working under Fedora 12.
> >
> > Also, both my Fedora 12 and my current Fedora 13 installs were full installs
> > from the DVD. They were NOT upgrades, I completely wiped out the previous
> > Fedora install.
> >
> > Steven P. Ulrick
>
> Hey,
>
> Do you have vt-x (virtualisation) enabled in your bios?
Yes I do. But I THINK it said vt-d. But I'm not sure.
>
> If so, Try adding "iommu=soft" to the end of kernel line in
> /boot/grub/grub.conf
I just tried that, and it did not work...
Thank you for your help :)
Steven P. Ulrick
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