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    F16,F15 & F14 Nvidia driver guides

    Please note that I won't respond to any post's for help unless this basic information is included!


    Code:
    rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf


    __________________________________________________ _____________________________________

    F16 Howto for the rpmfusion nvidia drivers



    Click here for supported Nvidia cards list


    This is a Four-Step Process. If you don't follow all three steps, your install will fail!



    1. Update the kernel and reboot

    Code:
    su
    yum update kernel\* selinux-policy\*
    reboot
    2. Install the nvidia driver.

    For GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 & 500 series cards


    Using akmod: This is the best option in my opinion as you don't get any problems when a new kernel is released.

    __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________
    Extra step for PAE kernel only

    Code:
    su
    yum install kernel-PAE-devel
    __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ___________

    Code:
    su
    yum --nogpgcheck install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686




    Or using kmod (which saves a bit of disk space but will have problems with every kernel update.)
    ( if you have 4Gb of RAM or more you will probably have a PAE kernel [32bit only] so follow the PAE part )

    Code:
    su
    yum --nogpgcheck install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
    If you use a PAE kernel

    Code:
    su
    yum --nogpgcheck install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install kmod-nvidia-PAE



    3. Make sure nouveau is removed from initramfs



    Code:
    su
    mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img
    dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

    4. Reboot
    Last edited by leigh123linux; 22nd April 2011 at 06:22 PM. Reason: ....

  2. #2
    leigh123linux Guest

    F15 Nvidia driver guide

    Please note that I won't respond to any post's for help unless this basic information is included!


    Code:
    rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf


    __________________________________________________ _____________________________________

    F15 Howto for the rpmfusion nvidia drivers



    Click here for supported Nvidia cards list


    This is a Three-Step Process. If you don't follow all three steps, your install will fail!



    1. Update the kernel and reboot

    Code:
    su
    yum update kernel*
    reboot
    2. Install the nvidia driver.

    For GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 & 500 series cards


    Using akmod: This is the best option in my opinion as you don't get any problems when a new kernel is released.

    __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________
    Extra step for PAE kernel only

    Code:
    su
    yum install  kernel-PAE-devel
    __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ___________

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh  http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm   
    yum install akmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686




    Or using kmod (which saves a bit of disk space but will have problems with every kernel update.)
    ( if you have 4Gb of RAM or more you will probably have a PAE kernel [32bit only] so follow the PAE part )

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm    
    yum install kmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
    If you use a PAE kernel

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm    
    yum install kmod-nvidia-PAE



    For GeForce FX cards


    Using akmod: This is the best option in my opinion as you don't get any problems when a new kernel is released.


    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm   
    yum install akmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686



    Or using kmod (which saves a bit of disk space but will have problems with every kernel update.)

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm  
    yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686
    If you use a PAE kernel


    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx-PAE



    3. Reboot

    4. If you would like plymouth as well
    (optional)

    Code:
    su
    yum install bootconf-gui
    Then set you desired boot resolution from the menu launcher

    Application / System / Boot configuration

    There is a selinux issue that prevents gnomes-hell from starting (I hate it )



    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694918

    run

    Code:
    su
    grep gnome-session-c /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M nvidiaisbroken
    semodule -i nvidiaisbroken.pp

    __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _
    If it fails to work check /boot/grub/grub.conf to see if nouveau is blacklisted, if not run.

    1. Edit grub.conf


    this command adds rdblacklist=nouveau option to /boot/grub/grub.conf



    Code:
    su -
    sed -i '/root=/s|$| rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0|' /boot/grub/grub.conf
    mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img
    dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
    2. Reboot



    __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ______

    If nouveau refuses to die try
    Code:
    su
    yum erase xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
    mv  /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko        /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.txt
    mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img
    dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
    Last edited by leigh123linux; 3rd November 2010 at 09:19 AM. Reason: .

  3. #3
    leigh123linux Guest

    F14 Nvidia driver guide

    F14 Howto for the rpmfusion nvidia drivers


    Click here for supported Nvidia cards list


    This is a Three-Step Process. If you don't follow all three steps, your install will fail!



    1. Update the kernel and reboot

    Code:
    su
    yum update kernel*
    reboot
    2. Install the nvidia driver. ( if you have 4Gb of RAM or more you will probably have a PAE kernel [32bit only] so follow the PAE part )

    For GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 & 500 series cards


    Using akmod: This is the best option in my opinion as you don't get any problems when a new kernel is released.

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install akmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686




    Or using kmod (which saves a bit of disk space but will have problems with every kernel update.)

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install kmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
    If you use a PAE kernel

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install  kmod-nvidia-PAE




    For GeForce FX cards



    Using akmod: This is the best option in my opinion as you don't get any problems when a new kernel is released.

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install akmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686



    Or using kmod (which saves a bit of disk space but will have problems with every kernel update.)

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686
    If you use a PAE kernel


    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx-PAE


    For GeForce 4 and below

    Using akmod: This is the best option in my opinion as you don't get any problems when a new kernel is released.

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install akmod-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs.i686




    Or using kmod (which saves a bit of disk space but will have problems with every kernel update.)

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs.i686
    If you use a PAE kernel


    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm     http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx-PAE
    3. Reboot

    4. If you would like plymouth as well


    Code:
    su
    yum install bootconf-gui
    Then set you desired boot resolution from the menu launcher

    Application / System / Boot configuration


    __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _________________________

    If it fails to work check /boot/grub/grub.conf to see if nouveau is blacklisted, if not run.

    1. Edit grub.conf


    this command adds rdblacklist=nouveau option to /boot/grub/grub.conf



    Code:
    su -
    sed -i '/root=/s|$| rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0|' /boot/grub/grub.conf
    mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname   -r)-nouveau.img
    dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
    2. Reboot
    Last edited by leigh123linux; 3rd November 2010 at 09:19 AM. Reason: .

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    hi i've installed nvidia driver to my new F10 x64 and i have one problem. When I try run system-config-display I get this error.
    I used quide on this page.

    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 312, in <module>
    hardware_state = XF86HardwareState(xconfig)
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/rhpxl/xhwstate.py", line 174, in __init__
    self.init_from_xconfig(xconfig)
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/rhpxl/xhwstate.py", line 260, in init_from_xconfig
    if screen.device:
    AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'device'
    and with wine

    fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x39edbc,0x00000000), stub!
    err:d3d:WineD3D_CreateFakeGLContext Can't find a suitable iPixelFormat
    err:d3d:InitAdapters Failed to get a gl context for default adapter
    err:d3d:WineDirect3DCreate Direct3D9 is not available without opengl
    err:d3d:WineDirect3DCreate Direct3D9 is not available without opengl
    I think that this is the same problem.
    Thx for help.

  5. #5
    leigh123linux Guest
    Quote Originally Posted by slune
    hi i've installed nvidia driver to my new F10 x64 and i have one problem. When I try run system-config-display I get this error.
    I used quide on this page.



    and with wine



    I think that this is the same problem.
    Thx for help.

    Post

    Code:
    glxinfo
    Code:
    rpm -qa |grep nvidia

    and
    Code:
    cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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    Quote Originally Posted by slune

    Ok edit xorg.conf to


    Code:
    # Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
    
    Section "Files"
    	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
    	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers"
    	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
    EndSection
    
    Section "ServerFlags"
    	Option	    "AIGLX" "on"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier  "Videocard0"
    	Driver      "nvidia"
    	Option	    "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Extensions"
    	Option	    "Composite" "Enable"
    EndSection
    Don't forget to restartX after editing.

    and try reinstalling system-config-display & rhpxl

    Code:
    su
    yum reinstall system-config-display rhpxl
    as for the wine error I don't know , it should work as glxinfo says you have openGL .

    Code:
    OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
    OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 9800M GTS/PCI/SSE2
    OpenGL version string: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 177.82
    OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
    OpenGL extensions:

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    I've changed my xorg, reboot(for sure ), reinstall and there is no change. I tried uninstall nvidia driver, delete xorg.conf and reboot everything works fine of course no compiz-fusion etc.. With nvidia driver i have still problem with system-config-display and wine.

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    I downloaded http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm
    Update
    it then updates to livna-release-10
    Update
    it then installs RPM Fusion Repos.

    Then its business as usual (for Livna users)

    BUT !!!

    My EVE-Online game, witch i run though Wine, ran perfect and smooth on F9 dist with Nvidia.
    Now it dosent run smooth any more, and some options is gone in the games graphic config

    I have no idea where the problem lies, but had i known this, i would have stayed on F9 and never updated

    So if you are playing EVE-Online , my advise is to forget F10 ...... for now ... (big ALSA sound issues too, with Wine)

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    I followed the instructions to the letter, however I'm getting this dependency issue.

    --> Finished Dependency Resolution
    livna-config-display-0.0.22-1.fc10.noarch from rpmfusion-nonfree has depsolving problems
    --> Missing Dependency: system-config-display is needed by package livna-config-display-0.0.22-1.fc10.noarch (rpmfusion-nonfree)
    Error: Missing Dependency: system-config-display is needed by package livna-config-display-0.0.22-1.fc10.noarch (rpmfusion-nonfree)
    I'm not sure if this is a temporary issue with the repo or what. Any ideas?

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    Okay, I got things installed, but I have the sneaking suspicion I did way more work than I had too.

    Just in case, here what I did.

    1. Grabbed system-config-display source rpm: http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/fedora...10.noarch.html

    2. Grabbed dependencies needed for rpmbuild: yum install gettext intltool rpm-build

    3. rpmbuild --rebuild system-config-display-1.1.1-1.fc10.src.rpm

    4. Grabbed dependencies to install the outputted binary RPM: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html

    5. rpm -Uvh system-config-display-1.1.1-1.fc10.noarch.rpm

    6. yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i386

    Everything went smoothly from there. Now, some side information here, I installed FC10 from the Live-CD, is this related to some of the missing dependencies?
    Am I the only one to have experienced this problem (I can hardly imagine I am, though things seem to be working for everyone else in this thread :-/ )?
    Am I simply missing another repo that contains system-config-display, or otherwise why isn't it showing up for me?
    It's also worth noting that xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.x86_64 does not appear to be in my repositories either.

    I am running a fresh install of FC10 (from Live-CD) with an NVidia GeForce fx5500 for reference.

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    Apparently I spoke too soon.

    I rebooted and hardware acceleration is working (as evidenced by glxgears), however system-config-display gives the following error:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 312, in <module>
    hardware_state = XF86HardwareState(xconfig)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rhpxl/xhwstate.py", line 175, in __init__
    self.init_from_xconfig(xconfig)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rhpxl/xhwstate.py", line 261, in init_from_xconfig
    if screen.device:
    AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'device'
    I have little doubt this is related to the very roundabout way I had to go of finding and installing it.

    Also, prior to the driver installation (and the primary reason I wanted it installed) I was only able to set a max resolution of 800x600. Now it seems my only options are 640x480 & 320x240. So things are actually worse in terms of usability. The irony here is not lost on me, and it would almost be funny if it wasn't so annoying.

    Mind you, in prior versions of Fedora I have always used the binary drivers as provided direction from NVidia in .sh form. Of course, the current version of those don't even build at the moment. So what are my options here? I'm starting a torrent of the normal install media tonight, and hopefully reinstalling with that will fix these issues or a working solution will be available by the time the download is done. Otherwise, I guess it's Ubuntu for a month until Fedora sorts their stuff out. I guess I should have known better than to try and install a fresh Fedora release over the holiday when I need my desktop to work without me working on it. (Don't read me wrong here, I love Fedora, but this sort of thing always seems to happen with new releases right off the bat)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unlimited
    Apparently I spoke too soon.

    I rebooted and hardware acceleration is working (as evidenced by glxgears), however system-config-display gives the following error:


    I have little doubt this is related to the very roundabout way I had to go of finding and installing it.

    Also, prior to the driver installation (and the primary reason I wanted it installed) I was only able to set a max resolution of 800x600. Now it seems my only options are 640x480 & 320x240. So things are actually worse in terms of usability. The irony here is not lost on me, and it would almost be funny if it wasn't so annoying.

    Mind you, in prior versions of Fedora I have always used the binary drivers as provided direction from NVidia in .sh form. Of course, the current version of those don't even build at the moment. So what are my options here? I'm starting a torrent of the normal install media tonight, and hopefully reinstalling with that will fix these issues or a working solution will be available by the time the download is done. Otherwise, I guess it's Ubuntu for a month until Fedora sorts their stuff out. I guess I should have known better than to try and install a fresh Fedora release over the holiday when I need my desktop to work without me working on it. (Don't read me wrong here, I love Fedora, but this sort of thing always seems to happen with new releases right off the bat)

    Try using nvidia-settings


    Code:
    su -
    nvidia-settings

    Then use it to setup you monitor and save the changes to xorg.conf

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    You may need to edit xorg.conf for compiz to work.
    Is there a particular reason that this doesn't get done automatically?

    Thanks for the information, you saved me a whole lot of frustration on getting compiz back after the upgrade from 9 to 10 (which actually went pretty smoothly, though it still took several hours to get back to a productive mode...)

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    Try using nvidia-settings

    Then use it to setup you monitor and save the changes to xorg.conf
    Hm, I guess I should have mentioned that nvidia-settings is where I see my only two resolution options. Hitting "Detect Displays" doesn't change anything. These drivers seem determined to believe my 20" CRT is a 640x480 screen. :-/ Is there a way to override this nonsense by editing the xorg.conf directly?

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