NVIDIA for FC3

mike · #1 8th November 2004, 09:53 PM

NVIDIA Install Instructions for FC3
Based on the Alternate Instructions for NVIDIA from fedorafaq.org
http://www.fedorafaq.org/custom_nvidia.html

1. Get the lastest linux drivers.

2. Now print this out, or write it down, because we're going to close X, the graphical part of Linux.

3. Open a Terminal.

4. Become root:

Code:

su -

5. Shut down X:

Code:

telinit 3

6. Now, you will have a "Login:" prompt. Log in as root and go to the directory where you downloaded the nVidia drivers.

7. Type:

Code:

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg*.run

8. Follow nVidia's instructions to set up the driver. (Read the "EDITING YOUR XF86CONFIG FILE" section.)

9. You may need to remove some conflicting files, only do this if 3d accelerated apps do not apprear to be working.

Code:

rpm -e --nodeps xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL

NOTE: If you update any "xorg-x11" package with up2date or yum, you will have to do the above command again.

10. Load nvidia driver

Code:

modprobe nvidia

11. Set nvidia driver to load with udev.

Code:

cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices

Code:

chown root.root /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*

12. Reboot

spark1 · #2 8th November 2004, 11:35 PM

tnx, will try it as soon as i get my fc3 online

edit: online! ;p

JLF_65 · #3 9th November 2004, 04:30 AM

For x86_64, you need to do

Code:

rpm -e --nodeps --allmatches xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL

and for either, modprobe and telinit are in /sbin, so it should be like this

Code:

/sbin/modprobe nvidia

And you don't need to reboot - you can just

Code:

/sbin/telinit 5

to get back to X.

Other than that, it's all good.

Nice summary for people new to nvidia driver installation.

imdeemvp · #4 9th November 2004, 07:13 AM

I all do is follow this instructions from nvidian and I am done in less than 5 mins. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-6111.html

spark1 · #5 9th November 2004, 09:27 AM

im done with it but i wanna mention, if some1 got the same problem as i did: in the "telinit 3" part, it will be kinda 'stuck' after saying about the ancaron (FC's installer). its NOT stuck, nor thinking - just click Ctrl+C. i waiting long time for it to do something, finally went to sleep. and now came back and saw its the same.
so, dont do my mistake, tho its not big deal. greets!

by the way: "modprobe nvidia" if it worked, it means my driver is working? how do i make sure its loaded? (in gnome)

mike · #6 9th November 2004, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spark1

by the way: "modprobe nvidia" if it worked, it means my driver is working? how do i make sure its loaded? (in gnome)

In a terminal windows:

Code:

lsmod

And look for nvidia in the list.

mike · #7 9th November 2004, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spark1

im done with it but i wanna mention, if some1 got the same problem as i did: in the "telinit 3" part, it will be kinda 'stuck' after saying about the ancaron (FC's installer). its NOT stuck, nor thinking - just click Ctrl+C. i waiting long time for it to do something, finally went to sleep. and now came back and saw its the same.
so, dont do my mistake, tho its not big deal. greets!

After you telinit 3, you can hit

Code:

ctrl-alt-F1

to goto a new terminal window.

fritzonline · #8 9th November 2004, 02:16 PM

Thanks, Mike. This was the problem I was fearing most, as I had tremendous hassles with Fedora Core 2 and my GeForce.

Anyway, now I'm looking forward to getting home and installing.

bretzel · #9 9th November 2004, 03:50 PM

Thank you very Mike for that short help. Me too it was my brain killing problem in FC3.
I should have looked for help before...

I must thank the fedoraforum owner for us Fedora users, to give and get help. :-)
Your instructions guide just worked! I am now booting with the nvidia driver and now I am really happy to stop booting in rescue mode...:-)

Bretzel

Buchan · #10 9th November 2004, 06:16 PM

Well I can't say for sure yet Mike but I know things are better than last night. I just followed your instructions thru and ssh terminal from work and things look good. The machine came back up :-)

Last night after the standard nvidia install I just got to

Code:

Configuring Kernel Parameters...

and the system would hang.

Thanks a bunch looks like the thing I was missing was the

Code:

modprobe nvidia

Thanks again great Howto

Trefex · #11 27th November 2004, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buchan

Well I can't say for sure yet Mike but I know things are better than last night. I just followed your instructions thru and ssh terminal from work and things look good. The machine came back up :-)

Last night after the standard nvidia install I just got to

Code:

Configuring Kernel Parameters...

and the system would hang.

Thanks a bunch looks like the thing I was missing was the

Code:

modprobe nvidia

Thanks again great Howto

Hi,

I have the exactly same issue, how can i boot back to my system in text mode and edit my xorg.conf file again, or is this coz something went wrong with the kernel?

Thanks

sayeeth · #12 9th November 2004, 06:44 PM

Thanks mike, working like a charm now. Waiting eagerly for nvidia rpms.

steiale · #13 10th November 2004, 07:25 AM

Hello there,

unforunately this workaround does only work for single processor bootups. When I try to boot my system with smp kernel the nvidia driver does not work.

Anyone any idea why it is so? Any workarounds?

Thanks a lot!!

alex

PompeyBlue · #14 10th November 2004, 10:09 AM

Hello,

Thanks for the work around, after telinit 3 I too was stuck at starting anacron or something and I've just left my PC at home waiting for it to come back to life.

However, I have a quick query....

When I su I notice that /sbin is not in my path list. The telinit command sits in that directory and so I can't actually find it without adding it to my path list or cd'ing to it.

Do you guys all run telinit without problems ? Is my installation a bit broken ? Do you just cd /sbin ?

stray · #15 10th November 2004, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PompeyBlue

Thanks for the work around, after telinit 3 I too was stuck at starting anacron or something and I've just left my PC at home waiting for it to come back to life.

Perhaps you got dropped to the wrong console window; try hitting ALT-F1 through ALT-F5 to get another console. (ALT-F7 is usually the graphical console, when X is running).

Quote:

Originally Posted by PompeyBlue

Do you guys all run telinit without problems ? Is my installation a bit broken ? Do you just cd /sbin ?

If you "su -" instead of just "su", then you get root's environment set up for you. Without the minus sign, you retain your own path, which lacks /sbin and /usr/sbin.