F17 Nvidia guide

[exiledangel420]

Cool then I don't really care, and even if I did I doubt nvidia will fix it.
Their prioty is windows, always has been.
I never had a single nvidia driver issue using their software on windows.
But just because they won't provide support to my driver on linux, doesn't mean I don't have the right to use it.
The only wasted computer, is the one thrown away for a newer one.
http://www.greenhome.com/info/articl..._community/56/

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Final Solution Xfce:

rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.10-3.fc17.i686
akmod-nvidia-173xx-173.14.35-1.fc17.i686
kernel-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686
kernel-3.4.4-5.fc17.i686
kernel-devel-3.4.4-5.fc17.i686
kernel-headers-3.4.4-5.fc17.i686
kmod-nvidia-173xx-3.4.4-5.fc17.i686-173.14.35-1.fc17.i686
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.10-3.fc17.i686
nvidia-settings-1.0-18.fc17.i686
nvidia-xconfig-1.0-16.fc17.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-173.14.35-1.fc17.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs-173.14.35-1.fc17.i686
3.4.4-5.fc17.i686
nvidia               7103834  24 
i2c_core               28180  2 i2c_viapro,nvidia
# RPM Fusion - nvidia-173xx-xorg.conf
# 
Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
EndSection

lspci |grep VGA
00:09.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800/K8N800/K8N800A [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01)

glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, 
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_NV_video_out, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, 
    GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_NV_present_video
GLX version: 1.3
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, 
    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer, 
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce FX 5500/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.35
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, 
    GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample, 
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow, 
    GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100, 
    GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, 
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos, 
    GL_S3_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, 
    GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, 
    GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_Cg_shader, 
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit, 
    GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, 
    GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, 
    GL_EXT_paletted_texture, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, 
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, 
    GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, 
    GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, 
    GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod, 
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, 
    GL_EXT_timer_query, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, 
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square, 
    GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_fence, 
    GL_NV_float_buffer, GL_NV_fog_distance, GL_NV_fragment_program, 
    GL_NV_fragment_program_option, GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage, 
    GL_NV_half_float, GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint, 
    GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, GL_NV_pixel_data_range, 
    GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_register_combiners, 
    GL_NV_register_combiners2, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, 
    GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4, 
    GL_NV_texture_expand_normal, GL_NV_texture_rectangle, 
    GL_NV_texture_shader, GL_NV_texture_shader2, GL_NV_texture_shader3, 
    GL_NV_vertex_array_range, GL_NV_vertex_array_range2, GL_NV_vertex_program, 
    GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_NV_vertex_program2, 
    GL_NV_vertex_program2_option, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, 
    GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SGIX_shadow, 
    GL_SUN_slice_accum

120 GLX Visuals

Side note, if and when the gnome shel/NVIDIAl bug might be fixed where might I find out about?

[chepioq]

Hi all.
I test F18 rawhide, can I install akmod-nvidia with this rawhide ?

Originally Posted by chepioq

Hi all.
I test F18 rawhide, can I install akmod-nvidia with this rawhide ?

Yes but you will need to ensure it's a non-debug kernel.

[chepioq]

Yes but you will need to ensure it's a non-debug kernel.

How can see if kernel is a debug one ?
The latest is kernel-3.5.0-0.rc7.git0.1.fc18, I think it's a debug ...

Originally Posted by chepioq

How can see if kernel is a debug one ?
The latest is kernel-3.5.0-0.rc7.git0.1.fc18, I think it's a debug ...

Read the changelog

rpm -q --changelog kernel-3.5.0-0.rc7.git0.1.fc18

[chepioq]

Thank

[dominique@dominique Documents]$ rpm -q --changelog kernel-3.5.0-0.rc7.git0.1.fc18 | more
* lun. juil. 16 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@redhat.com> - 3.5.0-0.rc7.git0.1
- Linux v3.5-rc7
- Disable debugging options.

I install akmod-nvidia and see if that work.

==EDIT==

OK, that's good, I am with drivers nvidia 304.22
Thank

==EDIT 2==

But I can see on koji, the next kernel (kernel-3.5.0-0.rc7.git1.2.fc18) become debug

* Tue Jul 17 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@redhat.com> - 3.5.0-0.rc7.git1.2 - Reenable debugging options.

[interzoneuk]

I have a problem with the driver....

On a 64bit install The installation of mesa-libGL.i686 (32bit package) causes issues (i.e missing graphics, etc) with 32 bit games.

If I remove the package its fine - however one major issue - that is a dependency of wine...

How can I avoid this conflict between mesa i686 and nvidia i686 ?

[Fedorauserto]

I have two video cards. The second is an Nvidia. I installed the new drivers and rebooted. The boot screen gets to the end but the GUI does not stay loaded and I don't get a command prompt.

Attached are the outputs for the requested commands.

Any help is appreciated.

[mrbrown79]

Thanks for the guide. Any chance to add some undo steps?

I.e. what to do, if you want to return to nouveau?

/Kenneth

Originally Posted by mrbrown79

Thanks for the guide. Any chance to add some undo steps?

I.e. what to do, if you want to return to nouveau?

/Kenneth

step

1.

su
yum erase *\nvidia\*
reboot

done!

[bradycl_84043]

Having a very bizarre problem today. Yum update last night brought me up both to kernel 3.5.0-2 and to nvidia 304.30-1. Everything else I do works fine--except xbmc. Whenever I start xbmc up I get only blues on my screen (not as in a bluescreen, it's as if you were using an rgb monitor and had forgotten to plug in the r and g cables). This persists even when xbmc is in windowed mode, but everything goes back to normal when I exit xbmc.

My install of xbmc is from rpmfusion, xbmc-11.0-1.fc17.x86_64, and it worked perfectly well yesterday before the kernel and nvidia driver updated. As you can see below, previous to the update I was on kernel 3.4.6-2 and nvidia 295.59-1.

I *did* try booting into 3.4.6-2 (which is why you see akmod having created a kmod for nvidia 304.30-1 for that kernel), and the blue did occur there as well, which tends to have me blaming the nvidia update.

Is there any known issues such as this, can anyone reproduce, and more importantly, am I missing a simple fix?

Requested information is below:

#rpm -qa *\nvidia\* *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.10-4.fc17.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-304.30-1.fc17.x86_64
kernel-3.4.5-2.fc17.x86_64
kernel-3.4.6-2.fc17.x86_64
kernel-3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.4.5-2.fc17.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.4.6-2.fc17.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.4.5-2.fc17.x86_64-295.59-1.fc17.5.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.4.6-2.fc17.x86_64-304.30-1.fc17.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64-304.30-1.fc17.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.10-3.fc17.x86_64
nvidia-settings-1.0-19.fc17.x86_64
nvidia-xconfig-1.0-17.fc17.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-304.30-1.fc17.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-304.30-1.fc17.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-304.30-1.fc17.x86_64
3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64
nvidia 11236004 43
i2c_core 38177 3 i2c_i801,nvidia,videodev
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 304.30 (mockbuild@builder1.ovh.rpmfusion.lan) Thu Aug 2 00:54:52 CEST 2012

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Seiko/Epson"
HorizSync 31.6 - 47.4
VertRefresh 40.0 - 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro 2000M"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "metamodes" "1366x768_60 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

#lspci |grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF106 [Quadro 2000M] (rev a1)

[chepioq]

See this bug report on rpmfusion bugzilla : https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2434

Driver 304.30 is broken.

You downgrade this driver with those commands :

su
yum erase *\nvidia\*
yum install akmod-nvidia-295.53-1.fc17.1 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-295.53-\*.{x86_64,i686} xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-295.53-1.fc17 nvidia-settings-1.0-18.fc17 nvidia-xconfig-1.0-16.fc17

[bradycl_84043]

After an entire day of searching I finally used the right search terms and discovered that Second Life users are having the same issue literally five minutes after posting my question--for reference that thread is here: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=282841

I used those commands and they worked perfectly. I'm surprised that rpmfusion has not yet pulled 304 until there is a fix, but it is still there.

Thank you for the link to the bug report so I can keep an eye on it and know when it is safe not to exclude *\nvidia\* from updates again!

[BenTrein]

Interesting that many people get it. I'm dual-booted, so I might ride it out. Is there any guessing how long a wait it is till a fix comes in?

OpenTTD has the same problem.

Originally Posted by BenTrein

Interesting that many people get it. I'm dual-booted, so I might ride it out. Is there any guessing how long a wait it is till a fix comes in?

OpenTTD has the same problem.

Ask nvidia!

---------- Post added 5th August 2012 at 12:56 AM ---------- Previous post was 4th August 2012 at 01:44 PM ----------

Fix released

http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...rv-nvidia.html