New Video Driver for Nvidia+F9

PaulClarke · #1 29th May 2008, 02:08 PM

Hello,

I upgraded from F8 to 9 and then tried to upgrade to the new nvidia driver but am having problems. According to my Grub I have two option when booting they are
1. Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.i686) and
2. Fedora-base (2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686.

After attempting to install the new driver I seem to have it install on the second option but not on the first. When I select the first the boot up process get to the kmod part and says the module cannot be found and the driver is disabled.

I tired to reinstall the driver but this failed

What is going on here?

Paul

leigh123linux · #2 29th May 2008, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulClarke

Hello,

I upgraded from F8 to 9 and then tried to upgrade to the new nvidia driver but am having problems. According to my Grub I have two option when booting they are
1. Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.i686) and
2. Fedora-base (2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686.

After attempting to install the new driver I seem to have it install on the second option but not on the first. When I select the first the boot up process get to the kmod part and says the module cannot be found and the driver is disabled.

I tired to reinstall the driver but this failed

What is going on here?

Paul

Quote:

What is going on here?

There is no kmod for the release kernel !

Remove the Livna kmod-nvidia driver and try the Livna akmod-nvidia driver instead !

You will need both matching kernel-devels as akmod builds the needed kmods for the kernel .

Code:

su -
yum erase kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
yum install akmods akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
rpm -ivh http://fedora.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.rpm
akmods --kernel 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
akmods --kernel 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686

Code:

[leigh@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa |grep nvidia
akmod-nvidia-173.14.05-2.lvn9.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.4-30.fc9.x86_64-173.14.05-2.fc9.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.4-38.fc9.x86_64-173.14.05-2.fc9.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-173.14.05-1.lvn9.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173.14.05-1.lvn9.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-173.14.05-1.lvn9.i386
[leigh@localhost ~]

Melio · #3 29th May 2008, 03:38 PM

what is an "AKMOD"

leigh123linux · #4 29th May 2008, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melio

what is an "AKMOD"

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...41#post1021241

Code:

[leigh@localhost ~]$ yum info akmods
Loaded plugins: changelog, refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
Name       : akmods
Arch       : noarch
Version    : 0.3.1
Release    : 1.lvn9
Size       : 26 k
Repo       : installed
Summary    : Automatic kmods build and install tool
URL        : http://rpmfusion.org/Packaging/KernelModules/Akmods
License    : MIT
Description: Akmods startup script will rebuild akmod packages during system
           : boot while its background daemon will build them for kernels right
           : after they were installed.

[leigh@localhost ~]$

awesomo · #5 29th May 2008, 04:35 PM

Hi Leigh123,

I have a GForce 4 mx card and in F7 and F8 I followed firewing1's instructions here www.firewing1.com/content/view/88/52/. This neant using the Livna repo and installing kmod-nvidia-96xx and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx. Could you please tell me what has changed for F9? Do I install a different driver or do I have to wait for a new kmod-nvidia-96xx and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx?

I'd be grateful for any advice.

leigh123linux · #6 29th May 2008, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awesomo

Hi Leigh123,

I have a GForce 4 mx card and in F7 and F8 I followed firewing1's instructions here www.firewing1.com/content/view/88/52/. This neant using the Livna repo and installing kmod-nvidia-96xx and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx. Could you please tell me what has changed for F9? Do I install a different driver or do I have to wait for a new kmod-nvidia-96xx and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx?

I'd be grateful for any advice.

At present all Nvidia legacy cards are unsupported in F9 due to the xorg server version used in F9 !

PaulClarke · #7 30th May 2008, 01:39 PM

Hello,

I have tired your solution and I get the following outcomes

Installed: akmod-nvidia.i686 0:173.14.05-2.lvn9 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 0:173.14.05-1.lvn9 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 0:173.14.05-1.lvn9
Complete!
[root@localhost paul]# rpm -ivh http://fedora.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/lin...4.fc9.i686.rpm
Retrieving http://fedora.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/lin...4.fc9.i686.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package kernel-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686) is already installed
package kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 is already installed
[root@localhost paul]# akmods --kernel 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
bash: akmods: command not found
[root@localhost paul]# akmods --kernel 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686
bash: akmods: command not found
[root@localhost paul]#
[root@localhost paul]#
End

What am I doing incorrect?

Thank you for your support

Paul

leigh123linux · #8 30th May 2008, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulClarke

Hello,

I have tired your solution and I get the following outcomes

Installed: akmod-nvidia.i686 0:173.14.05-2.lvn9 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 0:173.14.05-1.lvn9 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 0:173.14.05-1.lvn9
Complete!
[root@localhost paul]# rpm -ivh http://fedora.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/lin...4.fc9.i686.rpm
Retrieving http://fedora.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/lin...4.fc9.i686.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package kernel-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686) is already installed
package kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 is already installed
[root@localhost paul]# akmods --kernel 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
bash: akmods: command not found
[root@localhost paul]# akmods --kernel 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686
bash: akmods: command not found
[root@localhost paul]#
[root@localhost paul]#
End

What am I doing incorrect?

Thank you for your support

Paul

You need the dash on su ( you have to be full root i.e su - )

Code:

su -

Code:

su -
rpm -ivh --oldpackage http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.25/14.fc9/i686/kernel-devel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.rpm
akmods --kernel 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
akmods --kernel 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686

leigh123linux · #9 30th May 2008, 01:50 PM

I have correct the package in the previous post ( you need the devel )

Code:

rpm -ivh http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.25/14.fc9/i686/kernel-devel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.rpm

PaulClarke · #10 30th May 2008, 01:59 PM

Still no luck

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packag...4.fc9.i686.rpm
Retrieving http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packag...4.fc9.i686.rpm
error: skipping http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packag...4.fc9.i686.rpm - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
[root@localhost ~]#

leigh123linux · #11 30th May 2008, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulClarke

Still no luck

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packag...4.fc9.i686.rpm
Retrieving http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packag...4.fc9.i686.rpm
error: skipping http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packag...4.fc9.i686.rpm - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
[root@localhost ~]#

Try

Code:

su -
wget http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.25/14.fc9/i686/kernel-devel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.rpm
rpm -ivh kernel-devel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.rpm
akmods --kernel 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
akmods --kernel 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686

Or

Code:

su -
rpm -ivh http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/2.6.25/14.fc9/i686/kernel-devel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.rpm
akmods --kernel 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
akmods --kernel 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686

PaulClarke · #12 30th May 2008, 11:06 PM

Hello,

Sorry after the last one I went to bed. It has not changed the 25.3-18 works and the 25-14 does not. All the command lines seem to work fine.

Tell what is the difference between the two boot options? Is the 25-3 functionally OK to use?

Paul

DteK · #13 6th June 2008, 06:32 PM

Hello leigh123
I registered to say that you instructions worked for me after I spent hours trying to get kmod-nvidia to work.

couple of questions:
as I understand it akmod build the drivers for your system at boot time depending on the kernel you have, is that correct?

does that mean that there will be no need to kmod-* from here out?

does that mean that issues with upgrading the kernel and not having the matching nvidia drivers should be resolved as they are now built dynamically.

Thanks again for the info you have provided.

D

dhimes · #14 19th September 2008, 01:27 PM

DTek,

Excellent questions I was wondering myself. I also was wondering how we are supposed to find out about this stuff? For instance, in leigh123's howto link for f9 it's not mentioned.

arnott · #15 19th September 2008, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123@linux

There is no kmod for the release kernel !

Remove the Livna kmod-nvidia driver and try the Livna akmod-nvidia driver instead !

You will need both matching kernel-devels as akmod builds the needed kmods for the kernel .

Code:

su -
yum erase kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
yum install akmods akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
rpm -ivh http://fedora.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.rpm
akmods --kernel 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
akmods --kernel 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686

Code:

[leigh@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa |grep nvidia
akmod-nvidia-173.14.05-2.lvn9.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.4-30.fc9.x86_64-173.14.05-2.fc9.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.4-38.fc9.x86_64-173.14.05-2.fc9.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-173.14.05-1.lvn9.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173.14.05-1.lvn9.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-173.14.05-1.lvn9.i386
[leigh@localhost ~]

My graphics card is GeForce4 FX5200XT and am running F9, do I need to uninstall kmod-nvidia and install akmod-nvidia ?

Thanks
arnott