Nvidia driver installation

balasubramanian · #1 29th May 2009, 04:39 PM

Friends,

I installed nviida driver in fedora 10 with the following method.

su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...release-stable... http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...onfree-release'

yum -y install kmod-nvidia

After this installation, i am able to see nVidia Display Settings option in SYSTEM TOOLS. But When i clicke the nVIDIA DISPLAY setting, it tells me the following

YOU DNT APPEAR TO BE USING THE NIVIDIA X DRIVER. PLEASE EDIT YOUR X CONFIG FILE (JUST RUN 'nvidia-xconfig' as root) and restart the X.server.

I am bit confused if i can do this or not. I am not very experienced in linux. Pleas give your suggestion.

Thanks,
Bala

Loki1950 · #2 29th May 2009, 04:52 PM

Hi bala the open a terminal and enter

Code:

su nvidia-xconfig

as it suggests you will be asked for your root password. after that log out and back in that will stop and restart the x server the subsystem that handles your display.keyboard and mouse

Now try System Tools >nVidia Display Settings.

Enjoy the Choice

warkbt · #3 29th May 2009, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by balasubramanian

Friends,

YOU DNT APPEAR TO BE USING THE NIVIDIA X DRIVER. PLEASE EDIT YOUR X CONFIG FILE (JUST RUN 'nvidia-xconfig' as root) and restart the X.server.

I am bit confused if i can do this or not. I am not very experienced in linux. Pleas give your suggestion.

Search through forum...

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...t=nvidia+guide

Modify xorg.conf:

For 32 bit

Code:

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

For 64 bit

Code:

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

With:

Code:

su -
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

balasubramanian · #4 29th May 2009, 05:10 PM

Thank you both of you,
First i edited the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and added the modules path you have suggested.

Then i issued the following command and i got several warnings. Kindly write me if this is something serious. Should i ignore the warning.

[root@RAMANA cbala]# nvidia-xconfig

Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".

WARNING: No Screen specified, constructing implicit screen section.

WARNING: No Layout specified, constructing implicit layout section using screen
"Default Screen".

WARNING: Unable to find CorePointer in X configuration; attempting to add new
CorePointer section.

WARNING: The CorePointer device was not specified explicitly in the layout;
using the first mouse device.

WARNING: Unable to find CoreKeyboard in X configuration; attempting to add new
CoreKeyboard section.

WARNING: The CoreKeyboard device was not specified explicitly in the layout;
using the first keyboard device.

Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

[root@RAMANA cbala]# vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

balasubramanian · #5 29th May 2009, 05:27 PM

Also,
When i logout, the x-server failed to start. Hence i did the following

cp /etc/x11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/x11/xorg.conf

Then i rebooted the system. The reboot was fine but now the screen resolution is changed completely.
I dnt know what to do now.

Bala

Loki1950 · #6 29th May 2009, 10:48 PM

Have you tried the nVidia setting app now i have a feeling that it is now active.But lets check for sure could you post your now xorg.conf

Enjoy the Choice