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Howto install nVidia driver on Fedora 12 (and just disable the nouveau driver)

November 24, 2009 by JR
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I've tried this method in two Fedora 12 machine, and looks like it is working. Nouveau has been enabled by default starting from Fedora 11 and looks like nouveau cause some problems on Fedora 12, when try to use nVidia proprietary driver.

Note: nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 12 does not support older cards than GeForce 6 cards.

Install nVidia driver and disable nouveau

Run the following commands as root. Enable access to both the free and the nonfree RPM Fusion repository
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
Update system and repositories
yum update
Install kmod-nvidia or kmod-nvidia-PAE if you are using PAE (Physical Address Extension) kernel
yum install kmod-nvidia
yum install kmod-nvidia-PAE
Allow nVidia driver loading and set SElinux allow_execstack on
setsebool -P allow_execstack on
Disable nouveau, add following to grub.conf (/boot/grub/grub.conf or /etc/grub.conf) end of the "kernel" line
rdblacklist=nouveau
Example:
title Fedora (2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686)
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 ro root=UUID=a94a89b7-e984-4c00-4447-7d45a77b124 rhgb quiet SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=en rdblacklist=nouveau
	initrd /initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.img
Reboot system
reboot

And finally nVidia driver should work normally.

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7 Responses to “ Howto install nVidia driver on Fedora 12 (and just disable the nouveau driver) ”

  1. Installing NVIDIA graphics drivers on Fedora 12 – PCR's notepad
    December 19, 2009 at 6:32 pm

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  2. Anthony L
    December 26, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    This worked like a charm! Thanks!

    Reply
  3. Dave
    January 7, 2010 at 6:46 am

    I just followed the above instruction and rebooted to a black screen… now what do I do?

    Reply
  4. JR
    January 7, 2010 at 7:56 am

    Change to console with ctrl+alt+F2 or (ctrl+alt+F3, F4, F5, F6).

    Write following commands:

    lsmod |grep nouveau

    Should not output anything, if output nouveau driver then check that you have rdblacklist=nouveau on your grub.conf on right kernel row.

    lsmod |grep nvidia

    Should output nvidia driver, if not then run again exactly following command:

    setsebool -P allow_execstack on

    Then reboot again:

    reboot
    Reply
  5. Auto Driver Update
    March 2, 2010 at 12:07 am

    I am a frequent reader of your blog and just wanted to let you know you that I really like your articles.

    Reply
  6. Falcom
    March 11, 2010 at 12:51 am

    Thank you very much for your feedback!

    Reply

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