I've tried this method in few Fedora 12 and Fedora 13 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 and Fedora 13, when try to use nVidia proprietary driver.
Note: nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 12 and Fedora 13 does not support older cards than GeForce 6 cards (except for some exceptions, check this comment).
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-nvidiayum install kmod-nvidia-PAEAllow nVidia driver loading and set SElinux allow_execstack on
setsebool -P allow_execstack onDisable nouveau, add following to grub.conf (/boot/grub/grub.conf or /etc/grub.conf) end of the "kernel" line
rdblacklist=nouveautitle Fedora (2.6.33.5-112.fc13.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.5-112.fc13.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_fedorabox-LogVol01 rd_LVM_LV=vg_fedorabox/LogVol01 rd_LVM_LV=vg_fedorabox/LogVol00 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=en rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.5-112.fc13.x86_64.img
Reboot system
reboot
And finally nVidia driver should work normally.
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This worked like a charm! Thanks!
I just followed the above instruction and rebooted to a black screen… now what do I do?
Change to console with ctrl+alt+F2 or (ctrl+alt+F3, F4, F5, F6).
Write following commands:
Should not output anything, if output nouveau driver then check that you have rdblacklist=nouveau on your grub.conf on right kernel row.
Should output nvidia driver, if not then run again exactly following command:
setsebool -P allow_execstack onThen reboot again:
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Wanted to say thanks. Not so easy to find this.
nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 12 (and probably Fedora 13 too) do support a few older cards than GeForce 6 cards. I am using 173xx driver for GeForce FX-5500 on F12 without any problem. I think even 96xx driver is supported, however 71xx is definitely not supported.
Blacklisting nouveau and setting SElinux are now done automatically by the RPM Fusion RPMs, without any user intervention.
Hi Awasthi,
Nice to know that nVidia proprietary drivers support even older than GeForce 6 cards and also nice to know that the Nouveau blacklisting and SELinux settings are now done automatically by RPM Fusion RPMs.
I updated this info to guide, thank you.
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Although I skipped the setsebool step because I have selinux disabled, your instructions fixed my problem (I think. I did this remotely and won’t know if X is running correctly until I get home, but I do see a kdm_greet in top so I’m hopeful.). I just upgraded from Fedora 11 to Fedora 13 and hadn’t experienced this nouveau problem before. I spent two hours last night trying to disable the module to no avail. Who’s idea was this nouveau crap anyway?
Thanks for the help.