Fedora 14 nVidia Drivers Install Guide (disable nouveau driver)
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This is guide, howto install nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 14 and disable Nouveau driver. I write this guide about two weeks ago, but I Delayed the publication of this guide, because of pyxf86config bug, which cause following livna-config-display errors on boot:
*Checking for module nvidia.ko: [ OK ]
Enabling the nvidia driver: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/sbin/nvidia-config-display”, line 28, in
import livnaConfigDisplay.ConfigDisplay
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/livnaConfigDisplay/ConfigDisplay.py”, line 29, in
import xf86config
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xf86config.py”, line 1, in
import ixf86config
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ixf86configmodule.so: undefined symbol: xstrtokenize
[FAILED]
But now, on my own testing and others testing, everything seems to work well with pyxf86config and livna-config-display when pyxf86config bug has been fixed.
This guide works with GeForce 6/7/8/9/200/300 series cards and also with GeForce FX cards.
Install nVidia proprietary drivers on Fedora 14 and disable the nouveau driver⌗
1. Change root user⌗
su -
## OR ##
sudo -i
2. Make sure that you are running latest kernel⌗
If not then update kernel and reboot
yum update kernel*
reboot
3. Add RPMFusion Repositories (Free and Non-Free)⌗
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
4. Install nVidia proprietary drivers⌗
4a. Install nVidia proprietary drivers for GeForce 6/7/8/9/200/300 series cards⌗
Select kmod, kmod-PAE or akmod from following.
kmod-nvidia
yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs
or
kmod-nvidia-PAE kernel
yum install kmod-nvidia-PAE
or
akmod-nvidia
yum install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs
kmod works fine for most people, but it doesn’t work on systems with different kernel
- like a self-compiled kernel
- an older Fedora kernel
- the quickly changing kernels from updates-testing/rawhide
Full spec of kmod and akmod differences, check this.
4b. Install nVidia proprietary drivers for GeForce FX cards⌗
Select kmod, kmod-PAE or akmod from following.
kmod-nvidia and kmod-nvidia-PAE
yum --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing install kmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686
or
kmod-nvidia-PAE kernel
yum --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing install kmod-nvidia-173xx-PAE
or
akmod-nvidia
yum --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing install akmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686
kmod works fine for most people, but it doesn’t work on systems with different kernel
- like a self-compiled kernel
- an older Fedora kernel
- the quickly changing kernels from updates-testing/rawhide
Full spec of kmod and akmod differences, check this.
5. Check /etc/X11/xorg.conf file⌗
This should not be necessary, but I recommend this, because of pyxf86config bug.
Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and check following rows:
32-bit
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection
64-bit
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection
If section files is missing then it have to be added manually.
6. Check /boot/grub/grub.conf file⌗
This should not be necessary, but missing rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0 is the most common reason which causes black screen / blank screen on boot with nVidia drivers. So it’s good to check followin also. ;)
Open /boot/grub/grub.conf file and check that the kernel row have following rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0:
title Fedora (2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686 .... rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0
initrd /initramfs-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686.img
7. Finally all is done and then reboot⌗
reboot
Please let me know if you have some problems with nVidia drivers installation. You could also tell you if you got the drivers installed using this guide and what graphics card you have?