[PlanetCCRMA] FC4, nvidia drivers and apt mess
Eric Princen
eprincen at boatertalk.com
Thu Sep 1 14:29:05 PDT 2005
rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep nvidia-`
That should remove all the nvidia packages you installed.
Get the download from the NVidia site. The current one I have is:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run
but there may be a newer version.
Run this:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run
It will install the driver. Make sure to read the README
in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README. It will tell you what changes
to make to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Minimally is as follows:
<<<
If you already have an X config file working with a different driver
(such as the 'nv' or 'vesa' driver), then all you need to do is find
the relevant Device section and replace the line:
Driver "nv"
(or Driver "vesa")
with
Driver "nvidia"
In the Module section, make sure you have:
Load "glx"
You should also remove the following lines:
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
if they exist.
>>>
X should run fine after that. You will have to reinstall after each
kernel upgrade or if you boot to another kernel. Yes, I know that is a
bit strange, but it seems the userland code has a kernel version
dependency. Unfortunate.
Good luck,
-Eric ;-)
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