Getting nVidia cards to work in Fedora Core

[bin23]

Thanks leigh123,

..should have guest that, that was the problem. Following those instructions I was able to swap the kernel and the drivers installed as they should have.

Bin23

[Indalecio]

Originally Posted by leigh123

try this xorg.conf ( edit with nano )

Sorry for getting back late. I used that xorg.conf that you displayed, but I am still getting the same results.

Is there a more current version of xconfigurator? Or can I do anything with kudzu?

[Firewing1]

If you remove /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/sysconfig/hwconf then restart kudzu it should reconfigure your system. It may change nothing, but once that got my broken sound to work properly.
Firewing1

[citizenkane]

Hi,

I've managed to get my nvidia card working pretty much completely with the help of leigh in another thread, the only thing I cant seem to get it to do is direct rendering in cedega (32-bit), Im running Fedora Core 6 64-bit

[Firewing1]

Have you installed the 32bit libraries of the nVidia driver?
Firewing1

[Indalecio]

Originally Posted by Firewing1

Have you installed the 32bit libraries of the nVidia driver?
Firewing1

Not sure. How would I check?

[Firewing1]

Originally Posted by Indalecio

Not sure. How would I check?

rpm -q xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs-32bit xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-32bit

If it return two 'not installed' then it's not there - One 'not installed' and you're okay.
Firewing1

[citizenkane]

HI Firewing,

Would you have any idea as to why 64-bit direct rendering works, but 32-bit direct rendering doesnt (In Cedega)?

Is there any command I could use to make glxgears run in 32-bit mode? - then if it uses direct rendering I know its a Cedega problem and not a driver problem

Thanks
Kevin

[Firewing1]

Originally Posted by citizenkane

HI Firewing,

Would you have any idea as to why 64-bit direct rendering works, but 32-bit direct rendering doesnt (In Cedega)?

Is there any command I could use to make glxgears run in 32-bit mode? - then if it uses direct rendering I know its a Cedega problem and not a driver problem

Thanks
Kevin

See my post above to check if the 32-bit libs are installed - If not, then that is why you're without DRI.
Friewing1

[citizenkane]

Hi Firewing, it is installed:

# rpm -q xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs-32bit xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-32bit
package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs-32bit is not installed
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-32bit-1.0.9755-4.lvn6

Hmm

[Firewing1]

I would try doing a manual ldconfig:

su -
ldconfig
exit

Firewing1

[xeonman9000]

Hello, I got a kernel update a few days ago, and since then, I have been unable to run dual monitors, when I boot up I land at a text interface and have to re-configure X.
I tired uninstalling and re-installing the nVidia drivers and got the following:

[root@wi****away ~]# service nvidia restart
Disabling the nvidia driver: Driver already disabled.
                                                           [  OK  ]
Checking for module nvidia.ko:                             [FAILED]
nvidia.ko for kernel 2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 was not found.      [WARNING]
The nvidia driver will not be enabled until one is found.  [WARNING]

[Firewing1]

Try:

yum install kmod-nvidia
yum update kmod-nvidia

And then reboot into the newest kernel.
Firewing1

[xeonman9000]

It seems I already have the latest kernel:

Transaction Check Error:
  package kernel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.20-1.2944.fc6) is already installed
  package kmod-nvidia-1.0.9755-2.2.6.20_1.2948.fc6 (which is newer than kmod-nvidia-1.0.9755-2.2.6.20_1.2944.fc6) is already installed

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[Scytale]

Have you made any changes to your SE Linux policies, that can cause the error message your getting to be displayed.