problem with nVidia driver

p3tzata · #1 10th December 2007, 09:55 AM

Hi,
I try to install nVidia driver on Fedora 8, x86_64
and my video card is GeForce 6150, onboard

I installed that packages with "yum"

xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
kmod-nvidia

After that I installed NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run, but during installation show me

Code:

No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; 
would you like the installer to atempt to download a kernel tnterface for your kernel from ther NVIDIA ftp site

I type "yes", but it's don't find.
I write that in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Code:

Section "Device"
Identifier "videocardCheking0"
Driver "nvidia"

I reboot and in boot time

Code:

Cheking for module nvidia.ko was not found [Failed]

And I look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf that

Code:

Section "Device"
Identifier "videocardCheking0"
Driver "vesa"

Can you tell me where is my error

FriedChips · #2 10th December 2007, 01:04 PM

Do not install anything from nvidia-install.run package.. kmod should be all you need. can you post:

Code:

rpm -q kernel kmod-nvidia

p3tzata · #3 10th December 2007, 01:06 PM

# rpm -q kernel kmod-nvidia
kernel-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8
kmod-nvidia-100.14.19-19.lvn8

FriedChips · #4 10th December 2007, 01:23 PM

make sure that you are booted into the newest kernel. Being 2.6.23.8-63 in your case. The kmod-nvidia package is kernel specific so it will only work for 1 of your installed kernels at a time. If neither kernel is loading the nvidia module try uninstall kmod-nvidia and reinstalling

Code:

yum erase kmod-nvidia
yum install kmod-nvidia
nvidia-config-display enable
reboot

p3tzata · #5 10th December 2007, 02:52 PM

thank you, now work