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    F15 Nvidia Guide

    F15 Howto for the rpmfusion nvidia drivers


    Click here for supported Nvidia cards list


    This is a Three-Step Process. If you don't follow all three steps, your install will fail!



    1. Update the kernel and reboot

    Code:
    su
    yum update kernel*
    reboot
    2. Install the nvidia driver.

    For GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 & 500 series cards


    Using akmod: This is the best option in my opinion as you don't get any problems when a new kernel is released.

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    Extra step for PAE kernel only

    Code:
    su
    yum install kernel-PAE-devel
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    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh  http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm  
    yum install akmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686




    Or using kmod (which saves a bit of disk space but will have problems with every kernel update.)( if you have 4Gb of RAM or more you will probably have a PAE kernel [32bit only] so follow the PAE part )

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh  http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm  
    yum install kmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
    If you use a PAE kernel

    Code:
    su
    rpm -Uvh  http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm  
    yum install  kmod-nvidia-PAE



    For GeForce FX cards


    Using akmod: This is the best option in my opinion as you don't get any problems when a new kernel is released.


    Code:
    su
     rpm -Uvh  http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm
     yum install akmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686



    Or using kmod (which saves a bit of disk space but will have problems with every kernel update.)

    Code:
    su
     rpm -Uvh  http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm
     yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173xx-libs.i686
    If you use a PAE kernel


    Code:
     su
     rpm -Uvh  http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm   http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-rawhide.noarch.rpm
     yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx-PAE



    3. Reboot

    4. If you would like plymouth as well
    (optional)

    Code:
    su
    yum install bootconf-gui
    Then set you desired boot resolution from the menu launcher

    Application / System / Boot configuration

    There is a selinux issue that prevents gnomes-hell from starting (I hate it )



    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694918

    run

    Code:
    su
    grep gnome-session-c /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M nvidiaisbroken
    semodule -i nvidiaisbroken.pp

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    If it fails to work check /boot/grub/grub.conf to see if nouveau is blacklisted, if not run.

    1. Edit grub.conf


    this command adds rdblacklist=nouveau option to /boot/grub/grub.conf



    Code:
    su -
    sed -i '/root=/s|$| rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0|' /boot/grub/grub.conf
    mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname   -r)-nouveau.img
    dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
    2. Reboot



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    If nouveau refuses to die try
    Code:
    su
    yum erase xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
    mv  /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko      /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.txt
    mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname  -r)-nouveau.img
    dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    any support for nvidia-173.14.30 ?
    its available now (xorg 1.10 supported)

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    nvidia seems to break gnome-shell every time I try to attach a second monitor via nvidia-settings . no problems at all with gnome.fallback

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Is it possible to add resolution 1440x900 if I'm using drivers from this instruction. I usually set it to 1440x900 as the native resolution is to small but this resolution is not available now and any others doesn't fit to my screen?

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by ZenmasteR
    any support for nvidia-173.14.30 ?
    its available now (xorg 1.10 supported)

    Not at the moment, I believe the rpmfusion nvidia maintainer is away so give it a week or so.

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by HTF2000
    Is it possible to add resolution 1440x900 if I'm using drivers from this instruction. I usually set it to 1440x900 as the native resolution is to small but this resolution is not available now and any others doesn't fit to my screen?

    I have no problem getting 1920x1080


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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Didn't work with my GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS] (rev a1), even following all steps (including selinux). I got this message on boot (this is handwritten):
    Code:
    Starting LSB: Builds and installs new kmods from akmod package failed, see 'systematt status akmods.service' for details

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by leigh123linux
    I have no problem getting 1920x1080


    .
    Thanks for reply, unfortunately none of the resolutions fit to my screen I have Dell notebook XPS M1710 with Nvidia 7950GTX and it's 16:9 screen. The available resolutions are: 1920x1200, 1600x1200, 1400x1050, 1280x1024, 1280x960, 1024x768.

    Did you set yours manually in '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file or was it available in Nvidia control panel?

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by HTF2000
    Thanks for reply, unfortunately none of the resolutions fit to my screen I have Dell notebook XPS M1710 with Nvidia 7950GTX and it's 16:9 screen. The available resolutions are: 1920x1200, 1600x1200, 1400x1050, 1280x1024, 1280x960, 1024x768.

    Did you set yours manually in '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file or was it available in Nvidia control panel?

    It defaulted to the max resolution

    Code:
    [leigh@main_pc ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    # RPM Fusion - nvidia-xorg.conf
    # 
    Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
    EndSection
    [leigh@main_pc ~]$

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by leigh123linux
    It defaulted to the max resolution

    Code:
    [leigh@main_pc ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    # RPM Fusion - nvidia-xorg.conf
    # 
    Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
    EndSection
    [leigh@main_pc ~]$
    Is there any way so I could achieved 1440x900?

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by HTF2000
    Is there any way so I could achieved 1440x900?
    you don't need to set your resolution to 1440x900 - just change DPI from 96 to 120 or higher value - thanks to that you'll keep native resolution, which looks much better and all text on the screen will be larger, crispier and easier to read. you could also switch rgba antialiasing on with slight hinting and install freeworld-freetype from rpmfusion.org for optimum font rendering... hint: gnome-hell comes without easy way of setting those settings, you'll need to change them using dconf-editor.
    Last edited by megaloman; 23rd April 2011 at 09:54 PM.
    megaloman.org

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Thanks Leigh! 64-bit akmod and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs worked without any problem for me on XFCE.

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Thanks Leigh this worked well on Fedora 15 KDE. Now off to install nexuiz

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by leigh123linux
    4. If you would like plymouth as well[/B] (optional)

    Code:
    su
    yum install bootconf-gui
    Then set you desired boot resolution from the menu launcher
    I still got animated bars after installing this. Was thinking this will revive the animated fedora icon instead. Or, is that controlled by the resolution settings? I didn't find the my screen resolution (1440 x 900).

    Application / System / Boot configuration
    There is a selinux issue that prevents gnomes-hell from starting (I hate it )
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694918

    run

    Code:
    su
    grep gnome-session-c /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M nvidiaisbroken
    semodule -i nvidiaisbroken.pp
    I got few errors setting SELinux but it still works. My F15 boots fine and Gnome-shell is now very responsive ... no jerking (yay! ). Well that's until there is a power outage or network disconnection, then the notifier freezes the display a bit.

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    Re: F15 Nvidia Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by twohot
    I still got animated bars after installing this. Was thinking this will revive the animated fedora icon instead. Or, is that controlled by the resolution settings? I didn't find the my screen resolution (1440 x 900).

    Did you run the boot configuration tool? , just select the closest (I run at 1920x1080 but had to use 1280x1024 for the boot resolution).

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