F15 Nvidia Guide - Page 4

VastOne · #46 4th May 2011, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francisco_PR

Yep, it only changed one number from the previous official kernel, so I believe it was a minor change and I wasn't particularly optimistic about the outcome.

Yes... I so want to install the nvidia via these instructions but nouveau is working so well I am afraid to risk it and have to start all over again..

I could just wipe out my Ubuntu drive with a dd and go from there... will need to redo grub first as grub2 is running from that first partition...

Just musing...

***DBelton*** · #47 4th May 2011, 08:41 PM

I am in agreement with you there.

On my system, nouveau has been working so well that I haven't bothered to install the nvidia drivers.

Congrats are in order for all of the hard work that the nouveau team has put into writing the drivers. (I know they aren't finished yet, but they are doing a really great job)

stone head · #48 5th May 2011, 06:13 AM

Hi,
After installing the nvidia driver according to the guide, I'm getting a laggy interface, especially with firefox.
The nouveau driver worked perfectly, how can i revert to it?

Thanks

leigh123linux · #49 5th May 2011, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stone head

Hi,
After installing the nvidia driver according to the guide, I'm getting a laggy interface, especially with firefox.
The nouveau driver worked perfectly, how can i revert to it?

Thanks

Try

Code:

su
yum erase *nvidia*
rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf
reboot

stone head · #50 5th May 2011, 05:44 PM

[root@stonehead]# yum erase *nvidia*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Remove Process
No Match for argument: nvidiaisbroken.te
adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00
fedora/metalink | 15 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-free-rawhide | 3.3 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide | 3.3 kB 00:00
updates-testing/metalink | 21 kB 00:00
updates-testing | 4.7 kB 00:00
updates-testing/primary_db | 3.3 MB 00:18
No Packages marked for removal

Doesn't seem to remove the nvidia packages.
What should I try next?

leigh123linux · #51 5th May 2011, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stone head

[root@stonehead]# yum erase *nvidia*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Remove Process
No Match for argument: nvidiaisbroken.te
adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00
fedora/metalink | 15 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-free-rawhide | 3.3 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide | 3.3 kB 00:00
updates-testing/metalink | 21 kB 00:00
updates-testing | 4.7 kB 00:00
updates-testing/primary_db | 3.3 MB 00:18
No Packages marked for removal

Doesn't seem to remove the nvidia packages.
What should I try next?

Ok, try

Code:

su
cd /
 yum erase *nvidia*

Boricua · #52 5th May 2011, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stone head

[root@stonehead]# yum erase *nvidia*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Remove Process
No Match for argument: nvidiaisbroken.te
adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00
fedora/metalink | 15 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-free-rawhide | 3.3 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide | 3.3 kB 00:00
updates-testing/metalink | 21 kB 00:00
updates-testing | 4.7 kB 00:00
updates-testing/primary_db | 3.3 MB 00:18
No Packages marked for removal

Doesn't seem to remove the nvidia packages.
What should I try next?

I had the same issue and what worked for me was "yum erase nvidia-*" (without the quotes).

cyrilarnaud · #53 6th May 2011, 03:27 PM

Just on a side note. I battled with the nvidia driver, then to go back to the nouveau driver, untill I reverted to boot under the kernel 2.6.38.2-14
I don't know if I will risk to try again nvidia under this kernel, nouveau is working fairly well.
Kind of strange that nouveau was not working under kernel 2.6.38.5

I don't want to spend hours (again) struggling with setting up a driver. I am new to Fedora (come from Ubuntu, was fed up of battling against my last upgrade)

Is this problem related to the kernel version. I can't tell. But I see in this thread that cgrim, Francisco_PR and maybe others have the same problem.
If it is not done already, how do we report this bug to the kernel packaging team ?

Alejandro Nova · #54 6th May 2011, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HTF2000

I tried to change the DPI settings but I didn't notice any changes. I just set it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as below:

Is there an option in the Nvidia control panel for this or do I have to use dconf-editor to set this up - as you mentioned before?

Neither. The xorg.conf DPI solution doesn't work anymore since a lot of time, and dconf doesn't affect non-GNOME apps. The correct solution is:

1. Locate the file /etc/X11/Xresources. It will have a line like this.

Code:

! Fix the Xft dpi to 96; this prevents tiny fonts
! or HUGE fonts depending on the screen size.
Xft.dpi: 96

Change it to make it look like this.

Code:

! Fix the Xft dpi to WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE; this prevents tiny fonts
! or HUGE fonts depending on the screen size. Don't forget this is a comment,
! and can be safely ignored.
Xft.dpi: 125

2. Go to your home folder, and copy the same text to a new file that you will call ".Xdefaults". Your .Xdefaults file will look like that.

3. Start again your session and behold. Change the number as you need.

VastOne · #55 6th May 2011, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyrilarnaud

Kind of strange that nouveau was not working under kernel 2.6.38.5
?

This is strange because nouveau is working just fine for me with 2.6.38.5-22

cyrilarnaud · #56 6th May 2011, 04:17 PM

Maybe related to something else. My previous attempt to use the nvidia driver maybe ...
How can I test that, to know for sure ?
If I reboot my Fedora machine under 2.6.38.5 I'm pretty sure of the result (a bad one).
In fact under 2.6.38.5, i checked with lsmod and nouveau was not loaded, but it was under 2.6.38.2 and gnome-shell worked just fine ...

***DBelton*** · #57 6th May 2011, 06:41 PM

I haven't had a problem with nouveau on any of the F15 kernels here and currently running 2.6.38.5-22 and nouveau without a problem.

It's possible that you still have some traces of the config for nvidia still on your system.

1: check to make sure that the kmod/akmod for nvidia and the nvidia x11 packages are removed with yum
2: make sure that you remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (or at least make sure there are no reference to the nvidis driver and that the module path no longer points to the nvidia extensions.
3: make sure that the rdblacklist=nouveau and the nomodeset parameters have been removed for the kernel line in your /boot/grub/grub.conf file.

(it is also possible that you need to rebuild your initramfs if you had nvidia installed when you did your kernel update.)
To rebuild your initramfs: (PAE kernel used in example, change for plain i686 or x86_64 as needed.)

Code:

su -
(root password)

mv /boot/initramfs-2.6.38.5-22.fc15.i686.PAE.img /boot/initramfs-2.6.38.5-22.fc15.i686.PAE.bak

dracut -f /boot/initramfs-2.6.38.5-22.fc15.i686.PAE.img 2.6.38.5-22.fc15.i686.PAE

Boricua · #58 6th May 2011, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyrilarnaud

Just on a side note. I battled with the nvidia driver, then to go back to the nouveau driver, untill I reverted to boot under the kernel 2.6.38.2-14
I don't know if I will risk to try again nvidia under this kernel, nouveau is working fairly well.
Kind of strange that nouveau was not working under kernel 2.6.38.5

I don't want to spend hours (again) struggling with setting up a driver. I am new to Fedora (come from Ubuntu, was fed up of battling against my last upgrade)

Is this problem related to the kernel version. I can't tell. But I see in this thread that cgrim, Francisco_PR and maybe others have the same problem.
If it is not done already, how do we report this bug to the kernel packaging team ?

I did report a bug at bugzilla. It is bug 693320.

sillav · #59 6th May 2011, 09:27 PM

If I didn't have a laptop, I'd feel no need to use the Binary blob from Nvidia, but the powersaving features (longer battery life) and underclocking (cooler/quieter laptop) are only available with Nvidia.

I run into far more problems with stuttery graphics and failures to resume from suspend when using Nvidia.

***DBelton*** · #60 6th May 2011, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francisco_PR

I did report a bug at bugzilla. It is bug 693320.

Reporting a bug to the Fedora bugzilla won't do you much good for a problem related to the Nvidia drivers. Teh Fedora team doesn't have anything to do with the Nvidia drivers.

If it is actually a problem with the nouveau drivers, then it's a bug that should be reported.

Nvidia driver bugs should be reported to Nvidia instead of Fedora. (or if it's a packaging problem in the kmod/akmod, those should be reported to rpmfusion)