Nvidia guide

leigh123linux · #1 15th October 2011, 06:18 PM

Please note that I won't respond to any post's for help unless this basic information is included!

Code:

rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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F16 Howto for the rpmfusion nvidia drivers

Click here for supported Nvidia cards list

This is a Four-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\* glibc\* 
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
yum --nogpgcheck install  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
yum --nogpgcheck install  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
yum --nogpgcheck install  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

3. Add selinux policy to allow gdm and gnome-shell to work

Code:

su
wget http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/nvidia/selinux/nvidia_xserver.pp
semodule -i nvidia_xserver.pp

4. 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)

SeriousTom · #2 15th October 2011, 07:42 PM

Code :

Code:

rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

gives me this :

Code:

$ rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.4.981-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc6.git0.3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc8.git0.1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.6-2.fc16.x86_64
3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
nouveau               580535  3 
ttm                    54997  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         26490  1 nouveau
drm                   194532  5 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            4958  1 nouveau
i2c_core               25728  5 i2c_piix4,nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
mxm_wmi                 1727  1 nouveau
video                  12388  1 nouveau
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

When I run step 2 to get the drivers it asks for a proxy password for user 'vh' shown here :

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
Enter proxy password for user 'vh':

tsegt · #3 15th October 2011, 08:54 PM

I also got the 'vh' password request... but managed to get all installed... now system won't open gnome-shell... except in fallback mode. Also removed nouveau but did not help.

Update: Now used software management to remove anything nvidia and reinstalled nouveau... All is back to normal... in all honesty, nouveau (before F16) used to make my system slow and create screen or font relics. Other than knowing otherwise, nouveau currently performs darn near as good as I'm used to the Nvisia driver, so may not try to go back.

leigh123linux · #4 15th October 2011, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeriousTom

Code :

Code:

rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

gives me this :

Code:

$ rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.4.981-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc6.git0.3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc8.git0.1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.6-2.fc16.x86_64
3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
nouveau               580535  3 
ttm                    54997  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         26490  1 nouveau
drm                   194532  5 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            4958  1 nouveau
i2c_core               25728  5 i2c_piix4,nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
mxm_wmi                 1727  1 nouveau
video                  12388  1 nouveau
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

When I run step 2 to get the drivers it asks for a proxy password for user 'vh' shown here :

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
Enter proxy password for user 'vh':

Use this instead

Code:

su
yum --nogpgcheck install  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

Stanca · #5 15th October 2011, 09:36 PM

!

:/------------:// OS: Fedora 16 x86_64
:------------------:// Hostname: Fedora-Desktop
:-----------/shhdhyo/-:// Kernel: 3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
/-----------omMMMNNNMMMd/-:/ Uptime: 0:03
:-----------sMMMdo:/ -:/ Window Manager: KWin
:-----------:MMMd------- --:/ Desktop Environment: KDE
/-----------:MMMy------- ---/ Packages: 1488
:------ --/+MMMh/-- ---: RAM: 785 MB / 3200 MB
:--- oNMMMMMMMMMNho -----: CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU E3300 @ 2.50GHz
:-- +shhhMMMmhhy++ ------: Shell: Bash
:- -----:MMMy--------------/ Terminal: Xterm
:- ------/MMMy-------------: Root FS: 4.1G / 11G (ext4)
:- ----/hMMM+------------:
:--:dMMNdhhdNMMNo-----------:
:---:sdNMMMMNds:----------:
:------:://:-----------://
:--------------------://

stanca@Fedora-Desktop ~$ rpm -qa *\nvidia\* *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.4.981-3.fc16.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc6.git0.3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.6-2.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-settings-1.0-12.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-xconfig-1.0-10.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-285.05.09-1.fc16.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
nvidia 11901442 40
i2c_core 25728 3 nvidia,i2c_i801,videodev
# RPM Fusion - nvidia-xorg.conf
#
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
stanca@Fedora-Desktop ~$

SeriousTom · #6 15th October 2011, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123linux

Use this instead

Code:

su
yum --nogpgcheck install  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

It seems to have installed, I rebooted but it booted in fallback mode

Code:

$ rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.4.981-3.fc16.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc6.git0.3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc8.git0.1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.6-2.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-settings-1.0-12.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-xconfig-1.0-10.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-285.05.09-1.fc16.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
nvidia              11901442  30 
i2c_core               25728  2 nvidia,i2c_piix4
# RPM Fusion - nvidia-xorg.conf
# 
Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
EndSection

leigh123linux · #7 15th October 2011, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeriousTom

It seems to have installed, I rebooted but it booted in fallback mode

Code:

$ rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.4.981-3.fc16.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc6.git0.3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc8.git0.1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.6-2.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-settings-1.0-12.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-xconfig-1.0-10.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-285.05.09-1.fc16.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
nvidia              11901442  30 
i2c_core               25728  2 nvidia,i2c_piix4
# RPM Fusion - nvidia-xorg.conf
# 
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Videocard0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
EndSection

Post

Code:

glxinfo |grep direct

SeriousTom · #8 16th October 2011, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123linux

Post

Code:

glxinfo |grep direct

I can't post that, it had a crash, then the automatic bug reporting tool came up and said the Source is mesa-demos and the problem Process/usr/bin/glxnfo was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
Below that I have other Sources killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
control-center
control-center
gnome-session
GConf2
I was going to mention yesterday when when the Nvidia driver was being install, it seemed like there were 28 downloads or parts to the process but the first 3 steps or parts said something about not finding the repo and then checked somewhere else.
This is no big deal, I can try something else or I can reinstall easily.

leigh123linux · #9 16th October 2011, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeriousTom

I can't post that, it had a crash, then the automatic bug reporting tool came up and said the Source is mesa-demos and the problem Process/usr/bin/glxnfo was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
Below that I have other Sources killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
control-center
control-center
gnome-session
GConf2
I was going to mention yesterday when when the Nvidia driver was being install, it seemed like there were 28 downloads or parts to the process but the first 3 steps or parts said something about not finding the repo and then checked somewhere else.
This is no big deal, I can try something else or I can reinstall easily.

Post

Code:

rpm -qa glibc\*

SeriousTom · #10 16th October 2011, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123linux

Post

Code:

rpm -qa glibc\*

Code:

 rpm -qa glibc\*
glibc-headers-2.14.90-10.x86_64
glibc-common-2.14.90-10.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.14.90-10.x86_64
glibc-2.14.90-10.x86_64
glibc-2.14.90-10.i686

leigh123linux · #11 16th October 2011, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeriousTom

Code:

 rpm -qa glibc\*
glibc-headers-2.14.90-10.x86_64
glibc-common-2.14.90-10.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.14.90-10.x86_64
glibc-2.14.90-10.x86_64
glibc-2.14.90-10.i686

You need 2.14.90-11 for the nvidia driver to work.

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/b...buildID=267982

***DBelton*** · #12 16th October 2011, 03:16 PM

how about glibc version 2.14.90-12? It's in the updates-testing repo.

leigh123linux · #13 16th October 2011, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DBelton

how about glibc version 2.14.90-12? It's in the updates-testing repo.

That will work as well

SeriousTom · #14 16th October 2011, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leigh123linux

That will work as well

Well, Thanks a bunch .... That cured it !
I went to add/remove programs and checked everything that said glibc version 2.14.90-12 and it unchecked the old versions and downloaaded the new, I rebooted and it didn't go to fallback mode.Everything including the Control Center works now.
Here is all the tests you had me do before:

Code:

rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.4.981-3.fc16.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc6.git0.3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc8.git0.1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.6-2.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-settings-1.0-12.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-xconfig-1.0-10.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-285.05.09-1.fc16.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-285.05.09-1.fc16.x86_64
3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64
nvidia              11901442  40 
i2c_core               25728  2 nvidia,i2c_piix4
# RPM Fusion - nvidia-xorg.conf
# 
Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
EndSection

Code:

glxinfo |grep direct
direct rendering: Yes
    GL_ARB_draw_indirect, GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex, 
    GL_EXT_Cg_shader, GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_direct_state_access,

Code:

rpm -qa glibc\*
glibc-headers-2.14.90-12.x86_64
glibc-2.14.90-12.i686
glibc-devel-2.14.90-12.x86_64
glibc-2.14.90-12.x86_64
glibc-utils-2.14.90-12.x86_64
glibc-static-2.14.90-12.x86_64
glibc-common-2.14.90-12.x86_64

***DBelton*** · #15 16th October 2011, 05:52 PM

there have been a few buggy versions of glibc to hit here recently, so that was probably one of your problems.

I hope that 10.14.90-12 has gotten them fixed. So far it seems to be doing pretty good.