How to install the nvidia driver in F12 using the run method - Page 6

plasmonics · #76 21st July 2011, 11:02 AM

It should run without any switches. That is the one command that is bulletproof, as it is nvidia's supported method. -k is used for a non-running kernel. If you run "sh NVIDIA*****.run -A", you should see it.

After you install from the media and execute yum update, a new kernel will be installed. You should see two kernels on the Grub screen. I assume you are booting into the new one and not the old kernel.

FedoraNo · #77 21st July 2011, 07:43 PM

Yes, it is booted to the most updated one. it is all updated. then what else can cause nvidia.ko is not found?

plasmonics · #78 21st July 2011, 11:29 PM

You might want to look under /lib/modules/2.xxxx

There should be two symlinks. source should point to build and build should point to kernel-devel. All of the numbers should be the same.

FedoraNo · #79 22nd July 2011, 03:45 PM

i see. the source does point to build in the same directory. and build point to ../../usr/src/kernels/2.XXXX. The number are all the same. however, when i go to the directory /usr/src/kernels, it is an empty directory. nothing there, no 2.xxxx can be found. what could be wrong?

plasmonics · #80 22nd July 2011, 07:42 PM

You could try reinstalling kernel-devel.

JohnVV · #81 22nd July 2011, 08:13 PM

still have no idea why that is so hard for some
installing the .run is very easy ( a pain in the butt yes ,but easy)
and the akmod solves that

with adding the noueveu as default one needs to rebulid the boot image - easy but not hard
and the .run will still overwrite mesa ( so why is it in step 9 that mesa in installed so that the .run can REPLACE it with different ones)

and WHY is there not a last step for REINSTALLING it
the .run replaces fedoras version of
gl.h
glx.h
glext.h
glxext.h
links fedoras libGL.so to nvidias version libGL.so.270.41.06( ???.??.??)

all these do need to have mesa and mesa-devel -all three different mesa's reinstalled

a pain in the "you know what " but easy to do

the kernel-devel and the software group "Development Tools" need to be installed for the .run
no need with the kmod
the opensource driver needs to be blacklisted
a pain but easy

but then again i have been using the nvidia.run for 6 years and it is easy to install
just a pain in the rear end to do for updates .

Xylocaine · #82 15th December 2011, 11:46 AM

hi, in fedora 16 kernel 3.1.5-1.fc16.x86_64, i always get this message

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user1@localhost ~]$ dmesg | grep nvidia

[   16.290751] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.

[   16.328844] nvidia 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17

[   16.328863] nvidia 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64

am sure that i have installed the driver correctly

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[user1@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa *\nvidia\*  *\kernel\*|sort;uname -r;lsmod |grep -e nvidia -e nouveau;cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.6-1.fc16.x86_64

kernel-3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64

kernel-3.1.5-1.fc16.x86_64

kernel-devel-3.1.5-1.fc16.x86_64

kernel-headers-3.1.5-1.fc16.x86_64

libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.7-1.fc16.x86_64

3.1.5-1.fc16.x86_64

nvidia              12122373  50 

i2c_core               28203  2 nvidia,i2c_i801

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig

# nvidia-xconfig:  version 290.10  (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07.nvidia.com)  Wed Nov 16 18:47:40 PST 2011



Section "ServerLayout"

    Identifier     "Layout0"

    Screen      0  "Screen0"

    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

EndSection



Section "Files"

    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default

    Identifier     "Mouse0"

    Driver         "mouse"

    Option         "Protocol" "auto"

    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"

    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"

    Identifier     "Keyboard0"

    Driver         "kbd"

    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"

    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

    Identifier     "Monitor0"

    VendorName     "Unknown"

    ModelName      "Unknown"

    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0

    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0

    Option         "DPMS"

EndSection



Section "Device"

    Identifier     "Device0"

    Driver         "nvidia"

    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"

EndSection



Section "Screen"

    Identifier     "Screen0"

    Device         "Device0"

    Monitor        "Monitor0"

    DefaultDepth    24

    SubSection     "Display"

        Depth       24

    EndSubSection

EndSection

and i have no error in glxinfo | grep -i opengl

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 [user1@localhost ~]$ glxinfo | grep -i opengl

OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation

OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTS 450/PCI/SSE2

OpenGL version string: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 290.10

OpenGL shading language version string: 4.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler

OpenGL extensions:

i have uninstall the driver then install it but the problem persist, and i have no idea how to fix it, also i uploaded the nvidia installer.log which seems has some warning and error but no idea about them can you please shed some light.

best regards.

leigh123linux · #83 15th December 2011, 11:58 AM

It's a standard message because nvidia isn't gpl

Code:

[leigh@main_pc ~]$ dmesg | grep taint
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

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[leigh@main_pc ~]$ modinfo nvidia
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko
alias:          char-major-195-*
version:        290.10
supported:      external
license:        NVIDIA
alias:          pci:v000010DEd00000E00sv*sd*bc04sc80i00*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd00000AA3sv*sd*bc0Bsc40i00*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00*
depends:        i2c-core
vermagic:       2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           NVreg_EnableVia4x:int
parm:           NVreg_EnableALiAGP:int
parm:           NVreg_ReqAGPRate:int
parm:           NVreg_EnableAGPSBA:int
parm:           NVreg_EnableAGPFW:int
parm:           NVreg_Mobile:int
parm:           NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int
parm:           NVreg_RmLogonRC:int
parm:           NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int
parm:           NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int
parm:           NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int
parm:           NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int
parm:           NVreg_RemapLimit:int
parm:           NVreg_UpdateMemoryTypes:int
parm:           NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int
parm:           NVreg_UseVBios:int
parm:           NVreg_RMEdgeIntrCheck:int
parm:           NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int
parm:           NVreg_EnableMSI:int
parm:           NVreg_MapRegistersEarly:int
parm:           NVreg_RegisterForACPIEvents:int
parm:           NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp
parm:           NVreg_RmMsg:charp
parm:           NVreg_NvAGP:int
[leigh@main_pc ~]$

Xylocaine · #84 15th December 2011, 12:09 PM

thanks @leigh123linux, for your quick response, you'r very knowledgeable person, i wish you the best.

plasmonics · #85 15th December 2011, 01:11 PM

I get the same message. It is not an error. As Leigh noted above, the nVidia driver is released under a non-gnu license. Nouveau is GPL.

It should still boot up and display the nvidia splash screen.

Xylocaine · #86 15th December 2011, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plasmonics

I get the same message. It is not an error. As Leigh noted above, the nVidia driver is released under a non-gnu license. Nouveau is GPL.

It should still boot up and display the nvidia splash screen.

i always check this thread if i wanna to install the nvidia driver just in case something changed, because i find your tutorial simple yet professional thank you for sharing this info with us.

could you please edit the first post and add the above message to it for future reference.

best regards.

plasmonics · #87 15th December 2011, 03:40 PM

I added a note.

ThumbTack · #88 12th January 2012, 09:08 PM

The run method failed for me because the nouveau driver was part of the kernel and adding a file to /etc/modprobe.d to disable it does not work (the run script tried to disable it that way).

But as posted by Leigh123 here

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...ghlight=nvidia

once rpmfusion has been installed on your system, you simply do a yum install "package" and everything is set up the right way, including the disable options at the end of the kernel invocation in grub.conf. (in the above yum command, "package" is the appropriate one for your nvidia card).

Thanks to Leigh123 for making this so easy.

***Dan*** · #89 30th April 2012, 04:08 PM

(Locating post) Please ignore this post.