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Hi, I am a newbie to linux, a long time Windows Geek, so I am familiar with the more technical aspect of O/S's.
However, I am having a problem installing an nVidia driver for my GeForce 6800 GT.
It says I need to boot out of X-Server into a console to install the driver. How do I do that?
I have Fedora Core 3 with kernel 2.6.9.
nVidia Geforce 6800GT OC
Pentium 4 2.4ghz
Intel D845PESV MOBO
type init 3 as root, and that will take you to multi-user mode no X running.
Make sure you have all the instructions first, either printed out or written out, as you won't be getting back to an X session until everything is done ( a 2nd computer helps too )
Originally posted by Technoslave
Make sure you have all the instructions first, either printed out or written out, as you won't be getting back to an X session until everything is done ( a 2nd computer helps too )
or you can just use a text browser (eg, lynx) in another console to view the nvidia readme, etc.
if you are using SuSe you can download the nvidia driver and install it using Yast Update feature.
I think that it is even recommended by NVIDIA to install it via Yast Update.
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
Update it - if not already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU).
2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-6629.
a) kernel-default:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run -q
b) kernel-smp/kernel-bigsmp:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run -q -n
3) Configure X.Org with
sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)
NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already
enabled, when the nvidia driver is running.
Well, I'm half-way there now. The driver is installed (I can tell because the fan control kicks in and 3d apps are accelerated), but as soon as I reboot, the system hangs while trying to load X-Server and the only way to boot successfully is to revert back to the generic VESA driver (and then all the acceleration goes away and the fan starts whirring up a tornado again).
I did get a message telling me that the NVIDIA driver conflicts with "RivaFB" but I do not know how to disable "RivaFB". How do you do that?
(Am I even going in the right direction, or is there some other crucial step I am missing?)
Run the one of the commands depending on the kernel that you are running.
In other words if you are running default kernel run sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run -q
You can determine what kernel you are running by typing
Originally posted by poetic_assassin Well, I'm half-way there now. The driver is installed (I can tell because the fan control kicks in and 3d apps are accelerated), but as soon as I reboot, the system hangs while trying to load X-Server and the only way to boot successfully is to revert back to the generic VESA driver (and then all the acceleration goes away and the fan starts whirring up a tornado again).
I did get a message telling me that the NVIDIA driver conflicts with "RivaFB" but I do not know how to disable "RivaFB". How do you do that?
(Am I even going in the right direction, or is there some other crucial step I am missing?)
Have you run the following commands after the install?
Code:
modprobe nvidia
cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices
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