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Here's how to install the nVidia drivers if the RPM doesn't work (or if you don't want to use the RPM):
1. Get the lastest linux drivers.
2. Now print this out, or write it down, because we're going to close X, the graphical part of Linux.
3. Open a Terminal.
4. Become root:
su -
5. Shut down X:
telinit 3
6. Now, you will have a "Login:" prompt. Log in as root and go to the directory where you downloaded the nVidia drivers.
7. Type:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6106-pkg*.run
8. Type:
cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices/
9. Type:
chown root: /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*
10. Follow nVidia's instructions to set up the driver. (Read the "EDITING YOUR X CONFIG FILE" section.)
11. Now, we need to remove some conflicting files:
rpm -e --nodeps xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL
NOTE: If you update any "xorg-x11" package with up2date or yum, you will have to do the above command again.
NOTE: Some users report that removing this package is not necessary for them.
12. Type:
modprobe nvidia
13. You can now restart X by typing:
telinit 5
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