FC4 - Fail to install nVidia driver
hi all,
i've installed Fedora Core 4 on my box which has a Geforce2 MMX 400 card. now i have nVidia 7664 driver also. i invoke this command: ./NVIDIA-7664-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel and no error occurs. then i run ./NVIDIA-7664-pkg1-custom.run and it gives error which is detailed in /var/log/nvidia-install.log it seems that the installer cannot insmod nVidia's driver module, and that the error relates to gcc-4.0 and 4K stack, but i don't know what to do. plz help me... thx Code:
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' |
Install the kernel-devel package (via yum or up2date), and run the nvidia installer with no options. You'll be given the choice to try to download a matching module - say no. The driver installer will then compile a kernel module on your machine, which should load and run fine.
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thx for you kind reply, but it seems that i've got that installed
Code:
[mcarthor@McArthor ~]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel |
What happens when you run the installer and it attempts to compile the kernel module instead of downloading it?
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Aren't you supposed to run command:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7664-pkg1.run and I think you have to run command 'setenforce 0' before you install the driver. It has something to do with SElinux. |
to macemoneta:
when i run ./NVIDIA-7664-pkg1.run and select "no" for ftp download, it can then compile the driver but seems to fail to insmod the nvidia driver module - a red block appears on the screen and says "... (too long to post here, but same as the red "ERROR" in my first post)". =============== to greg108: do u mean to modify /etc/sysconfig/selinux, and change the last line to 0 or diabled or something like this? |
I mean as a shell command.
I am not an expert on this one though. You can find more on that in this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=333111 |
i'll be looking to it
thx |
Head on over to this thread for FC3. It should be very similar for FC4. I am not sure if you will still need to remove the xorg-x11-Mesa library.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=259917. Have a go and see what happens. I would suggest commenting out the lines in the xorg.conf file rather than deleting. That way if it doesn't work you can always uncomment them and restore the file and still get back to graphical login. Alternative, make a copy of your xorg.conf file! |
dear all:
i follow all your kind suggestions, but none works plz give more help ~~~ |
Well I am curious, does anyone know how much extra performance macarthor would get by installing the offical nVidia drivers as opposed to just using the built in Geforce MX (generic) driver??
macarthor, do you need that extra performance?? |
Hi there, I am not a linux WIZ or anything ,but I have installed my nvidia driver "nvidia glx" etc through yum or apt ,on multiple occasions , and havn't had to change or modify a thing after apt or yum have installed Nvidia and then rebooted to find the nvidia screen popup everytime , Maybe some times a person might have to do it manually on Fedora ,but since Fedora3 came out I think it is, that I havnt had to ,but have had it installed AutoMatically through Yum or Apt. AnyWay maybe you have a reason to do it manually?
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yum list nvidia
it gives nothing would u plz give your detailed procedure? thx |
Hey ....
i was just installing NVIDIA on my little brother's machine and I am coming up with the same problems and I am a RHCT! Its too late for me to want to look at anything to exhaustively or to try to re-compile the kernel itself, but if you comment out the Load "glx" with a # it will get X working for ya but without the OpenGL stuff. I read a Red Hat thread that said that if you appended "selinux=0" to the end of the kernel line in /etc/grub.conf that you could then uncomment the Load "glx" line .... but it hasnt worked for me. I'll give a better try tomorrow. |
Here is an interesting thread to read:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51972 the guy from NVIDIA at the very bottom seems to imply that this is that 7667 is a crappy driver and you should use the previous version. |
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