NVIDIA & Realtek Drivers for F9

hulk321 · 10-23-2008, 10:04 AM

i am using Fedora 9 on HP noteboook DV6560 ee (core2 duo x86)

can any body tell me from where i can download drivers for

1.NAVIDIA & Realtek audio drivers

i have done bit of search but couldnt find the right match for Fedora 9.

reddazz · 10-24-2008, 03:18 AM

You can get the nvidia drivers from the livna yum repo. Is your sound card not supported out of the box? Have you tried running system-config-soundcard to see if its detected and automatically configured.

hulk321 · 10-24-2008, 09:11 AM

it does support and have installed the sound card but when i plug in the mic and headphone it doesn't transfer the sound on them instead plays it on laptop speakers. it acts the same way when i use it without installing realtek audio drivers.

the link you have given for NAVIDIA i.e.http://rpm.linva.org/ doesn't work. please give me some other active link. thanks

PTrenholme · 10-24-2008, 10:00 AM

Do a yum install livna-release to install the yum configuration file(s), and then a yum install akmod-nvidia to get the nvidia drive installed. (Note that the akmod will recompile the nvidia driver when the kernel changes, and that the 64-bit pre-compiled driver in the repository often fails to run on 64-bit systems.)

As to your sound system, since it does play through the speakers, the driver is working. Check the settings in the mixer control to see if the headphone and mike jacks are, in fact, turned on. (I think the default is to disable them.)

hulk321 · 10-24-2008, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PTrenholme

Do a yum install livna-release to install the yum configuration file(s), and then a yum install akmod-nvidia to get the nvidia drive installed. (Note that the akmod will recompile the nvidia driver when the kernel changes, and that the 64-bit pre-compiled driver in the repository often fails to run on 64-bit systems.)

can you further explain me where to start please (step by step) for NAVIDIA?

by default the front line was on now as i turned it off it works fine for me. thanks!

PTrenholme · 10-24-2008, 11:31 AM

O.K.

If you're GUI is not working, skip to step 3.

1) Open a terminal window
2) Enter the command su - and root's password when prompted.
3) Enter the command yum install livna-release. Reply y when you're asked if you wish to install the release information.
4) Enter the command yum install akmod-nvidia. Again, reply y when asked.
5) Enter the command shutdown -r now to reboot your system, and the Nvidia pop-up should be briefly displayed before your GUI login screen.

You need to do two yum commands because the livna repository won't be available until the first command terminates.

Note: If you have automatic updates enabled, yum may report that it's "waiting" for another process to finish. That's because the automatic update feature uses yum to install the updates. Personally, I prefer to "roll my own" updates, so I disable the auto-update and use yumex, but the feature is turned on by default, so you may need to wait 'till it finishes before ou can do the above.

hulk321 · 10-24-2008, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PTrenholme

O.K.

2) Enter the command su - and root's password when prompted.
3) Enter the command yum install livna-release. Reply y when you're asked if you wish to install the release information.

Thanks for the prompt reply. when i follow your steps following out put is shown

[root@localhost anjum]# yum install livna-releaseLoaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package livna-release available.
Nothing to do

please guide.

axelfc · 10-24-2008, 12:41 PM

Check below how to install the Livna repository

http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/...3/1/#yum_repos

and then scroll down to read how to install nvidia drivers.

PTrenholme · 10-24-2008, 12:56 PM

Strange.

I thought that's where I got it. Well, it you have an Internet browser available, go to http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm and install it.<edit>When you enter that URL in your browser, it should start a download with a pop-up asking you what you want to do with it. One option should be to open it with the package installer.</edit>

Alternatively, do (as "root," of course) a touch /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo (To create an empty file so the editor won't complain. Skip if it doesn't bother you.)

Then edit the repo file and copy the following into it:

Code:

[livna]                                            
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=                                                 
        http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
        http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
        http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/
        http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/                                                                
        http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/            
        ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/ 
failovermethod=priority                                                         
#mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-7                                   
enabled=1                                                                       
gpgcheck=1                                                                      
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna                                

[livna-debuginfo]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Debug
baseurl=
        http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
        ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/debug/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

[livna-source]
name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Source
baseurl=
        http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
        http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
        http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
        http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
        http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
        ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/SRPMS/
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
gpgcheck=1

Then proceed from the next step.

hulk321 · 10-25-2008, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PTrenholme

Then proceed from the next step.

the text you told me to past was already there in exact order.

output of terminal is as follows

[anjum@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost anjum]# yum install livna-release
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Package livna-release-9-1.noarch already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
[root@localhost anjum]#

what do i do now?

axelfc · 10-25-2008, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by axelfc

Check below how to install the Livna repository

http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/...3/1/#yum_repos

and then scroll down to read how to install nvidia drivers.

Just read what I said before.

PTrenholme · 10-25-2008, 06:37 PM

Proceed to what I called "step 4" above to install akmod-nvidia. (I.e., you now have access to the livna repositories, so all you need to do is install the nVidia dirvers from there.)

If you have a GUI working (e.g., using the vesa driver or similar), you could do a yum install yumex to get a nice GUI for yum installed, and then run it. (It should be in the "System" menu after the install.)

hulk321 · 10-26-2008, 07:06 AM

Thank you both for your support and convincing me that yes if you try a little bit linux is not difficult to learn. Thank you both once again!!

hulk321 · 10-26-2008, 10:33 AM

i got extra excited but now i am facing some problem while nvidia service starts. when fc9 starts it gives following messages and warnings;

starting service akmods (I press Y)
checking Kmodes exist for 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64 files needed for building modules against kernel 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64 could not be found as the following
directories are missing
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64/
/lib/modules/2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64/build/

start servvice Nvidia (I press Y)
nvidia.ko for kernel 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64 was not found service will not be enabled until found.

what do i do now?

hulk321 · 10-26-2008, 12:20 PM

thanks folks for your help. i have figured it out. it is working fine now i followed the steps you both told me once again and it works fine.
thanks again