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I've been trying to install nvidia drivers yesterday, so I went to runlevel 3, ran the .bin installer and it came up with error: missing kernel-devel and kernel-source.
So I go yum install kernel-devel, it does, but it doesnt find anything like kernel-source.
[root@localhost]# yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
No package kmod-nvidia available.
No package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 available.
Nothing to do
Indeed you need several packages in order to install the Nvidia driver. This is the relevant page from the Nvidia README giving the commands used to check for their presence.
You can either use the grub menu to use the previous working kernel, or I have it on good authority that if you install akmod-nvidia it will rebuild the module if there are any issues. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...6/#post3894010
I reboot, I see new kernel was installed. I boot into it, boots fine, but when comes to loading startx screen goes blank, I can't do anything. I restart, try boot older kernel, comes up with bunch of errors (nvidia.ko not available for kernel version). When comes to startx I get pixelated screen with all possible colors. Can't do anything.
Ahh, I disabled the nouveau and now it works. But I'm having issues (as now my second display doesn't work), also compiz crashes when I try to run it (compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
) and I don't really like it. Is there any way I can downgrade (remove the driver and go back to what I had before)?
Last edited by jan1024188; 03-12-2010 at 08:19 AM.
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