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What is xorg-x11-drv-nvidia?
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia is the package which provides the common files required by the nVidia driver. Its subpackage, xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs, provides the binary libraries used by the driver.
Installation Instructions
yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
x86_64 users
If you are running x86_64 and want to have 3D acceleration with 32bit applications, you'll need to install the 32bit version of xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs:
yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386
Common Problems
Scrolling in Firefox is slow (no 3D)
This often happens when you use nvidia-settings or nvidia-xconfig to configure your xorg.conf without letting livna-config-display do it's autoconfiguration first. To fix this, run these two commands:
nvidia-config-display disable nvidia-config-display enable
Yum gives me a dependency errors about kmods and won't let me update.
This happens when a new kernel has been released and a matching kmod from RPM Fusion hasn't synced across all the mirrors, or vice-versa. Try giving it a few hours and if the problems persist, you can also try refreshing yum's cache:
yum clean metadata
If after this you still experience problems, please report a bug.
FAQ
Why should I use this package of the ones from nvidia.com?
The packages from nvidia.com have been known to replace libGL, which isn't a problem until you decide to use another X driver or uninstall the nvidia driver. The RPM Fusion packages will never overwrite files like this. As well, the drivers packaged at RPM Fusion will make your life a bit easier by letting you let you grab new kmods through Yum or the "Software Update" tool. a few extra utilities to ensure that the drivers 'just work' with minimal user interaction (the initscripts, livna-config-display).
How come my xorg.conf is always getting edited for me?
This is a known problem, it will be fixed with the introduction of rpmfusion-config-display. In the mean time, if you'd really like to stop the drivers from making changes to your xorg.conf, run the livna-config-display GUI interface and you'll find a checkbutton to disable editing. Alternatively, you can run this command in a terminal:
livna-config-display --active off
How do I...?
An answer
Reporting bugs
If you think you've found a problem and would like to report it, include the following information along with the description of the bug:
- Attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file
- Attach your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, if it exists
Run dmesg > ~/dmesg.txt and attach the "dmesg.txt" found in your home