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| You can also check the [[http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx|nVidia download driver]] section and see which serie is recommanded for you card, then install the appropriate driver serie. |
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| === GeForce 8 and newer === | === Newer GeForce === |
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| yum install akmod-nvidia (or kmod-nvidia/kmod-nvidia-PAE if using pre-built kmod for kernel/kernel-PAE) | dnf install akmod-nvidia "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" dnf update -y }}} or kmod-nvidia/kmod-nvidia-PAE if using pre-built kmod for kernel/kernel-PAE |
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| You can install the latest drivers from the rawhide using the following command: yum --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide install akmod-nvidia | === GeForce 8/9/200 === {{{ dnf install akmod-nvidia-340xx "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" dnf update -y |
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| or kmod-nvidia/kmod-nvidia-PAE if using pre-built kmod for kernel/kernel-PAE |
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| yum install akmod-nvidia-304xx (not yet available - Work in progress) | dnf install akmod-nvidia-304xx "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" dnf update -y |
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| Supported up to Fedora 20 - EOL, no more nvidia updates | |
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| yum install akmod-nvidia-173xx | yum install akmod-nvidia-173xx "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" yum update -y |
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| Supported up to Fedora 14 - EOL, no more nvidia updates | |
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| yum install akmod-nvidia-96xx }}} === Older === For Fedora 9 and older, you can do: {{{ yum install kmod-nvidia-legacy |
yum install akmod-nvidia-96xx "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" yum update -y |
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| == Special notes == | |
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| == Special notes == | === Latest/Beta driver === You can install the latest drivers from Rawhide using the following command: {{{ dnf --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide install akmod-nvidia dnf install "kernel-devel == $(uname -r)" dnf update -y }}} Or if you want to grab it from the latest fedora stable release: {{{ yum --releasever=23 install akmod-nvidia yum install "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" yum update -y }}} |
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| # yum install vdpauinfo libva-vdpau-driver libva-utils | # dnf install vdpauinfo libva-vdpau-driver libva-utils |
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| === Having both Nouveau and Nvidia drivers installed - experts only === | === Secure Boot === Sometimes, Secure Boot blocks the kernel loading the nvidia driver. It can be disabled before booting the OS as a test. |
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| If you want to keep both your drivers installed and having Nvidia drivers installed causes no 3D ( errors in /vat/log/Xorg.*.log about glx missing) you may hack it and move /usr/lib64/nvidia directory out of /usr/lib64 if nouveau driver is detected like this: |
=== Rawhide === Rawhide kernels are built with debug enabled GPL-only symbols which kernel is incompatible with the nvidia binary-only driver. You need to use the [[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RawhideKernelNodebug|Rawhide nodebug repository]]. Please remind that Xorg server version is also to take into consideration. In the case of incompatibilities with the xorg-server, you might need to downgrade to the previous fedora release: |
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| LNO=/usr/lib64_nvidia/nvidia LNV=/usr/lib64/nvidia if /bin/grep nouveau /proc/modules 1>/dev/null then test -x $LNV && mv $LNV $LNO ; else test -x $LNO && mv $LNO $LNV ; fi |
dnf downgrade xorg-x11-server\* --releasever=22 --allowerasing echo "exclude=xorg-x11*" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf |
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| You may have two different grub menu options - one loading nouvea and the other not: {{{ menuentry 'Nouveau' linux ... |
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| menuentry 'Nvidia' insmod video_fb # These are needed for NV50+ cards - if you need fb to see anything at boot insmod video insmod videoinfo # below nouveau is blacklisted in both rd and later for modprobe linux ... rdblacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau,udlfb,cfg80211 nouveau.modeset=0 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau video=vesa:off vga=normal }}} == Troubleshooting == If you're experiencing problems with the drivers (in particular, lack of 3D after using nvidia-xconfig or nvidia-settings), try executing these commands: {{{ nvidia-config-display disable nvidia-config-display enable }}} This will re-configure xorg.conf for use with the RPM Fusion drivers. <<BR>> NOTE: Replace nvidia-config-display with nvidia-96xx-config-display OR nvidia-173xx-config-display as needed. == Disable or uninstall the nvidia driver == It is possible to disable the driver without uninstalling the nvidia package. |
== Uninstall the nvidia driver == |
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| nvidia-config-display disable rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf }}} NOTE: Replace nvidia-config-display with nvidia-96xx-config-display OR nvidia-173xx-config-display as needed. Or you can switch the Driver field from nvidia to nouveau in /etc/X11/xorg.conf You also need to verify that /boot/grub/grub.conf doesn't contain nomodeset or rdblacklist=nouveau anymore. Then you will need to '''reboot'''. (or switch to init3 and manually unloading/loading modules.). Once done, if you really want to uninstall the driver: {{{ yum remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia\* nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig |
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| If you still cannot make the driver to work, you can either report a problem to nVidia or to rpmfusion packager team. Please read: [[http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46678|How to report a problem about the nVidia proprietary driver]] |
If you still cannot make the driver to work, you can either report a problem to nVidia or to RPM Fusion packager team. Please read: [[https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/522835/linux/if-you-have-a-problem-please-read-this-first/|If you have a problem, PLEASE read this first]] |
Contents
About this Howto
This howto will help you install the correct nVidia driver for your graphics card as well as troubleshoot common driver problems.
The prerequisite is to have followed the Configuration page to have at least the RPM Fusion nonfree section available.
Determining your card model
nVidia has several driver series, each of which has different hardware support. To determine which driver you need to install, you'll first need to find your graphics card model.
If you don't know it, open a Terminal (Applications > System Tools > Terminal) and type:
/sbin/lspci | grep VGA
You can also check the nVidia download driver section and see which serie is recommanded for you card, then install the appropriate driver serie.
Installing the drivers
Please remember that once the driver is installed, it will configure your xorg.conf automatically only if it's not already present. You can also run nvidia-xconfig or nvidia-settings at anytime. Changes will take effect after a full reboot on the newest kernel.
Newer GeForce
dnf install akmod-nvidia "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" dnf update -y
or kmod-nvidia/kmod-nvidia-PAE if using pre-built kmod for kernel/kernel-PAE
GeForce 8/9/200
dnf install akmod-nvidia-340xx "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" dnf update -y
or kmod-nvidia/kmod-nvidia-PAE if using pre-built kmod for kernel/kernel-PAE
GeForce 6/7
dnf install akmod-nvidia-304xx "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" dnf update -y
GeForce 5 (FX series)
Supported up to Fedora 20 - EOL, no more nvidia updates
yum install akmod-nvidia-173xx "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" yum update -y
GeForce 2 through GeForce 4
Supported up to Fedora 14 - EOL, no more nvidia updates
yum install akmod-nvidia-96xx "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" yum update -y
Special notes
Latest/Beta driver
You can install the latest drivers from Rawhide using the following command:
dnf --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide install akmod-nvidia dnf install "kernel-devel == $(uname -r)" dnf update -y
Or if you want to grab it from the latest fedora stable release:
yum --releasever=23 install akmod-nvidia yum install "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" yum update -y
x86_64 (64bit) users
If you wish to have 3D acceleration in 32bit packages such as Wine, be sure to install the appropriate 32bit version of the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs package for your driver variant. For example, if you installed kmod-nvidia then you will require xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686, but if you install kmod-nvidia-96xx, you will need xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs.i686. If using Fedora 11 you will need to use xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i586, with Fedora 10 or older use xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386.
PAE (Physical Address Extension) kernel users
If you are on a 32bit (i686) system and have the PAE kernel installed to access more RAM, please append -PAE to all the "kmod" packages above. For example, kmod-nvidia-PAE or kmod-nvidia-96xx-PAE. This will install the kernel module for the PAE kernel instead of the regular 32bit kernel. Please note that this step is not required for any 64bit (x64_64) users.
VDPAU/VAAPI
In order to enable video acceleration support for your player and if your nvidia card is recent enough (Geforce 8 and later is needed). You can install theses packages:
# dnf install vdpauinfo libva-vdpau-driver libva-utils
With the native vdpau backend from a nvidia card, the output is similar to this:
$ vdpauinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 API version: 1 Information string: NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library 280.13 Wed Jul 27 17:15:20 PDT 2011 ...
Here is an example of an accurate output of vainfo, when the bridge to the VAAPI is correctly installed.
$ vainfo libva: libva version 0.32.0 Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". libva: va_getDriverName() returns 0 libva: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so libva: va_openDriver() returns 0 vainfo: VA API version: 0.32 vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems VDPAU backend for VA-API - 0.7.3 vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints ...
Akmods
An akmod is a type of package similar to dkms. As you start your computer, the akmod system will check if there are any missing kmods and if so, rebuild a new kmod for you. Akmods have more overhead than regular kmod packages as they require a few development tools such as gcc and automake in order to be able to build new kmods locally. If you think you'd like to try akmods, simply replace kmod with akmod in the instructions above and run them again. For example, kmod-nvidia-96xx becomes akmod-nvidia-96xx. Akmods are fully compatible with regular kmods, so you can switch between the two or even use both at once without any problems.
Nouveau compatibility
As nouveau is enabled by default starting with Fedora 11, you may experience problem which is caused by the nouveau kernel module being present in the initrd image. After the reboot, this command should not output anything:
lsmod |grep nouveau
Secure Boot
Sometimes, Secure Boot blocks the kernel loading the nvidia driver. It can be disabled before booting the OS as a test.
Rawhide
Rawhide kernels are built with debug enabled GPL-only symbols which kernel is incompatible with the nvidia binary-only driver. You need to use the Rawhide nodebug repository.
Please remind that Xorg server version is also to take into consideration. In the case of incompatibilities with the xorg-server, you might need to downgrade to the previous fedora release:
dnf downgrade xorg-x11-server\* --releasever=22 --allowerasing echo "exclude=xorg-x11*" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
Uninstall the nvidia driver
yum remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia\*
Bug Report
If you still cannot make the driver to work, you can either report a problem to nVidia or to RPM Fusion packager team. Please read: If you have a problem, PLEASE read this first