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==== Fedora 11 and nouveau ==== 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. To avoid such problem, after you have installed the right series of the nvidia driver for your hardware, execute the following commands: {{{ su - mv /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img /boot/initrd-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img mkinitrd /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r) reboot }}} After the reboot, this command should not output anything: {{{ lsmod |grep nouveau }}} |
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| ==== Fedora 11 and nouveau ==== As nouveau is enabled by default starting with Fedora 11, you may experience problem which is caused by the nouveau kernel module being present in the initrd image. To avoid such problem, after you have installed the right series of the nvidia driver for your hardware, execute the following commands: {{{ su - mv /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img /boot/initrd-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img mkinitrd /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r) reboot }}} After the reboot, this command should not output anything: {{{ lsmod |grep nouveau }}} ==== Race condition with drivers 180.xx and 185.xx ==== If you've experienced hangs with these version, you should consider to add this line to the device section of the xorg.conf file: {{{ Option "ConstantFrameRateHint" "True" }}} This problem was initilialy reported in our bugzilla as [[http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671|potential race condition(?) in binary nvidia 180.xx and 185.xx drivers]]. This will probably be added as a default option unless fixed in a future nvidia driver release. |
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.
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
Installing the drivers
Fedora 10 and 11
Please remember that once the drivers are installed, they will configure your xorg.conf automatically and changes will take effect after a full reboot. There is no need to run nvidia-xconfig or other tools.
GeForce 6 and higher
yum install kmod-nvidia-PAE (or kmod-nvidia if not using kernel-PAE)
GeForce 5 (FX series)
yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx
GeForce 2 through GeForce 4
yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx
Older
Unfortunately, nVidia has not yet released a 71.xx legacy driver compatible with Fedora 10.
Fedora 8 and 9
GeForce 6 and higher
yum install kmod-nvidia
GeForce 5 (FX series)
yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx
GeForce 2 through GeForce 4
yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx
Older
yum install kmod-nvidia-legacy
Special notes
x86_64 (64bit) users
If you wish to have 3D acceleration in 32bit packages such as Wine, be sure to install the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 package for your driver variant. For example, if you installed kmod-nvidia then you will require xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386, but if you install kmod-nvidia-96xx, you will need xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-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" pacakges 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.
Akmods
An akmod is a new 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.
Fedora 11 and nouveau
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. To avoid such problem, after you have installed the right series of the nvidia driver for your hardware, execute the following commands:
su - mv /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img /boot/initrd-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img mkinitrd /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r) reboot
After the reboot, this command should not output anything:
lsmod |grep nouveau
Race condition with drivers 180.xx and 185.xx
If you've experienced hangs with these version, you should consider to add this line to the device section of the xorg.conf file:
Option "ConstantFrameRateHint" "True"
This problem was initilialy reported in our bugzilla as potential race condition(?) in binary nvidia 180.xx and 185.xx drivers. This will probably be added as a default option unless fixed in a future nvidia driver release.
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.