Re: Geforce Drivers - Confused
From: Axel Thimm (Axel.Thimm_at_physik.fu-berlin.de)
Date: 02/11/04
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To: fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:43:53 +0100
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 02:03:26PM -0500, cdrobsonjr@netscape.net wrote:
> I was reading this thread because I am impacted similarly.
> However, what is not covered here, and which I would like to know is,
> while these instructions do in fact remedy getting nVidia drivers
> working for the newer kernel, running the nVidia install script
> modifies the old setups of the previous install on the old kernel.
> I want to be able to switch back to my old kernel, or in fact any
> kernel I may choose to keep on my system, and have the nVidia
> drivers at the ready upon booting into any kernel without the
> necessity of going through the steps as outlined in the post
> below. There must be a way to set up a separte set of configuration
> files which each kernel can refer to without having to write over
> one common one that nVidia drivers can reference upon startup.
> This is my quest. Anybody out there care to help or point me
> somewhere which addresses this need?
That is exactly what rpm packages are for. Non-intrusive and
reversible installations. I answered to this thread in another post on
how to get rpms for various kernels and various nvidia drivers
concurrently installed. Have a look there.
> Doug
> Clint Harshaw <clint@penguinsolutions.org> wrote:
>
> >Jim Radford wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I've managed to get the afternoon off, so I'm taking the time to upgrade my
> >> kernel (using up2date) to 2.4.22-1.2166
> >>
> >> However, I know that last time I upgraded, I had to reinstall my Geforce
> >> drivers - so I'm looking to upgrade them to the latest version as well.
> >>
> >> I currently have the following installed:
> >>
> >> [root@mailgate new]# rpm -qa | grep nvidia
> >> nvidia-glx-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1
> >> kernel-module-nvidia-driver-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1
> >> kernel-module-nvidia-driver-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1
> >>
> >> Firstly, I can't recall where I got those rpms from :(
> >>
> >> Secondly, I grabbed a URL from another thread on this list and went to look at
> >> the rpms there: http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/dist/fc1/nvidia-graphics/
> >>
> >> There are so many to choose from, that I'm confused as to which to get.
> >>
> >> I have an Althlon XP 1800 and a Geforce 4 Ti (I forget which model)
> >>
> >> Can somebody please tell me what to install and ease my aching brain.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
> >
> >Jim:
> >
> >Here is set of instructions that work for me when I install an updated
> >kernel and need to get my nvidia driver to play with the new kernel.
> >
> >1. Point your browser to this URL:
> >http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html
> >
> >2. You can select the most recent driver there. (as of this writing,
> >it's 1.0.5336)
> >
> >3. Download it, and note the location of where you put it. Write it down
> >on some paper, 'cause you'll need to navigate there soon.
> >
> >4. Reboot your machine in the new kernel. X will fail and ask if you
> >want to view the logs, or try the configuration. Answer "no" to both of
> >them, and you'll go to a text-based login.
> >
> >6. login as root and navigate to where you stored your downloaded driver
> >installation file.
> >
> >7. type this:
> >sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel
> >
> >9. when the previous instruction is complete, type this:
> >sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1-custom.run
> >
> >10. reboot your machine and X will be using the new driver.
> >
> >There is also a more complete set of instructions at this URL:
> >http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/custom_nvidia.html
> >
> >(I didn't have to do the CC="gcc32" for this latest driver, but I did
> >for an earlier driver installation.))
> >
> >Clint
> >
> >
>
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