> On 05/30/2010 04:47 PM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > >>> Hello Everyone > >>> I'm going to try all of this again. This time, I'm going to give a precise, > >>> blow by blow account of what I am doing: > >>> 1. "yum update": No Packages marked for Update > >>> 2. [steve@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci | grep VGA > >>> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] > >>> > >> (rev > >> > >>> a1) > >>> 3. Go to this address: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html > >>> I found this on that page: "GeForce 9600 GT 0x0622" > >>> 4. I SKIP this step "su -c 'setsebool -P allow_execstack on'" because I have > >>> SELinux disabled. > >>> 5. su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia' > >>> Results: > >>> Package 1:kmod-nvidia-195.36.24-1.fc13.6.x86_64 already installed and latest > >>> version > >>> Nothing to do > >>> 6. su -c 'mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)- > >>> nouveau.img' > >>> 7. su -c 'dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)' > >>> 8. "rdblacklist=nouveau nomodeset" at the end of the appropriate kernel line > >>> > >> in > >> > >>> "grub.conf" > >>> > >>> These 8 steps are the same ones that I follow every time I try this. If > >>> > > this > > > >>> does not work, I am going to try 'blacklist "nouveau"' in > >>> /etc/modprobe/blacklist instead of "rdblacklist=nouveau" in grub.conf. > >>> > >>> OK. Here we go... > >>> > >> Hello Again, > >> I decided to re-compile the kernel because of the last two comments on this > >> page: > >> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-701291.html > >> > >> > >>> Tails9 > >>> February 20th, 2008, 03:59 PM > >>> After reading alot, I guess I have to compile the kernel without the > >>> > > nvidiafb > > > >>> module, because I'd like to use the official nvidia drivers so I can run > >>> compiz (again), but this time without XGL (so I have direct rendering (so > >>> the videotearing will be gone) ). Tails9 > >>> March 2nd, 2008, 02:13 PM > >>> I recompiled the kernel without the framebuffer support, reinstalled the > >>> nvidiadrivers with envy and the problem is gone. > >>> > >> 1. "rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.src.rpm" > >> 2. cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/ > >> 3. rpmbuild -bp kernel.spec > >> 4. "cd ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.33/linux-2.6.33.x86_64/" > >> vi Makefile" > >> EXTRAVERSION="-noframebuffer" > >> 3. "make menuconfig" > >> 4. "Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Support for frame buffer devices" > >> 5. Uncheck "nVidia Framebuffer Support"& "nVidia Riva support" > >> 6. "exit" back to the main menu. > >> 7. Select "exit" again, and choose to save my new configuration file > >> 8. "make rpm" > >> > >> It's building now. We'll see what happens. > >> > > OK. The good news is that the RPM was successfully built. The bad news is that > > the output of "rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64.rpm" is as follows: > > > > [root@localhost x86_64]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64.rpm > > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > > package kernel-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64 (which is newer than > > kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64) is already installed > > package kernel-2.6.33.4-95.fc13.x86_64 (which is newer than > > kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64) is already installed > > file /lib/firmware/matrox/g200_warp.fw from install of > > kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package linux- > > firmware-20100106-4.fc13.noarch > > file /lib/firmware/matrox/g400_warp.fw from install of > > kernel-2.6.33noframebuffer-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package linux- > > firmware-20100106-4.fc13.noarch > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Steven P. Ulrick > > > > > > Hi there > > Did you do a clean install? Yes. Did a clean install from the DVD, entirely wiped out my old Fedora 12 install. > If this does not work then try the akmod instead of the kmod > akmod will autotrack in newest kernel mod on boot yum list | grep -i akmod: akmod-nvidia.x86_64 1:195.36.24-1.fc13.5 @rpmfusion-nonfree akmods.noarch 0.3.6-3.fc12 @rpmfusion-free I used akmod on Fedora 12, and it always worked perfectly for me. In fact, everything with the proprietary nVidia driver worked perfectly. Steven P. Ulrick -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
