Re: Correct instructions for installing NVidia proprietary driver on Fedora 13?

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On 05/30/2010 09:34 AM, Andre Costa wrote:
Hi Steven,

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 23:09, Steven P. Ulrick <lists-fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> If the output of "/sbin/lspci | grep VGA" is:
> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT]
(rev
> a1)
>
> are the correct instructions for installing the proprietary NVidia driver
still
> located here:
> http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/nvidia-yum-kmod
>
> I have tried the above referenced instructions a couple of times, with the
same,
> bad results...  I am now going to try again, paying special attention to the
> "Troubleshooting" section...  With this exact system, I have been so used to
> everything working (up until I installed Fedora 13) that I have never even had
> to look at the troubleshooting  steps for these instructions before.
>
> I will get back to you with whatever happens.

Hello Again,
Well, no luck so far...  But here are some excerpts from log files that might
help someone see what my problem is:

First, the output of 'grep -i "nvidia" messages':

[root@localhost log]# grep -i "nvidia" messages
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called
for 1 device(s).
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as
rivafb, nvidiafb or
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership
of the NVIDIA
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or
rivatv kernel module
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without
rivafb/nvidiafb
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA
kernel module again.
May 28 15:27:16 localhost kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called
for 1 device(s).
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as
rivafb, nvidiafb or
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership
of the NVIDIA
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or
rivatv kernel module
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without
rivafb/nvidiafb
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA
kernel module again.
May 28 15:28:19 localhost kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
May 28 15:33:54 localhost yum: Installed: 1:kmod-
nvidia-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64-195.36.24-1.fc13.5.x86_64

Second, the output of 'grep -i "nvidia" Xorg.0.log':

[root@localhost log]# grep -i "nvidia" Xorg.0.log
[   185.822] (--) PCI:*(0:3:0:0) 10de:0622:10de:058f nVidia Corporation G94
[GeForce 9600 GT] rev 161, Mem @ 0xfa000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456,
0xf8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000cc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[   185.824] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so
[   185.833] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   185.833] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  195.36.24  Thu Apr 22 19:52:00 PDT 2010
[   185.836] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[   185.836] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[   185.839] (--) NOUVEAU(0): Chipset: "NVIDIA NV94"
[   186.322] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver
not found)

Your insight is greatly appreciated.

It seems you`re loading nouveau instead of nvidia. If that`s the case, you might have to blacklist nouveau kernel module somehow (which seems odd considering that I didn't have to do anything). Did you install F13 from scratch or did you upgrade from F12?

I`m not at home right now so I can`t check my configuration files, but I`ll do that as soon as I can and see if that's anything that could help you.

Regards,

Andre



I am thinking that your problem is nouveau must be blacklisted in the grub.conf file

http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia

See the Fedora 12/13 install guide for the instruction to install

Selinix protection must be lowered to allow the nvidia driver to load and

rdblacklist=nouveau  must be added to the kernel lines after quiet

These steps should be done before a reboot





I have not installed F 13 yet but I suspect I will have to disable the nvidia drivers and reactivate nouveau before I attempt the upgrade.

After installation of F 13 then install nvidia drivers again

Michael


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