On 03/19/2011 11:09 AM, Mark Ryden wrote: > Hello, > I tried to install NVIdia driver from their site for GeForce 8400 GS > display card. > I ahve F12 x86_64. Have you tried the rpmfusion nvidia drivers? I use them on F13, and I don't have to do anything special for my brand-spanking-new GT218 card. Nouveau gracefully gets out of the way. I don't have to re-build the nvidia drivers, RPMFusion does that for me. Running in 32-bit now, but that will soon change to 64-bit when I upgrade to F15.... > I downloaded from NVidia site this file: > NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.44.run which is a 64 bit setup for Linux > I tried to run it from terminal. > I got an error message that nouveau driver must not be loaded. > I cannot rmmod it because of dependencies. > The installer suggested that I will agee to add a file to > /etc/modprobe.d, which > will disable the installation. I agreed and it added a file named > nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf; > this file has 2 lines only: > blacklist nouveau > options nouveau modeset=0 The file RPMFUsion put there contains: > # RPM Fusion blacklist for nouveau driver - you need to run as root: > # dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r) > # if nouveau is loaded despite this file. > blacklist nouveau Maybe that information is useful to you.... > Nevertheless, after boot, the nouveau driver is **still* loaded. > What should I do ? HTH, good luck! > rgs, > Mark -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- 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
