Nvidia setup

[Dave Pawson]

Fedora, 19, 64 bit.
How to find out, and if available, will it be installed without intervention, or do
I have to install it?



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On 28 Aug 2013, at 17:34, Chris Tyler <chris at totalhighspeed.net> wrote:

> Most distros if not all ship with an open source version of the nVidia driver.
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson at gmail.com>
>> To: "RPM Fusion users discussion list" <rpmfusion-users at lists.rpmfusion.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:05:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: Nvidia setup
>> 
>> Which leaves me asking,
>> What driver is used to 'get the system running',
>> How to build the kmods for my kernel ( 3.10.9 AFAIK)
>> .. Then on, sounds good.
>> 
>> Can I try this with my old ati card in, on one monitor,
>> The nVidia on the second monitor?
>> 
>> Tia,
>> 
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>> On 28 Aug 2013, at 14:27, George Galt <george.galt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Get your system running -- with the card installed -- then install the
>>> correct nVidia driver.  I don't know if the nVidia filed (kmods) are still
>>> available for you kernel you are running.  If not, you can compile your
>>> own files from the source rpms or you can try installing the akmod file
>>> and see if it will build the correct files for you.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> New to nVidia.
>>>> I have a card, Asus Nvidia GeForce GT640.
>>>> Fedora 19, 64 bit.
>>>> Kernel 3.9.9-302.fc19.x86_64
>>>> the 3.10 kernel won't run with my current
>>>> graphics card.
>>>> 
>>>> Looking at http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia#About_this_Howto
>>>> 
>>>> No mention of whether to install the card first or the drivers? Which
>>>> is the correct order please?
>>>> 
>>>> TiA
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>>>> Dave Pawson
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>>