Nvidia setup

[George Galt]

If you are on Fedora 19, you might want the 319 driver instead of the 304
driver.


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks gents.
> Being totally cynical I expected nothing.
> Reality?
> I plugged in both monitors, booted and crossed my fingers.
>
> 1. It booted. "Some" driver picked up (600x800?) and offered me a
> couple of boot options. Basically
> unreadable text. Is grub operating differently somehow?
> 2. Fedora booted. kernal 3.10.9 I think
> 3. as root.
> # yum install akmod-nvidia-304xx
> It did. Pulled a good few dependencies.
>
> # reboot
>
> booted, still the odd screen, 'different' from prior boot screens?
> Showed the Fedora 19 creeping progress bar along the bottom of the screen.
> Dropped into my normal login screen at high res.
> I logged in. Ran Chrome and I'm away again.
>
> Not mentioned on the HowTo, but I ran #nvidia-settings and saved the
> config file.
>
> Rebooted and AFAICT I'm up and away.
> "As easy as Windows".... if only that were true. At least with Linux I
> can ask those who know.
>
> Basically I am very impressed.
> flawless change of hardware and matching drivers already available.
>
> My thanks to the rpmfusion setup / team for doing a grand job.
>
> regards
>
>
> On 28 August 2013 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
> >> --
> >> Dave Pawson
> >> XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
> >> Docbook FAQ.
> >> http://www.dpawson.co.uk
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dave Pawson
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