Nvidia setup

[Dave Pawson]

It's the nVidia 640, so I chose that one?

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On 28 Aug 2013, at 19:11, George Galt <george.galt at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
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>> http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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