Editing NVidia (section)

== Install Nvidia proprietary driver Fedora Core 14==

=== Download Latest Driver ===

Download latest Nvidia driver from http://www.nvidia.com/

=== Disable nouveau ===

Boot to command line. One way to do this is to add an argument at Grub boot loader. At Grub boot menu select current kernel and press 'a' to enter kernel arguments. Add a 3 to end of line and press ENTER.

This should boot to command line. Now disable nouveau by logging into system & as root edit /etc/grub.conf by adding rdblacklist=nouveau to end of your latest kernel. Save and exit file.
<pre># vi /etc/grub.conf</pre>

Create a new file in /etc/modprobe.d/ called disable-nouveau.conf:
<pre># vi /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf</pre>

Add these two lines to your disable-nouveau.conf file then save & exit:
<pre>blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0</pre>

=== Prerequisite software ===

Run these commands to verify if you have minimum prerequisite software installed:
<pre>
size --version
make --version
insmod --version
Xorg --version
gcc --version
ls /lib/libc.so.6
</pre>


The default Fedora 14 install I used did not include several of the required packages. I installed gcc & kernel-devel which resolved the other dependencies.

<pre># yum install gcc.x86_64 kernel-devel.x86_64</pre>

=== Reboot ===

Now reboot system so you unload the nouveau drivers.
<pre># reboot</pre>


Enter the boot menu again just like above & add an argument of 3 to end of current kernel line (should be after rdblacklist=nouveau you added above).

=== Install driver ===

Log into system and become root. Enter the directory where you downloaded the current Nvidia driver and type:
<pre># sh ./NVidia*</pre>

Follow on screen prompts then reboot like normal.