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Log into system & with root edit /etc/grub.conf by adding rdblacklist=nouveau to end of your latest kernel. Save and exit file. | Log into system & with 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> | <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> | |||
Run these commands to verify if you have minimum prerequisite software installed: | Run these commands to verify if you have minimum prerequisite software installed: | ||
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The default Fedora 14 install I used did not include several of the required packages. I installed gcc which resolved the other dependencies. | 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</pre> | <pre># yum install gcc.x86_64 kernel-devel.x86_64</pre> | ||
Now reboot system so you unload the nouveau drivers. 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). | Now reboot system so you unload the nouveau drivers. 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). | ||
Revision as of 21:53, 10 February 2011
Download latest Nvidia driver from http://www.nvidia.com/
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.
Disable nouveau Log into system & with root edit /etc/grub.conf by adding rdblacklist=nouveau to end of your latest kernel. Save and exit file.
# vi /etc/grub.conf
Create a new file in /etc/modprobe.d/ called disable-nouveau.conf:
# vi /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
Add these two lines to your disable-nouveau.conf file then save & exit:
blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0
Run these commands to verify if you have minimum prerequisite software installed:
size --version make --version insmod --version Xorg --version gcc --version ls /lib/libc.so.6
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.
# yum install gcc.x86_64 kernel-devel.x86_64
Now reboot system so you unload the nouveau drivers. 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).
Log into system and become root. Enter the directory where you downloaded the current Nvidia driver and type:
# sh ./NVidia*
Follow on screen prompts then reboot like normal.