Anyone have the Nvidia driver working in 2.6.11-1.14_FC3?

[Neal Wilkinson]

Marc Schwartz wrote:

>Neal Wilkinson wrote:
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>>>>>>Neal Wilkinson wrote:
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>>>>>>Ok...here we go.
>>>>>>I have version NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run installed and
>>>>>>running
>>>>>>in the 770 kernel. I've tried to install
>>>>>>NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run in 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 and the
>>>>>>following
>>>>>>happens.
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>>>>>>I end the session and go to a console login.
>>>>>>login as root
>>>>>>cd /home/neal (where the file is)
>>>>>>sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run
>>>>>>message that the same version is installed, would I like to remove it
>>>>>>and install again. I answer yes.
>>>>>>then says it must download a kernel interface and says no matching one
>>>>>>was found
>>>>>>then it builds the kernel module and says its done
>>>>>>then it uninstalls the driver and re-installs it
>>>>>>then says its done please go update xorg.conf etc. if needed
>>>>>>then when I reboot I get an error when it should load the driver which
>>>>>>says nvidia.ko not found and it loads a generic driver.
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>>>>>>Does this help? Thanks!
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>>>>>>Neal
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>>Ok...I'm sure this won't make sense but its working now. Here is what I
>>did.
>>It wasn't finding the nvidia.ko the only different in this one and the
>>770 kernel was the inside of /video/ there was a seperate /nvidia/
>>directory with the ko inside it. I made one and moved the ko file there.
>>Then restarted and the machine hung at the point the driver was to load.
>>I rebooted and I came up to a console login. I removed the driver and
>>then installed it there and now all is well. I really hate something
>>being fixed and not knowing why. Anyway, I'm glad its working. Thanks
>>for the help.
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>Neal,
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>A possibly dumb question, but as they say the only stupid question is
>the one that goes unasked.
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>When you tried to install the 7174 driver as above the first time "for
>the 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 kernel", had you actually booted that kernel, or
>were you still running the 770 kernel?
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>This sounds like you were still running the 770 kernel and trying to
>install the nVidia driver for the other kernel. That won't work.
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>You need to be running the kernel that you want to install the driver
>for at the time. This is why you won't be able to use the nVidia driver
>if you boot a new or different kernel relative to the last time you used
>the nVidia installer.
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>The one inconsistency here is that usually when this situation occurs, X
>won't run at all and you are left at a text console login prompt after
>some initial error messages and prompts about wanting to diagnose X
>problems and logs, etc.
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>I don't know if the Livna RPMS overcome this problem, but that may be a
>possibility. Someone else here may know.
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>BTW, for the latest kernel, the nvidia.ko file is in:
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>/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.14_FC3/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
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>Marc
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Nope, I wasn't running 770. I did go back to 770 to check and see if it 
worked there which it did but then I went back to the new one. I also 
noticed the location was 
/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.14_FC3/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko/  vs 
lib/modules/2.6.11-1.14_FC3/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia.ko on 
770. That is why I changed it just to see if it would help. When it 
booted directly to the console login I'm guessing it couldn't find 
anything but I don't know why it then worked after installing it again. 
I'm still very linux challenged so I could miss something obvious I'm 
guessing. Thanks again.