How to install the Nvidia driver in Fedora Core 5 ?

Thu Apr 13 23:05:59 UTC 2006

On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 18:38 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 22:32 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> 
> > My card is TNT2 M64 and only 7174 (legacy) can work and no module
> > found  in rpm.livna.org . It also failed to build....
> > 
> > Would someone tell me how to do or where to get the module ??
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > 
> > Wong Kwok Hon
> > 
> 
> Best thing to do is to make sure that kernel-devel is installed and then
> download your driver from here:
> 
> http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8756/NVIDIA-Linux-
> x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run
> 
> You should read the directions on the page before you install:
> 
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8756.html
> 
> I followed the TNT2 links and those urls are what I got.  The installer
> now features an editor which will automatically edit your xorg.conf file
> if you want.
> 
> If these new drivers still dont' work for you, then you will be stuck
> searching the internet for a 7174 version of the Nvidia packaged
> drivers.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> LX
> -- 

http://rpm.pbone.net has 7174 drivers for Fedora Core 4, but not for
Fedora Core 5. They do have the 8178 drivers for FC5. Will either of
those work for you?

Nik