How to install the Nvidia driver in Fedora Core 5 ?

[Dan]

Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 13:31 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
>   
>> On 4/14/06, Wong Kwok-hon <kwokhon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On 4/14/06, alan <alan at clueserver.org> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, 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.
>>>>>           
>>>> The older versions of the nVIDIA driver do not work with the kernel that
>>>> comes with FC5.
>>>>
>>>> There is a new version of the nVIDIA driver that builds correctly without
>>>> patches on FC5.  It was released just a few days ago, so you may need to
>>>> grab the new one.  It is also supposed to fix some issues with suspend as
>>>> well, as well as a few other bugs.
>>>>
>>>> Also make sure you are not running X when you try to build the nVIDIA
>>>> driver.  It does not like that for some reason.
>>>>         
>>> Yes, my TNT2 M64 is in Nvidia Legacy and not supported in 8756.
>>> And also I tried to install the 7174 in init 3 which without X but still failed.
>>> So do any procedure I missed ?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Wong Kwok Hon
>>>
>>>       
>> Forgot to tell u that I got the information from Nvidia readme file as follows:
>>
>> Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the unified
>> driver. These GPUs will continue to be maintained through the special
>> legacy NVIDIA GPU driver releases.
>> NVIDIA chip name 	Device PCI ID
>> RIVA TNT 	0x0020
>> RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 	0x0028
>> RIVA TNT2 Ultra 	0x0029
>> Vanta/Vanta LT 	0x002C
>> RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro 	0x002D
>> Aladdin TNT2 	0x00A0
>> GeForce 256 	0x0100
>> GeForce DDR 	0x0101
>> Quadro 	0x0103
>> GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 	0x0150
>> GeForce2 Ti 	0x0151
>> GeForce2 Ultra 	0x0152
>> Quadro2 Pro 	0x0153
>>
>> So.... No legacy driver for above cards ?
>>
>>     
> I think you are misreading that.
> The legacy driver IS for these cards.
> The new unified driver does not support these cards.
>
>   
>> Wong Kwok Hon
>>
>>     
>
>   
Livna packaged an nvidia-legacy driver for FC4; perhaps they are working 
for a similar package for FC5?
-Dan