Gateway DX4720 installation problems - nvidia 7100

[Charles Landau]

David Timms wrote:
> Charles Landau wrote:
>> Apparently Linux is known to have problems with the nVidia GeForce 
>> 7100; I found this post: 
>> https://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=62357&forum=12 
>>
>> I'm looking for the right driver in hopes that will fix the video 
>> problem.
> It may be that kernel modesetting is active and causing the issue. try 
> adding the nomodeset option to the grub kernel boot line.

That did not help.

> You can check the nvidia linux site to determine which GPUs are 
> supported by which closed source driver. (If it is supported, then I 
> suggest using akmod-nvidia-YYY from RPM Fusion to make the process of 
> getting the driver installed easier.)

Thank you. I succeeded in getting graphics to work on my Gateway 
DX4720-03 by installing the proprietary nVidia driver, following the 
instructions at
http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
and then
http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia
(specifically: yum install kmod-nvidia)

I used kmod-nvidia rather than akmod-nvidia.

RPM Fusion does not have the very latest nVidia driver (available at 
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html), but the one they have seems to 
work for the nVidia GeForce 7100.

For the record, the Gateway DX4720-03 also needs the kernel option 
"noapic" in order to boot.

The next time I buy a PC I'll steer away from nVidia hardware because 
there does not seem to be any open-source driver for it. Hardware that 
requires a proprietary driver is invidious.