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| <<TableOfContents(5)>> == About this Howto == This howto will help you install the correct nVidia driver for your graphics card as well as troubleshoot common driver problems. |
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| To determine your card model, open a Terminal (Applications > System Tools > Terminal) and type: | nVidia has several driver series, each of which has different hardware support. To determine which driver you need to install, you'll first need to find your graphics card model. If you don't know it, open a Terminal (Applications > System Tools > Terminal) and type: |
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| === Akmods === An [[Package/akmod|akmod]] is a new type of package similar to the [[Package/kmod|kmod]]. Akmods have a feature set similar to dkms, as they will rebuild a binary kmod package for you if one does not exist when you boot with a new kernel. However, akmods have more overhead than regular kmods as they require a few development tools such as gcc and automake. If you think you'd like to use akmods, simply replace '''kmod''' with '''akmod''' in the instructions below. For example, kmod-nvidia-96xx becomes '''a'''kmod-nvidia-96xx. Akmods are fully compatible with regular kmods, so you can switch between the two or even use both at once without any problems. |
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| yum install kmod-nvidia | yum install nvidia-kmod |
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| yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx | yum install nvidia-173xx-kmod |
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| yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx | yum install nvidia-96xx-kmod |
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| yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx | yum install nvidia-173xx-kmod |
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| yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx | yum install nvidia-96xx-kmod |
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| yum install kmod-nvidia-legacy | yum install nvidia-legacy-kmod |
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| === Special note: x86_64 users === If you wish to have 3D acceleration in 32bit packages such as Wine, be sure to install the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 package for your driver variant. For example, if you installed kmod-nvidia then you will require xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386, but if you install kmod-nvidia-'''96xx''', you will need xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-'''96xx'''-libs.i386. |
=== Special notes === ==== x86_64 (64bit) users ==== If you wish to have 3D acceleration in 32bit packages such as Wine, be sure to install the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 package for your driver variant. For example, if you installed kmod-nvidia then you will require xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386, but if you install nvidia-'''96xx'''-kmod, you will need xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-'''96xx'''-libs.i386. ==== Akmods ==== An [[Package/akmod|akmod]] is a new type of package similar to dkms. As you start your computer, the akmod system will check if there are any missing kmods and if so, rebuild a new kmod for you. Akmods have more overhead than regular kmod packages as they require a few development tools such as gcc and automake in order to be able to build new kmods locally. If you think you'd like to try akmods, simply replace '''kmod''' with '''akmod''' in the instructions above and run them again. For example, nvidia-96xx-kmod becomes nvidia-96xx-'''a'''kmod. Akmods are fully compatible with regular kmods, so you can switch between the two or even use both at once without any problems. |
About this Howto
This howto will help you install the correct nVidia driver for your graphics card as well as troubleshoot common driver problems.
Determining your card model
nVidia has several driver series, each of which has different hardware support. To determine which driver you need to install, you'll first need to find your graphics card model.
If you don't know it, open a Terminal (Applications > System Tools > Terminal) and type:
/sbin/lspci | grep VGA
Installing the drivers
Fedora 10
Please remember that once the drivers are installed, they will configure your xorg.conf automatically and changes will take effect after a full reboot. There is no need to run nvidia-xconfig or other tools.
GeForce 6 and higher
yum install nvidia-kmod
GeForce 5 (FX series)
yum install nvidia-173xx-kmod
GeForce 2 through GeForce 4
yum install nvidia-96xx-kmod
Older
Unfortunately, nVidia has not yet released a 71.xx legacy driver compatible with Fedora 10.
Fedora 8 and 9
GeForce 6 and higher
yum install nvidia-kmod
GeForce 5 (FX series)
yum install nvidia-173xx-kmod
GeForce 2 through GeForce 4
yum install nvidia-96xx-kmod
Older
yum install nvidia-legacy-kmod
Special notes
x86_64 (64bit) users
If you wish to have 3D acceleration in 32bit packages such as Wine, be sure to install the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 package for your driver variant. For example, if you installed kmod-nvidia then you will require xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386, but if you install nvidia-96xx-kmod, you will need xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx-libs.i386.
Akmods
An akmod is a new type of package similar to dkms. As you start your computer, the akmod system will check if there are any missing kmods and if so, rebuild a new kmod for you. Akmods have more overhead than regular kmod packages as they require a few development tools such as gcc and automake in order to be able to build new kmods locally. If you think you'd like to try akmods, simply replace kmod with akmod in the instructions above and run them again. For example, nvidia-96xx-kmod becomes nvidia-96xx-akmod. Akmods are fully compatible with regular kmods, so you can switch between the two or even use both at once without any problems.
Troubleshooting
If you're experiencing problems with the drivers (in particular, lack of 3D after using nvidia-xconfig or nvidia-settings), try executing these commands:
nvidia-config-display disable nvidia-config-display enable
This will re-configure xorg.conf for use with the RPM Fusion drivers.