tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845321515990016322.post7980821247903815161..comments2023-08-21T10:45:07.629+01:00Comments on Linux/BSD: sharing experiences: HowTo: Install NVIDIA drivers on CentOS 6.2 / SL 6.2tangramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588030231546523539noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845321515990016322.post-51126899514649152602012-04-23T21:32:47.247+01:002012-04-23T21:32:47.247+01:00Hi aurfalien!
kmod-nvidia driver is the current r...Hi aurfalien!<br /><br /><b>kmod-nvidia</b> driver is the current release and supports NVIDIA GeForce 6 series GPUs onwards.<br /><br />The <b>kmod-nvidia-96xx</b> driver supports GeForce 2 to GeForce 4 series GPUs which appears to be your case.<br /><br />You can check you graphics card by running <b>lspci | grep VGA</b>.<br /><br />So if you've imported the GPG and added the repository, just run <b>yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx</b> as root.<br /><br />Regards.tangramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06588030231546523539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845321515990016322.post-47181363380323653202012-04-23T20:22:50.211+01:002012-04-23T20:22:50.211+01:00Hi,
After installing kmod-nvidia and upon reboot,...Hi,<br /><br />After installing kmod-nvidia and upon reboot, I get some errors in my messages file;<br /><br />kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 GPU installed in this system is<br />kernel: NVRM: supported through the NVIDIA 96.43.xx Legacy drivers. Please<br />kernel: NVRM: visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more<br />kernel: NVRM: information. The 295.40 NVIDIA driver will ignore<br />kernel: NVRM: this GPU. Continuing probe...<br />kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!<br />gdm-binary[2013]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.548291 seconds<br />gdm-binary[2013]: WARNING: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: maximum number of X display failures reached: check X server log for errors<br /><br />And in Xorg.0.log;<br /><br />[ 37.145] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your<br />[ 37.145] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.<br />[ 37.145] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"<br />[ 37.145] (II) Unloading nvidia<br />[ 37.145] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)<br />[ 37.145] (EE) No drivers available.<br />[ 37.145] <br />Fatal server error:<br />[ 37.145] no screens found<br />[ 37.145] <br /><br />I am using a GeForce vs a Quadro.<br /><br />Any ideas?<br /><br />Thanks in adance.aurfalienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13242207561515808697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845321515990016322.post-10972180665672985352012-04-15T17:46:40.083+01:002012-04-15T17:46:40.083+01:00Hi!
Thanks for the input. I'll be updating th...Hi!<br /><br />Thanks for the input. I'll be updating the post on a new future on how to re-enable plymouth including how probe for graphics card supported modes.<br /><br />If I have the time I'll also explain how to remove NVIDIA closed sources drivers and re-enable nouveau drivers.<br /><br />Best regards.tangramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06588030231546523539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5845321515990016322.post-39764915775012670212012-04-13T17:21:06.797+01:002012-04-13T17:21:06.797+01:00If you'd like to get the plymouth stuff, follo...If you'd like to get the plymouth stuff, follow the instructions on:<br /><br />http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia<br /><br />Section "Plymouth graphical boot no longer available on EL6"toracathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469972681528977676noreply@blogger.com