Nvidia and Fedora Core

[Bjorn Andersen]

Thanks..



Cheers
Bjorn Andersen


On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 15:53, Christopher A. Williams wrote:

> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 07:18, Bjorn Andersen wrote:
> > Hi
> > Im not able to install Nvidia drivers on Fedora Core Test 2. 
> > For about 3 weeks ago there was a solution to that problem on the old
> > severn (9.0.93). Has anyone a description of howto fix it?
> > 
> 
> Yes. Do the following:
> 
>      1. As root, switch to runlevel 3 (init 3).
>      2. Login again as root.
>      3. before running the NVidia Installer, set the CC veriable to use
>         gcc32 with the command: export "CC=gcc32"
>      4. run the NVidia Installer program and let it compile the modules
>         as normal.
>      5. Update XF86Config as usual (stuff like getting rid of "load
>         dri")
>      6. Test with startx, but it should be OK.
>      7. Switch back to runlevel 5 (init 5)
>      8. You're done!
> 
> Happily running Severn2 with the latest NVidia drivers with no troubles
> so far...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris
> 
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