How to install the Nvidia driver in Linux (Fedora8.0)

The Linux system was installed earlier, but the driver of the video card has not been installed, so there are some problems with the machine, mainly because the desktop effect cannot be enabled in Linux, the qq version of Linux will be very card, and qq can not switch the input method, then go to the http://www.nvidia.cn/Download/index.aspx? Lang = cn to download the driver, the default is the driver required for your machine's graphics card, and then click search, if you click Download directly, the code will be generated, and the browser is stuck, the best way is to use the download tool to connect to the address

The Linux system was installed earlier, but the driver of the video card has not been installed, so there are some problems with the machine, mainly because the desktop effect cannot be enabled in Linux, the qq version of Linux will be very card, and qq can not switch the input method, then go to the http://www.nvidia.cn/Download/index.aspx? Lang = cn to download the driver, the default is the driver required for your machine's graphics card, and then click search, if you click Download directly, the code will be generated, and the browser is stuck, the best way is to use the download tool to download the run file specified by the connection address. The command required for installation is displayed on this page (my name is nvidia GeForce 8400 m gs, command: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg1.run), write down this command, then modify the/etc/inittab file to change: id: 5: initdefault::

Id: 3: initdefault: After saving and restarting, you will be taken to the Linux System in the command line format. After logging on, enter the installation command (Note: The downloaded run file should be placed in the root directory): sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.12-pkg1.run, and then with the prompt to install, at first he said to go to the nvidia official website up and down, can be canceled, and then enter startx to open the graphical interface (this may be an English interface, it doesn't matter, after the installation is completed, change the inittab File id: 3: initdefault: Back to id: 5: initdefault: Save, restart, and the installation is complete.

In this case, you can enable the desktop effect, and enable the qq card again. The input method in qq can also be switched. Similar problems are quite complicated on the Internet, so I wrote this article and shared it with cainiao.