Install NVIDIA graphics driver under Linux

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Go to www.nvidia.com download the official drive, there are two packages of RPM and tar source code, because REDHAT80 upgraded 2 times kernel, so for general purposes, this article describes how to install the source code format driver.

Download:

The download address is http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4191, which is the latest driver for the NVIDIA for Linux 4191.

Download its source code: GLX and Nvidia_kernel

Compile:

  # tar zxvf NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.tar.gz
   # cd NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191
   # make;make install
   # tar zxvf NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.tar.gz
   # cd NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191
   # make;make install

All right, the driver's loaded, now we just need to configure the Xf86config file.

Configuration:

Open/etc/x11/xf86config and find

Driver "NV" (or Driver "VESA") instead: Driver "nvidia"

Add in module area:

Load "GLX"

In addition, if you have the following configuration, please comment out:

Load "DRI"

Load "Glcore"

Save and then restart the x-windows, and now you can see the Nvidia startup interface, it's cool. If you are unfamiliar with modifying the profile, you can use redhat-conifg-xfree86l to configure your Windows, very handy, This program automatically identifies and loads the nvidia driver.

Appendix:

Supported graphics chips:

NVIDIA CHIP NAME DEVICE PCI ID
o RIVA TNT 0x0020
o RIVA TNT2 0x0028
o RIVA TNT2 Ultra 0x0029
o Vanta 0x002c
o RIVA TNT2 Model 0x002d
o Aladdin TNT2 0x00a0
o GeForce 256 0x0100
o GeForce DDR 0x0101
o Quadro 0x0103
o GeForce2 mx/mx 0x0110
o GeForce2 MX 100/200 0x0111
o GeForce2 Go 0x0112
o Quadro2 mxr/ex/go 0x0113
o GeForce2 GTS 0x0150
o GeForce2 Ti 0x0151
o GeForce2 Ultra 0x0152
o Quadro2 Pro 0x0153
o GeForce4 MX 460 0x0170
o GeForce4 MX 440 0x0171
o GeForce4 MX 420 0x0172
o GeForce4 MX 440-se 0x0173
O GeForce4 440 Go 0x0174
o GeForce4 420 Go 0x0175
o GeForce4 420 Go 32M 0x0176
o GeForce4 460 Go 0x0177
o Quadro4 xgl 0x0178
O GeForce4 440 go 64M 0x0179
o Quadro4 NVS 0x017a
o Quadro4 gogl 0x017c
o GeForce4 410 Go 16M 0x017d
o GeForce4 MX 440 with agp8x 0x0181
o GeForce4 MX 440SE with agp8x 0x0182
o GeForce4 MX 420 with agp8x 0x0183
o Quadro4 580 XGL 0x0188
o Quadro4 280 NVS 0x018a
o Quadro4 380 Xgl 0x018b
o nv18m 0x0186
o nv18m Pro 0x0187
o GeForce2 Integrated GPU 0x01a0
o GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU 0x01f0
o GeForce3 0x0200
o GeForce3 Ti 0x0201
o GeForce3 Ti 0x0202
o Quadro DCC 0x0203
o GeForce4 Ti 4600 0x0250
o GeForce4 Ti 4400 0x0251
o NV25 0x0252
o GeForce4 Ti 4200 0x0253
o Quadro4 900 XGL 0x0258
o Quadro4 750 Xgl 0x0259
o Quadro4 xgl 0x025b
o GeForce4 Ti 4800 0x0280
o GeForce4 Ti 4200 with agp8x 0x0281
o GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE 0x0282
o GeForce4 4200 Go 0x0286
o Quadro4 980 XGL 0x0288
o Quadro4 780 XGL 0x0289
o Quadro4 gogl 0x028c
o NV30 0x0300
o NV30 0x0301
o NV30 0x0302
o NV30GL 0x0308
o NV30GL 0x0309

If you have any problems, please refer to the/usr/share/doc/nvidia_glx-1.0/readme file

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