Install the Nvidia graphics card driver on Fedora14

Note: This method is only applicable to Fedora11 and later versions. You can also use Fedora14. 1. Video Card Driver category: nvidia linux is divided into three types of drivers: 1) nouveau, an open-source driver that has been included in feroda, after normal installation, no installation is required. 2) nvidia, the manufacturer's private-source driver, provided by the manufacturer, has the best performance, but there are many versions, making it difficult to distinguish. 3) vesa, the most basic driver, is used only when the above two drivers are not installed. 2,

Note: This method is only applicable to Fedora 11 and later versions. You can also use Fedora 14.

1. Video Card Driver category: nvidia linux is divided into three types of drivers: 1) nouveau, an open-source driver that has been included in feroda, after normal installation, no installation is required. 2) nvidia, the manufacturer's private-source driver, provided by the manufacturer, has the best performance, but there are many versions, making it difficult to distinguish. 3) vesa, the most basic driver, is used only when the above two drivers are not installed.

2. nvidia drivers are divided into the latest drivers: latest version and old drivers: legacy version (173.xx series), legacy version (96.xx series), and legacy version (71.xx series ). The driver is determined by the video card.

3. Run the following command to view the video card model:

/Sbin/lspci-nn | grep 'vga \ | NV'

The result may be as follows:

. 0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] [10de: 0322] (rev a1)

Here, 0322 is the video card model. Then go

Nvidia's Supported Product List (http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html) or

Appendix A. Supported nvidia gpu product (http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/256.53/README/supportedchips.html)

You can view the driver name for your video card www.linuxidc.com.

For example, the above 0322 is searched and found to be the (173.xx series) driver.

4. The KMOD version used in the following installation steps is related to the above driver. The relationship is as follows:

In Fedora 13 (14 should also be fine ):

Latest version ====> choose kmod-nvidia

Legacy 173. xx version ====> select kmod-nvidia-173xx

In Fedora 11 and 12:

Latest version ====> choose kmod-nvidia

Legacy 173. xx version ====> select kmod-nvidia-173xx

Legacy version 96. xx version ====> select the kmod-nvidia-96xx

For example, the above graphics card 0322 corresponds to the 173. xx version, the use of kmod-nvidia-173xx.

5. The installation steps are as follows (run as root ):

1) rpm-ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/Fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm;

Rpm-ivh restart.

2) Enable/boot/grub in Fedora 12, 13, and 14. in the conf file, find the line (usually the first) of the kernel used for linux boot, edit the line of the kernel, and add rdblacklist = nouveau at the end of the line

(For more methods and Fedora11 methods, refer to the original article .)

Reboot is recommended after modification.

3) after entering the system, run: yum install kmod-xxxxx. Here, kmod-xxxxx is the corresponding KMOD version found in step 1. For example, the video card 4th in this article is run: yum install kmod-nvidia-173xx.

4) After yum is installed, reboot again. After Entering xwindow, you can find the corresponding settings in system-management.

Finally, the operation is risky. Pay attention to data security, and you are solely responsible for the consequences.