Installation of the NVIDIA official video card driver of fedora 15

Declaration: Because the default Linux kernel is the PAE kernel (supporting memory access of more than 4 GB), an error is always reported during driver installation.

The system prompts that no kernel-level has been installed. The system still prompts after installation. It turns out to be the installation of kernel-PAE-level.

1, first visit the NVIDIA official website to download the latest Linux DRIVER: http://www.nvidia.cn/Download/index.aspx? Lang = Cn

For example, the file I downloaded is NVIDIA-Linux-x86-280.13.run.

2. Prevent nouveau module from loading:
Terminal switch to root: su
Edit the/etc/modprobe. d/blacklist. conf file:
VI/etc/modprobe. d/blacklist. conf
Add blacklist Nouveau at the end of the file.
I don't know how to use VI to edit files? Press insert to enter the editing mode. After editing, Press ESC to enter the Save mode. Double-click the uppercase Z to save the file you just edited and exit, that is, ZZ.

3. Edit the/boot/GRUB/grub. conf file.
VI/boot/GRUB/grub. conf
Add 'nouveau. modeset = 0' after rhGH quiet (no quotation marks)

4. Reduce The SELinux level, remove SELinux to prevent NVIDIA driver modules from being loaded, and run the following command:
Setsebool-P allow_execstack on

5. upgrade the system first, install the RPM fusion software warehouse, and run the terminal command:
Su-C 'rpm-uvh [url] URLs
Su-C 'rpm-uvh [url] URLs
Run the terminal command: su-C 'yum Update' (this may take some time, and it took me about 20 minutes. Check your network speed and machine configuration. Of course, you can ignore this step if you are impatient. However, I think your system will eventually become a subordinate. It is better to do it later than to do it earlier)

6. Five data packets must be installed before the driver is installed. Use Yum install
1) GCC (used to compile the driver. When GCC is installed, the fourth kernel-headers is automatically installed)
2) kernel-PAE
3) kernel-PAE-devel
4) kernel-headers
5) dkms (the driver can still be used after kernel upgrade)
This step is very important. Otherwise, an error will occur when the NVIDIA driver is installed on the Character terminal later. Many posts on the Internet do not have this step, and I have not followed this step, resulting in a waste of three months.

7. Restart the grub interface and press the E or shift key to enter. Select the second item with the kernel and press the e key to edit the project. Add the parameter 3 to the end of quiet (remember that there is a space before 3), and press enter to exit. Press B to enter the text terminal.

8. Enter root (enter root, and then enter your root password), and switch to the directory where the driver file is placed (I put the previously downloaded NVIDIA driver under/home/user, so I enter CD/home/user) to install:
Sh./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-280.13.run
The installation prompts that yes or accept is selected.
After the installation is complete, press Alt + Ctrl + Delete to restart and enter the system, so that you can experience the powerful gnome3.

By the way, there is no classic desktop when logging on to the system after the driver is installed. The classic desktop option is displayed only after compiz is installed. I do not know how it works?
How to install compiz
1) enter the Su and password on the terminal.
2) Yum install compiz Fusion
3) yum install emerald-themes compiz-fusion-extras emerald compiz-plugins-Main compiz-manager compiz-fusion-extras libcompizconfig compiz-plugins-Main-gconf ccsm compiz-gnome compiz-GTK
4) Get it done. However, if you want to use the special effect of compiz, you only need to restart the system. After Entering the logon password, you can choose to enter the classic desktop, and then click log in to log on. In this way, you can configure desktop cubes and other special effects. Compiz cannot be used in gnome3.