Re: Disable loading of nouveau driver for installing NVidia driver

2011-03-19 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 03/19/2011 11:09 AM, Mark Ryden wrote: > Hello, > I tried to install NVIdia driver from their site for GeForce 8400 GS > display card. > I ahve F12 x86_64. Have you tried the rpmfusion nvidia drivers? I use them on F13, and I don't have to do anything special for my brand-spanking-new GT218 ca

Re: Disable loading of nouveau driver for installing NVidia driver

2011-03-19 Thread Steven I Usdansky
I've been known to move the nouveau.ko file to /root in order to prevent it from loading. Overkill, but it worked for me (I'm now usingthe nouveau driver, so I no longer need to do this). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: h

Re: Disable loading of nouveau driver for installing NVidia driver

2011-03-19 Thread Ian Chapman
On 19/03/11 23:09, Mark Ryden wrote: > Nevertheless, after boot, the nouveau driver is **still* loaded. > What should I do ? It may be being loaded in the initial ram disk. Try appending the following to the line that starts with "kernel" line in /etc/grub.conf and reboot. rdblacklist=nouveau

Disable loading of nouveau driver for installing NVidia driver

2011-03-19 Thread Mark Ryden
Hello, I tried to install NVIdia driver from their site for GeForce 8400 GS display card. I ahve F12 x86_64. I downloaded from NVidia site this file: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.44.run which is a 64 bit setup for Linux I tried to run it from terminal. I got an error message that nouveau driver must