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Note: This guide only covers older distributions. See the following for newer distributions.
Bill Giannikos
This guide will help you configure the proprietary nvidia module for Linux. We will not be covering open source nv module included with Xorg because it's configuration is normally handled automatically by most Linux distributions.
NVIDIA provide their own license for their driver. You will need to read and accept this license before proceeding. You can read this license here.
The nvidia driver is not included with CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 so we will need to use a 3rd party repository. Here we will be using the ATrpms repository.
If you are not currently using the ATrpms repository then, as root, add the following lines to the bottom of your /etc/yum.conf file:
[atrpms] name=CentOS $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms gpgcheck=1
Then execute the following command (this will install the 9755 driver, the version number will change with new releases):
yum install nvidia-graphics9755-kmdl-`uname -r`nvidia-graphics9755
You can now configure Xorg to use the nvidia driver by following the instructions below.
Debian include parts of the nvidia driver in both the 'contrib' and 'non-free' repositories. You will need to enable both of these to install this driver.
Then, as root, execute the following command:
apt-get install build-essential nvidia-glx module-assistant nvidia-kernel-common m-a update m-a prepare m-a a-i nvidia
You can now configure Xorg to use the nvidia driver by following the instructions below.
The nvidia driver is not included with Fedora Core 6 so we will need to use a 3rd party repository. Here we will be using the ATrpms repository.
If you are not currently using the ATrpms repository then, as root, add the following lines to the bottom of your /etc/yum.conf file:
[atrpms] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/fc$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms gpgcheck=1
Then execute the following command (this will install the 9755 driver, the version number will change with new releases):
yum install nvidia-graphics9755-kmdl-`uname -r`nvidia-graphics9755
You can now configure Xorg to use the nvidia driver by following the instructions below.
The nvidia driver is not included with Fedora 7 so we will need to use a 3rd party repository. Here we will be using the ATrpms repository.
If you are not currently using the ATrpms repository then, as root, add the following lines to the bottom of your /etc/yum.conf file:
[atrpms] name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/f$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms gpgcheck=1
Then execute the following command (this will install the 9755 driver, the version number will change with new releases):
yum install nvidia-graphics9755-kmdl-`uname -r`nvidia-graphics9755
You can now configure Xorg to use the nvidia driver by following the instructions below.