NVIDIA (GForce210)Driver problem in fc16

[dineshbij75]

I am using fc16 and tried to install nvidia driver for gforce 210.Afetr installing my x windows stop working.Please help me to get out of this problem.

[atreyu]

Hey,

when you say you tried to install the nvidia driver, do you mean the one from nvidia.com or the one from Fedora repos? Whichever, you did, do the other.

e.g., you can reinstall the Fedora driver with:

yum install xorg-x11-drv-nouveau

if it complains that it is already installed, try this first:

rpm -e  xorg-x11-drv-nouveau

then do the above yum command.

[dineshbij75]

I tried as suggested by you, following were the results
#yum install xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00
rpmfusion-free | 2.7 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-free-updates | 3.3 kB 00:00
rpmfusion-free-updates/primary_db | 117 kB 00:02
Setting up Install Process
Package 1org-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-27.20110720gitb806e3f.fc16.i686 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -e xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
error: Failed dependencies:
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-drivers-7.4-2.fc15.i686
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -e xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
error: Failed dependencies:
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-drivers-7.4-2.fc15.i686

please suggest what to do.
I got the driver from the company site.
I am accessing my system from another desktop on same fc16 as normally it telling after booting" contact your system administrator"
I went there by pressing ctrl+alt+ F2 key and went to init 3 then started startx.
Please suggest if did any thing wrong.

[atreyu]

i forgot about dependencies...try this:

rpm -e --nodeps xorg-x11-drv-nouveau

then re-install it:

yum install xorg-x11-drv-nouveau

I got the driver from the company site.

What company is that? NVidia? That is the other way to go, trying to install their binary driver. It is a pretty straight-forward affair:

1. download driver (try here)
2. boot into runlevel 3
3. run the installer (e.g., sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-290.10.run)
4. follow the instructions in the installer, then reboot

The installer will require the kernel sources, so you'll need them. You can get them with:

yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers

(or possibly the PAE version of the above, depending on your kernel).

If you have problems with either method, post exactly what you tried and your exact error messages.

[dineshbij75]

I tried the same procedure as given in Nvidia site.I downloaded Nvidia-linux.285.05.09.run file then went to init 3 level then run the command sh Nvidialinux-.285.05.09.run .After rebooting the system It started displaying message " Oh something is wrong with the system and can not recover, contact system administrator.
After that tried that procedure that I explained u earlier to enter into the system to try things further.i.e ctrl+alt+F2 to move to tty2 screen.
I affraid to try for new driver which u sugested whether it may leave me to nothing doing state.