Nvidia Driver on Fedora 12 x86_64

[electrondevil]

Hello everyone,
I have just installed the latest Fedora 12 64bit on my PC, I downloaded the latest driver from nVidia for my 9800GTX+ graphics card.
I tried to install the driver and I have the following error:
Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most
frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or
improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs
from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as
rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from
obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or NVIDIA GPU
installed in this system is not supported by this NVIDIA Linux graphics

I have googled for sometime and I tried:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg2.run -k$(uname -r)
the driver was installed with no errors, but X did not start (monitor was flickering) and I had to reinstall the entire system. so now I am stuck at the first error again.

thanks a lot for your help.

[Rubberman]

Have you tried installing the nvidia driver from the yum repository? It should at least work for you, giving how bleading edge FC12 happens to be, since it should have been validated as installable on an FC12 system.

[electrondevil]

is it possible to have full accelerated 3d support without instaling nVidia driver??
in the device manager the graphics card is just mentioned like this:
nVidia Corporation Direct Rendering Manager Device

but when I try to run anything that needs 3D support, I have this message:
Your system currently is not capable of hardware accelerated 3D.
Or:
Accelerated 3D graphics is not available.

[Rubberman]

Yes, you need an nVidia driver to get the full capabilities out of the hardware. The default vesa driver cannot do that. There should be a more capable nvidia driver in the yum repository for your system. Look in the package manager for that.

[electrondevil]

when I search YUM for nvidia, I only found "X.Org X11 nouveau video driver."
and it's is already installed.
and some tool for overclocking.
I need to install the nVidia driver.

[electrondevil]

i have found a solution:
fedora forums

[jfalter0]

I have had a similar problem. I was using the nvidia driver in Fedora 11. When I upgraded to Fedora 12, it no longer works. I have downloaded the latest nvidia drivers through ATrpms, but to no avail. After installing the drivers and rebooting, the startup proceeds just fine until it's time to start the X server (gdm, I think), then the screen just flickers. I have to use Alt-F2 to open a new terminal, log in as root, remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, then I can startx or reboot, at which point F12 uses the nouveau driver instead.

Whenever I try running nVidia's own installation routine, I get the same error message as electrondevil. I have tried both the 190 and 195 (beta) drivers, but to no avail.

I wish I knew what the problem was. I miss having Desktop Effects.

I am running kernel 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64. I have a GeForce 7150M video card.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Shalom/Salaam/Peace!
Jeff
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/var/log/nvidia-installer.log:
-> Kernel module compilation complete.
ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most
frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or
improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs
from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as
rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from
obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or NVIDIA GPU
installed in this system is not supported by this NVIDIA Linux graphics
driver release.

Please see the log entries 'Kernel module load error' and 'Kernel
messages' at the end of the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for
more information.
-> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko':
-1 No such device
-> Kernel messages:
[drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: Setting dpms mode 1 on lvds encoder (output 0)
[drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: Calling LVDS script 6:
[drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: 0xD680: Parsing digital output script table
[drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on CRTC 0
[drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on lvds encoder (output 0)
[drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: Calling LVDS script 2:
[drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: 0xD6ED: Parsing digital output script table
[drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: Calling LVDS script 5:
[drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: 0xD676: Parsing digital output script table
NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as rivafb, nvidiafb or
NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership of the NVIDIA
NVRM: device(s).
NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or rivatv kernel module
NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without rivafb/nvidiafb
NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module again.
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as rivafb, nvidiafb or
NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership of the NVIDIA
NVRM: device(s).
NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or rivatv kernel module
NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without rivafb/nvidiafb
NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module again.
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at [www (dot) nvidia (dot) com]Welcome to NVIDIA - World Leader in Visual Computing Technologies[].

[electrondevil]

i wish I could send you the exact URL, but I am prevented till I post 15 posts :s
go to Fedora website
go to "Get Help"
go to "fedora forum" in forum support section.
register yourself if you are not
search for "nvidia fedora 12"
you'll find a thread named:
How to install the nvidia driver in F12 using the run method

this guide helped me. and it's working fine now.

[electrondevil]

i wish I could send you the exact URL, but I am prevented till I post 15 posts :s
go to Fedora website
go to "Get Help"
go to "fedora forum" in forum support section.
register yourself if you are not
search for "nvidia fedora 12"
you'll find a thread named:
How to install the nvidia driver in F12 using the run method

this guide helped me. and it's working fine now.

[arunpandey200]

[QUOTE=electrondevil;743895]Hello everyone,
I have just installed the latest Fedora 12 32bit on my notebook, I downloaded the latest driver from nVidia for my nvidia geforce 105M graphics card.
I tried to install the driver and I have the following error:
Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most
frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or
improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs
from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as
rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from
obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or NVIDIA GPU
installed in this system is not supported by this NVIDIA Linux graphics

I have googled for sometime and I tried:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg1.run -k$(uname -r)
the driver was installed with no errors, but X did not start (monitor was flickering)
what shall i do?