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  1. 04-11-2010 #1
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    NVidia Driver help

    Hey all, I'm a noob, but we all must start somewheres. I have an Nvidia 8400 GS that I would like to get working. At least i think it isn't. I typed lspci and got:
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    02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400 GS (rev a1)
    But when I try to enable Desktop effects it says "Desktop effects require hardware 3d support." To note: I have an onbaord nvidia 6400 which might be conflicting with it but I should still get 3d support for desktop effects right?
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    You need to install the Nvidia 3d drivers form Nvidia.com. Go there and find the right Linux driver for your card and download it. Run it as su by doing:
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    sh Nvidia-yada-yada-yada.run
    Follow the on screen instructions for installation. Here's more:

    Installing the Drivers as Provided by nVidia — Fedora Unity Project
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    Thanks for trying, lol. I checked out that link you gave me but ran into this problem.
    ERROR: Unable to find the development tool `cc` in your path; please make sure
    that you have the package 'gcc' installed. If gcc is installed on your
    system, then please check that `cc` is in your PATH.
    Wth is that?
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    Its really easy to install driver using package manager, yum.

    Which version of Fedora/RedHat are you using? Post the filename of .run file here.
    It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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    I'm using Fedora 12. The Driver I need to install is NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.15-pkg1.run
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    Open Terminal and execute this
    Code:
    su -c 'rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm'
su -c 'rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'
    Above code will install RPMFusion repository.

    Install Nvidia Driver :
    Code:
    su -c 'yum install kmod-nvidia'
    You have to edit grub.conf file. Open it with root privileges and add rdblacklist=nouveau at the end of kernel line.
    Code:
    su -
nano /boot/grub/grub.conf
    Above code will open grub.conf file in nano editor with root privileges.
    Add rdblacklist=nouveau at the end of kernel line. Press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file.
    Reboot machine.
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