[mythtv-users] Yum command for installing nVidia drivers

vamythguy vamythguy at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 19:03:44 UTC 2008


On Jan 11, 2008 1:29 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:

>  On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 01:14:53PM -0500, vamythguy wrote:
> > On Jan 11, 2008 12:41 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:56:43PM -0500, vamythguy wrote:
> > > > Axel, I absolutely appreiate your efforts.  Is waiting the best
> path?
> > >
> > > No, because the packages are up since some time now.
> > >
> > > > On Jan 10, 2008 6:30 PM, vamythguy <vamythguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > If my $KVER = 2.6.23.12-52.fc7, what yum command do I use to
> install
> > > the
> > > > > nVidia drivers from ATrpms?
> > >
> > >  --
> > > Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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> > For a 6600GT on an AMD64, with kernel 2.6.23.12-52.fc7, which package do
> I
> > want?
>
> I'll answer more generic so other users will be able to read this in
> the archives.
>
> There are currently three supported driver families, "latest", 71xx
> and 96xx. All of them have the list of cards in their repsective
> READMEs, which are part of the packages or can be read online:
>
> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/169.07/README/index.html
> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/71.86.01/README/readme.txt
> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/96.43.01/README/index.html
>
> The 6600 cards are mentioned in the 71xx family. This is not to say
> that 96xx or the latest won't work - often they do for some of the
> functionality required and you don't notice any issues. So at the end
> you need to just try them out all and see what works best.
> --
>  Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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> FWIW:

yum -y install nvidia-graphics100.14.19-kmdl-$KVER

Automagically got X working on my 6600GT and x86_64 kernel 2.6.23.12-52.fc7.
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