[mythtv-users] N220GT nVidia Drivers

[Jarod Wilson]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:04 PM, mike at grounded.net <mike at grounded.net> wrote:
>>> Might have to downgrade to non PAE since there seems to be a problem
>>> trying to install the nvidia drivers.
>>>
>> No, you ask for kmod-nvidia alone, and you get the first thing that
>> satisfies the requirement, which is kmod-nvidia for the non-PAE kernel. You
>> just have to explicitly state that you want the PAE one (or run the non-PAE
>> kernel).
>
> The box is running PAE again so I rain yum install kmod-nvidia and here is the list that it installed. Just want to make sure it's cooking along as it should.
>
> Installing:
>  kmod-nvidia                                    i686              1:195.36.31-1.fc12.5            rpmfusion-nonfree-updates             31 k

^^^ this is a meta-package that pulls in the rest of the packages
below via dependencies. However...

> Installing for dependencies:
>  kmod-nvidia-2.6.32.21-168.fc12.i686            i686              1:195.36.31-1.fc12.5            rpmfusion-nonfree-updates            2.4 M

^^^ this is kmod-nvidia for the non-PAE i686 kernel. You still don't
have the kmod-nvidia package you need. Here's a direct link to what
you need:

http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/updates/12/i386/kmod-nvidia-2.6.32.21-168.fc12.i686.PAE-195.36.31-1.fc12.5.i686.rpm

Install that. Observe nVidia graphics drivers working. Be happy.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com