On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Henrik Frisk <frisk.h(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Chris Smart
<mail(a)christophersmart.com>
wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Henrik Frisk <frisk.h(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks. I'll look into this once I've gotten my nvidia drivers to work.
>
> This might help:
>
http://oliver.net.au/?p=70
>
http://oliver.net.au/?p=160
>
> I install the NVIDIA drivers using RPMFusion's repo, using the akmod
> (so that it's built automatically, unlike kmod).
>
> Remove current xorg.conf file, else the auto-enabling feature will fail.
>
> Something simple like this (for 64bit) should do, as root (from memory):
> yum install @development-tools
> yum install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 time dkms
> dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
>
> This will blacklist nouveau, which is why we then re-build your initramfs.
>
Thanks Chris, this helped! Using the akmod-nvidia worked! The only other
difference (compared to how I did it before) was that I ran nvidia-xconfig
before restarting X.
It turns out my xorg.conf gets corrupt for some reason. Today when I
rebooted the computer wouldn't start (same flickering white bar).
Running nvidia-xconfig solved the problem. I will now make a copy of
my current xorg.conf and compare it to one that is corrupt. Hopefully
that will tell me what the problem is and maybe what causes it.
Should anyone have a better suggestion, please let me know.
/h