Hi All,
I "finally" got my kmod-nvidia drivers to load. There is
a bug in the post install scripts that renames your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf to xorg.conf.rpmsave and then
DOES NOT recreate xorg.conf. Phil over on the ELRepo
mailing list helped me solve this.
Solution:
*AFTER* installing the drivers (they will rename xorg.conf
on you), run:
ln -s /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and reboot.
mumble, mumble, mumble
-T
My "keeper" on the subject (use at own risk):
To install nVidia RPMs on Scientific Linux 6.2 and above:
1) download the following nvidia drivers from elrepo.org
(or current version):
kmod-nvidia-295.20-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
nvidia-x11-drv-295.20-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
nvidia-x11-drv-32bit-295.20-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
2) drop to run level 3
init 3
or edit /etc/inittab and reboot
3) install the drivers (adjust for version):
4) check /etc/X11 for the existence of an xorg.conf
file. If it does not exist, run
ln -s /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/xorg.conf
or
# /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig
Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".
Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
5) reboot
