I think what Dion meant is if CentOS doesn't have a driver package for your Graphics adapter then go to the Nvidia site and go to the downloads section.
Select any Gforce 9 series adapter and download the Linux 32 or 64bit drivers. Chmod the download to make it executable if it isn't already, run it, follow the instructions. Sent from my BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Ben Donohue <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:17:44 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux drivers for Inno3D GF GTX 570 Thanks Dion, ok now where is "download drivers"? I've searched everywhere... looks like a Gnome desktop so perhaps I don't have the "download drivers" package installed? I've gone through all the menu's. Is there a command line instruction or a yum package for this? Anyway still working on it. Thanks. Ben On 12/03/2012 9:53 PM, Dion wrote: > On 12/03/12 6:42 PM, Ben Donohue wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> got a new computer with a Inno3D GF GTX 570 VaporFreeze... > I'm envious. >> >> It comes with windows drivers but I am currently loading CentOS on >> the box... or any Linux distro that could work with it. >> >> (I also want it to be able to do virtualisation of other OS's... so >> it has 32GB RAM which is nice.) >> >> Just having trouble finding drivers or how to go about getting this >> card recognised. > If Centos doesn't offer packaged nvidia drivers, go to download > drivers. Choose something like Geforce 9 series, Linux 32 bit (or 64 > bit if that is what your distro is) and click download. > > After its down you might have to change its properties and then > execute the binary. After that it should be all self explanatory. > > Note: its way better to use drivers that are managed by the OS. So a > Centos package that bundles the Nvidia driver is likely to upgrade > better in the future. Well thats how it seems on my distro. >> It seems to only do generic card and 1024x768 whereas it should do >> 1920x1080 >> >> Anyway any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Ben >> > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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