[elrepo] Request for NVidia legacy (96xx) driver for SL 6

[Nicolas Kovacs]

Le 13/04/2011 20:10, Phil Perry a écrit :
> On 13/04/11 12:30, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm currently giving Scientific Linux 6.0 a spin, and I like it a lot.
>> I'm using an older NVidia card on my test PC, a GeForce MX 4000,
>> supported by the legacy 96xx driver. Is there any way to include this
>> driver in ElRepo ?
>>
>> Cheers from the windy South of France,
>>
>> Niki Kovacs
>
> It's already there, in the testing repository.
>
> yum --enablerepo=elrepo\* install kmod-nvidia-96xx
>
> If you can confirm they behave as expected then I'll promote them to the
> main repository, just I don't think anyone's confirmed they are OK yet.
>
> BTW, these packages expect to find NO /etc/x11/xorg.conf file. If for
> any reason you have an /etc/x11/xorg.conf file please back it up and
> remove it before installing kmod-nvidia, e.g,
>
> mv /etc/x11/xorg.conf /etc/x11/xorg.conf.backup
> yum --enablerepo=elrepo\* install kmod-nvidia-96xx
>
> and reboot after installation.
>

Hi,

Unfortunately I've had no luck with this driver. The testing machine has 
been running a few Linuxes (Slackware, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Gentoo, 
openSUSE, Ubuntu) over the years, so I'm quite proficient in setting up 
quirky hardware (only to say "not my fault" :oD).

I keep getting :

Fatal server error:
No screens found

... and I don't have the slightest idea why. Yes, I thought about 
rebooting after install. Also checked if 'nouveau' was blacklisted OK, 
so as not to interfere.

But then, maybe it's time to settle for the 'nouveau' driver, since 
results are more than OK, and I don't really need 3D, since I intend to 
use it on *work*stations.

Cheers,

Niki
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