On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Andreas Reschke < [email protected]> wrote:
> > [email protected] schrieb am 20.07.2011 15:56:00: > > > Mirko Vukovic <[email protected]> > > Gesendet von: [email protected] > > > > 20.07.2011 15:58 > stuff deleted ... > > Thema > > > > [rhelv5-list] Updating driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 > > > > I need to update the driver for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 card. > > The computer is a 64-bit RHEL5 from Dell. > > Dell does not have any driver updates. > > > > > > From the NVIDIA site I downloaded the .run file. I found > > instructions on GPUGrid.net: > > * Download the drivers from the NVIDIA website into a directory (for > > instance /tmp) > > * Press ctrl-alt-F1, a text login screen will appear > > * login as root > > * type "init 3" to stop the X server > > * type "sh NVIDIA....pkg.run" to install the driver from the > > directory where you had downloaded it > > * answer yes to all questions from the installer > > * type "init 5" > > * press "ctrl-alt-F7" to get back to X Windows > > > > From what I read on the web, the driver needs to be recompiled after > > each new kernel. How does one do that? > > > > > > But I also found a thread from this February on the kmod-nvidia > > packages on ElRepo that avoids the recompilation. > > Unfortunately, the FX 4600 card is not on the list (including the > > legacy ones). > > > > So it looks that my only option is to install the driver from NVIDIA? > > > > Any other thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mirko > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rhelv5-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > Hi Mirko, > > have you try it with http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia-173xx > > I think it should work with all Quadro FX Cards, > > Greeting > Andreas > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > I am curious: what is the worst that can happen if the new driver does not match? Xwindows crashes? I guess in that case I install run the file that I downloaded from NVIDIA from the terminal mode. Thanks (and to others that replied) Mirko
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