nVidia and ATI graphics acceleration: * Please read this important post regarding third party graphics acceleration drivers: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-February/msg01565.html. The kernel that ships with the Fedora Core 5 release iso images is not compatible with third party 3D graphics acceleration drivers. You should immediately update your kernel upon installation to get a newer kernel that is compatible. (“yum -y update” as root.) * Open a terminal. Type: su – Hit enter, type your root password and hit enter. * Type: gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo Hit enter. * In gedit type or copy and paste these lines: [livna] name=Livna for Fedora Core $releasever – $basearch – Base baseurl= http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/ http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/ http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/livna/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/ failovermethod=priority #mirrorlist=http://rpm.livna.org/mirrorlist-5 enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 (Note that we have the “enabled” bit set to “0” (off) in this file so that the livna-stable repository will not conflict with our RPMForge repositories for automatic updates.) Be sure there is a carriage return (blank line) at the bottom of the file. Click the “save” icon in gedit and then close gedit. * Type the following in the root terminal: rpm –import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY Hit enter. * If you are using an ATI video card or chipset type the following in the root terminal: yum -y –enablerepo livna install kmod-fglrx Hit enter. Wait for the installation to complete. (If you have an smp kernel use “yum -y –enablerepo livna install kmod-fglrx-smp” instead.) If you get an error with this procedure it probably means that your kernel is more recent than the kernels for which Livna has built ATI kernel modules. If this is the case switch to an older kernel (if you have one) on your Fedora boot menu or wait a few days until Livna gets the graphics acceleration module rpms built for the most recent kernel. When you update your kernel you will have to update your ATI driver as well. Do this with a “yum -y –enablerepo livna update kmod-fglrx” as root after you have booted into the new kernel. * If you are using an nVidia video card or chipset type the following in the root terminal: yum -y –enablerepo livna install kmod-nvidia Hit enter. Wait for the installation to complete. (If you have an smp kernel use “yum -y –enablerepo livna install kmod-nvidia-smp” instead.) If you get an error with this procedure it probably means that your kernel is more recent than the kernels for which Livna has built nVidia kernel modules. If this is the case switch to an older kernel (if you have one) on your Fedora boot menu or wait a few days until Livna gets the graphics acceleration module rpms built for the most recent kernel. When you update your kernel you will have to update your nVidia driver as well. Do this with a “yum -y –enablerepo livna update kmod-nvidia” as root after you have booted into the new kernel. * To prevent SElinux problems with the ATI fglrx or nVidia modules type the following in the root terminal: setsebool -P allow_execstack=1 Hit enter. Also type: setsebool -P allow_execmod=1 Hit enter. Reboot your machine. Your ATI fglrx or nVidia drivers should be enabled after you reboot.
