Re: Can't install nvidia devdriver in FC15 after kernel update to 2.6.40-4

Re: Can't install nvidia devdriver in FC15 after kernel update to 2.6.40-4

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1503830&postcount=6

You need to patch the run file then run the newly generated custom run file

Code:

cd /path/to/run_file #change the path to suit
wget http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/patches/nvidia_kernel-3.0-rc1.patch
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run --apply-patch nvidia_kernel-3.0-rc1.patch

Code:

[leigh@main_pc Desktop]$ cd nvidia
[leigh@main_pc nvidia]$ ls
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run
[leigh@main_pc nvidia]$ chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run 
[leigh@main_pc nvidia]$ wget http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/patches/nvidia_kernel-3.0-rc1.patch
--2011-08-14 17:50:33--  http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/patches/nvidia_kernel-3.0-rc1.patch
Resolving leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org... 85.236.55.7
Connecting to leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org|85.236.55.7|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 794 [text/plain]
Saving to: `nvidia_kernel-3.0-rc1.patch'

100%[======================================>] 794         --.-K/s   in 0s      

2011-08-14 17:50:34 (212 MB/s) - `nvidia_kernel-3.0-rc1.patch' saved [794/794]

[leigh@main_pc nvidia]$ ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run --apply-patch nvidia_kernel-3.0-rc1.patch
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 270.41.19...........................................................................................................................................
patching file kernel/conftest.sh
patching file kernel/nv-linux.h
Adding files to archive named "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-custom.run"...
./libnvcuvid.so.270.41.19
./libXvMCNVIDIA.a
./glxext.h
./kernel/
./kernel/nv-linux.h
./kernel/conftest.sh
./kernel/os-agp.c
./kernel/nv-vm.c
./kernel/os-smp.c
./kernel/xapi-sdk.h
./kernel/rmil.h
./kernel/nv-kernel.o
./kernel/nv-procfs.c
./kernel/nv-memdbg.h
./kernel/nvtypes.h
./kernel/cpuopsys.h
./kernel/g_nvreadme.h
./kernel/nvacpi.c
./kernel/nv.h
./kernel/nv-i2c.c
./kernel/nv-chrdev.c
./kernel/nv-reg.h
./kernel/makefile
./kernel/rmretval.h
./kernel/os-interface.h
./kernel/Makefile.kbuild
./kernel/os-agp.h
./kernel/gcc-version-check.c
./kernel/nv.c
./kernel/Makefile.nvidia
./kernel/os-interface.c
./kernel/nv-cray.c
./kernel/nv-vm.h
./kernel/os-registry.c
./kernel/README.template
./kernel/nv_gvi.c
./kernel/nv-misc.h
./kernel/nverror.h
./kernel/nv-mlock.c
./nvidia-installer.1.gz
./libcuda.so.270.41.19
./.manifest
./tls_test_dso.so
./nvidia-settings.1.gz
./html/
./html/xrandrextension.html
./html/procinterface.html
./html/depth30.html
./html/newusertips.html
./html/index.html
./html/xconfigoptions.html
./html/glxsupport.html
./html/sli.html
./html/configmultxscreens.html
./html/configtwinview.html
./html/configtvout.html
./html/knownissues.html
./html/addtlresources.html
./html/installedcomponents.html
./html/configuringagp.html
./html/dma_issues.html
./html/displaydevicenames.html
./html/commonproblems.html
./html/editxconfig.html
./html/programmingmodes.html
./html/nvidiasettings.html
./html/framelock.html
./html/xcompositeextension.html
./html/installdriver.html
./html/appendices.html
./html/selectdriver.html
./html/configlaptop.html
./html/xvmcsupport.html
./html/audiosupport.html
./html/supportedchips.html
./html/vdpausupport.html
./html/installationandconfiguration.html
./html/openglenvvariables.html
./html/flippingubb.html
./html/dpi.html
./html/powermanagement.html
./html/acknowledgements.html
./html/sdi.html
./html/i2c.html
./html/faq.html
./html/introduction.html
./html/minimumrequirements.html
./html/xineramaglx.html
./nvidia-smi
./nvidia-installer
./nvidia-settings.png
./libvdpau_trace.so.270.41.19
./nvidia-xconfig
./nvidia-xconfig.1.gz
./libnvidia-glcore.so.270.41.19
./tls_test
./libnvidia-cfg.so.270.41.19
./glext.h
./libglx.so.270.41.19
./libXvMCNVIDIA.so.270.41.19
./libnvidia-ml.so.270.41.19
./libnvidia-tls.so.270.41.19
./nvidia-smi.1.gz
./nvidia-bug-report.sh
./nvidia.icd
./libGL.so.270.41.19
./glx.h
./nvidia_drv.so
./libvdpau.so.270.41.19
./README.txt
./nvidia-settings.desktop
./nvidia-settings
./libGL.la
./LICENSE
./pkg-history.txt
./mkprecompiled
./libvdpau_nvidia.so.270.41.19
./libOpenCL.so.1.0.0
./makeself.sh
./libnvidia-compiler.so.270.41.19
./NVIDIA_Changelog
./tls/
./tls/libnvidia-tls.so.270.41.19
./gl.h
./32/
./32/libcuda.so.270.41.19
./32/libvdpau_trace.so.270.41.19
./32/libnvidia-glcore.so.270.41.19
./32/libnvidia-tls.so.270.41.19
./32/libGL.so.270.41.19
./32/libvdpau.so.270.41.19
./32/libGL.la
./32/libvdpau_nvidia.so.270.41.19
./32/vdpau/
./32/libOpenCL.so.1.0.0
./32/libnvidia-compiler.so.270.41.19
./32/tls/
./32/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.270.41.19
./libnvidia-wfb.so.270.41.19

CRC: 896944243
MD5: daf2445b2049d893568d66130acf303c

Self-extractible archive "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-custom.run" successfully created.
[leigh@main_pc nvidia]$ ls
nvidia_kernel-3.0-rc1.patch               NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19-custom.run
[leigh@main_pc nvidia]$

If you are running rpmfusion akmod-nvidia let me know as I have a patched rpm.