On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Henrik Frisk <fris...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Chris Smart <m...@christophersmart.com> > wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Henrik Frisk <fris...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Thanks. I'll look into this once I've gotten my nvidia drivers to work. >> >> This might help: >> http://oliver.net.au/?p=70 >> http://oliver.net.au/?p=160 >> >> I install the NVIDIA drivers using RPMFusion's repo, using the akmod >> (so that it's built automatically, unlike kmod). >> >> Remove current xorg.conf file, else the auto-enabling feature will fail. >> >> Something simple like this (for 64bit) should do, as root (from memory): >> yum install @development-tools >> yum install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 >> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 time dkms >> dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r) >> >> This will blacklist nouveau, which is why we then re-build your initramfs. >> > Thanks Chris, this helped! Using the akmod-nvidia worked! The only other > difference (compared to how I did it before) was that I ran nvidia-xconfig > before restarting X. > It turns out my xorg.conf gets corrupt for some reason. Today when I rebooted the computer wouldn't start (same flickering white bar). Running nvidia-xconfig solved the problem. I will now make a copy of my current xorg.conf and compare it to one that is corrupt. Hopefully that will tell me what the problem is and maybe what causes it.
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