nvidia AMD64 howto - worked for me

[felix]

On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 11:40 +1000, felix wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 19:30 +0200, Leon Vismer wrote:
> > Hi 
> > 
> > I though I would document how I installed the nvidia driver for an AMD64
> > single processor.
> > 
> > 1. Download the NVIDIA package
> > $ wget
> > http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/1.0-6111/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6111-pkg2.run
> > 
> > 2. Made sure I had the latest kernel image and kernel headers
> > $ sudo update
> > -- still the same as of 2004/10/07
> > $ sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.8.1-3-amd64-generic
> > $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3-amd64-generic
> > $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3
> > 
> > 3. Rebooted my machine for new kernel to take effect
> > 
> > 4. At the GDM login screen I got to a console (One cannot install the
> > driver while X is running) by pressing
> > CTRL-ALT-F1
> > -- you should be at a prompt now, login using your user details and
> > $ sudo killall gdm
> > 
> > 5. Run the NVIDIA application from step one
> > $ sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6111-pkg2.run
> > -- Go through the menu options, saying yes to install and accept the
> > license, said no to try and download stuff from nvidia as kernel module
> > did not exists. The setup program picked up I had the correct headers
> > for the kernel and built the driver. It then proceeds to try and install
> > the linked modules in /usr/lib64 however it fails with some messages. Do
> > not abort here and just continue through the messages, and continue not
> > to abort the process. At the end you should have a completed message
> > coming back.
> > -- To check one should have 
> > /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-amd64-generic/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
> > 
> 
> > 6. Add nvidia to /etc/modules
> > $ sudo gedit /etc/modules
> > -- move to the bottom of the file and add nvidia
> > 
> > 7. Update the X config file
> > $ sudo gedit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> > -- In the Section "Module" part of the file make sure you comment out
> > (#) 
> > Load "dri"
> > Load "GLcore"
> > -- and make sure that 
> > Load "glx"
> > -- is in this section
> > 
> > -- Then change the graphics device in the relevant section
> > -- It would most probably be 
> > Driver "nv"
> > -- which should changed to
> > Driver "nvidia"
> > 
> > 8. Reboot the machine and hope for the best ;-)
> > 
> 
> 
> 9. The errors in step 5 are due to the installer putting the 32 bit GLX
> libs in /usr/lib, but on Ubuntu they should be in /usr/lib32. The
> attached script will unpack the installer and rearrange things such that
> accelerated OpenGL should work.
> 
> Put the script in the same directory as the nvidia installer and:
> 
> $ sudo nvfix


Doh, that should be 'sudo ./nvfix' if you are following these steps, or
there's a later post to the list which covers this too. 2D should work
OK without doing this step, so you can leave it until you are up and
running in 2D.

> 
> If apt ever happens to update X, it may overwrite the nvidia libs with
> the Mesa software GL ones. Running the script again will fix that.
> 
> 
> 
> Felix
> 
>