

sudo rpm -Uvh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/9/freshrpms-release/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm





sudo yum install nvidia-x11-drv





sudo init 1





[nareshv@fallenAngel ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf



# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig

# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Jun 13 18:39:30 PDT 2007

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display



Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "single head configuration"

Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0

InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"

EndSection



Section "Files"

ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"

ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

EndSection



Section "Module"

Load "glx"

Load "extmod"

Load "dbe"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard0"

Driver "kbd"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Synaptics"

Driver "synaptics"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"

Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

Identifier "Monitor0"

VendorName "HP"

ModelName "Unknown"

ModeLine "1280x800_60.00" 83.5 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -hsync +vsync

Option "DPMS"

#[nareshv@fallenangel ~]$ gtf 1280 800 60

# 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz

EndSection



Section "Device"

Identifier "Videocard0"

Driver "nvidia"

VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"

BoardName "GeForce Go 7400"

VideoRam 268435456

EndSection



Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen0"

Device "Videocard0"

Monitor "Monitor0"

DefaultDepth 24

Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"

Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"

Option "TripleBuffer" "True"

Option "UseDamageEvents" "True"

Option "UseRandR" "True"

#Option "RenderAccel" "True"

Option "NoPowerConnectorCheck" "False"

Option "RandRRotation" "True"

Option "DynamicTwinView" "False"

Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True"

Option "ConnectToAcpid" "True"

Option "EnableACPIHotkeys" "True"

Option "UseEvents" "True"

Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"

Option "NvAGP" "0"

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

EndSection



Section "Extensions"

Option "Composite" "Enable"

EndSection





# mv /usr/bin/Xorg.0 /usr/bin/Xorg





# modprobe nvidia





# init 5



Nvidia has just released its latest xorg-1.5 supported drive r. All the Fedora 9 Owners who are eagerly waiting for the latest nvidia driver rejoice !.Installation of this is pretty easy, just follow these steps.1. Add Freshrpms to your repository2. Install the nvidia driver3. Logout of X and go to runlevel 1 or 34. Update your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to make use of new nvidia driver. (mine is follows)5. Now follow step-6, only if you have renamed the /usr/bin/Xorg as per my previous blog post 6. Remove the Shell Script7. Load the nvidia kernel module8. Go to Run level 5 (GUI)Now you should have the system using the Latest nvidia driver as the default, with all the compiz,3d, everything working!Here is my screenshot of running glxgears with 1600fpsNow you can start enjoying KDE4 with all the 3d effects !. Many thanks to nvidia for the much awaited compatibility with xorg-1.5