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Revision as of 15:01, 27 November 2008
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On RedHat systems that are regularly booted, the following lines in /etc/rc.local result in the necessary parts of the driver being re-installed automagically after booting: | On RedHat systems that are regularly booted, the following lines in /etc/rc.local result in the necessary parts of the driver being re-installed automagically after booting: | ||
if [ ! -h /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so ]; then | if [ ! -h /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so ]; then | ||
# this should be /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so on a 64bit machine ! | # this should be /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so on a 64bit machine ! | ||
echo "re-installing NVIDIA driver. This takes some time. Ignore any warnings." | echo "re-installing NVIDIA driver. This takes some time. Ignore any warnings." | ||
/root/NVIDIA.run --no-network -s -n | /root/NVIDIA.run --no-network -s -n | ||
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/root/NVIDIA.run --no-network -s -K -n | /root/NVIDIA.run --no-network -s -K -n | ||
fi | fi | ||
This requires that you first "chmod +x" the driver package (e.g. NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.04-pkg1.run) downloaded from the NVidia site, and then establish a symbolic link from it, to /root/NVIDIA.run . | This requires that you first "chmod +x" the driver package (e.g. NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.04-pkg1.run) downloaded from the NVidia site, and then establish a symbolic link from it, to /root/NVIDIA.run . | ||