{"id":69,"date":"2010-07-22T08:51:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T15:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shivdev.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/installing-display-drivers-on-centos-linux-after-installation\/"},"modified":"2010-07-22T08:53:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T15:53:25","slug":"installing-display-drivers-on-centos-linux-after-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shivdev.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/installing-display-drivers-on-centos-linux-after-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Display Drivers on CentOS Linux after installation"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the biggest problems with Linux distributions is that if you don’t find the right driver, things may not work very smoothly.<\/p>\n

Few things to remember (at least with some NVIDIA drivers) is that they require that you be out of X Server. (Can we make things a little harder?)
\nI think with ATI, things get more complicated – so good luck! So keep in mind:<\/p>\n

Ctrl + Alt + F1 (Get out of X Server)
\ninit 3 (really stop X Server)
\ninit 5 (start X Server)<\/p>\n

Ctrl + Alt + Backspace (used to restart the X Server)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So now to install the NVIDIA driver (good luck if you can find it), but if you have a Dell and somehow go to their site and figure out the right video card etc. and manage to get the right driver then here’s what you should do:<\/p>\n

Ctrl + Alt + F1
\ninit 3
\nsh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx.yyy.run
\ninit 5<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ofcourse, there have to be more problems right? They just can’t simplify things. Does it complain about kernel-devel and kernel-source?
\nSo find out the version of the Kernel<\/p>\n

uname -a
\nSMP<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To further complicate things and make your life miserable, put back in the Linux CD and browse to the CentOS\/RPMs folder and find the kernel-devel-xxxxx.rem and the kernel-smp-xxxxx.rpm<\/p>\n

Now repeat these steps after you’ve installed the Source and you should be able to install without problems!<\/p>\n

Ctrl + Alt + F1
\ninit 3
\nsh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx.yyy.run
\ninit 5<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is pretty much a general idea and should get your driver installed. At least it worked for me!
\nI really suggest going with the Ubuntu distribution to make your life a little easier, but again Ubuntu has it own set of problems.<\/p>\n

But with Linux, don’t mind the problems because – the price is right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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