nvidia driver with PAE kernel - no go
Posted: 2015/07/05 13:13:01
A few years ago, I used the nvidia proprietary driver in Oracle Linux 5.8 (64-bit) with no problems.
I need the driver again for some software package that requires either RHEL4 or 5 with nvidia driver.
I tried to install in Centos 5.11 (32-bit) running PAE kernel. However it fails to start X.
Error message includes "FATAL Module nvidia not found"
So we must revert to old xorg.conf with nv driver.
I have another PC with 32-bit Centos 5.11 but with SMP kernel. I can install the nvidia driver on that okay.
Both have old graphics cards that are supported by the version of nvidia driver, which I downloaded from nvidia.
I need the driver again for some software package that requires either RHEL4 or 5 with nvidia driver.
I tried to install in Centos 5.11 (32-bit) running PAE kernel. However it fails to start X.
Error message includes "FATAL Module nvidia not found"
So we must revert to old xorg.conf with nv driver.
I have another PC with 32-bit Centos 5.11 but with SMP kernel. I can install the nvidia driver on that okay.
Both have old graphics cards that are supported by the version of nvidia driver, which I downloaded from nvidia.