CentOS 7 KDE: Installing Nvidia driver.

zethan · 11-27-2018, 10:47 PM

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Which driver did you actually download? Because from my research it looks like you may need the "legacy" driver, and not the most current driver. My NVIDIA card has also became "legacy" now, therefore I also need to use the "legacy" driver myself.

I downloaded from the same place that you gave, which is https://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html.
My GPU is Legacy "GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M".
Linux x86_64/AMD64/EM64T
Latest Legacy GPU version (304.xx series): 304.137

You can see my GPU on "Supported products" tab below.
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driv...x/123709/en-us
Supported products

GeForce Go 7 Series (Notebooks):

GeForce Go 7950 GTX, GeForce Go 7900 GS, GeForce Go 7800 GTX, GeForce Go 7800, GeForce Go 7700, GeForce Go 7600, GeForce Go 7400, GeForce Go 7300, GeForce Go 7200, GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M, GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M

Thank you.

zethan · 11-27-2018, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jsbjsb001

How old is this machine?

This machine is a very old notebook. It is Compaq Presario F763NR.

Thank you.

jsbjsb001 · 11-27-2018, 10:55 PM

Good spot - totally missed that. Well done. So it looks like it is indeed the "legacy" driver that you need.

zethan · 11-28-2018, 12:05 PM

Now, from Nvidia Installer log file, I have been searching the internet about it, I need to look for patches

The one below might work, but I got "404 Not Found".

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wget https://nvidia.if-not-true-then-fals...ernel-4.14.run

zethan · 11-30-2018, 06:33 PM

The post below used to have patches for this Nvidia 304 driver as well, but it gave me "404 Not Found" today.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...18#post5820218

zethan · 12-06-2018, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by zethan

Now, from Nvidia Installer log file, I have been searching the internet about it, I need to look for patches

The one below might work, but I got "404 Not Found".

The problem with "404 Not Found" is gone now.

Code:

wget https://nvidia.if-not-true-then-false.com/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.137-patched-kernel-4.14.run
--2018-12-06 19:53:34--  https://nvidia.if-not-true-then-false.com/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.137-patched-kernel-4.14.run
Resolving nvidia.if-not-true-then-false.com (nvidia.if-not-true-then-false.com)... 2606:4700:20::6819:e91a, 2606:4700:20::6819:e81a, 104.25.232.26, ...
Connecting to nvidia.if-not-true-then-false.com (nvidia.if-not-true-then-false.com)|2606:4700:20::6819:e91a|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 70091231 (67M) [application/x-makeself]
Saving to: ‘NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.137-patched-kernel-4.14.run’

100%[========================================================================================================>] 70,091,231   908KB/s   in 77s    

2018-12-06 19:54:51 (892 KB/s) - ‘NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.137-patched-kernel-4.14.run’ saved [70091231/70091231]

I will keep you posted on the status of this patch that I have just downloaded.

Thank you.