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Upgrade and/or configure < | Upgrade and/or configure <code>VIDEO_CARDS</code> variable to <code>nvidia</code> in <code>/etc/make.conf</code>. This will serve to while you are installing the Server X, the correct version of nvidia-drivers to be provided for you. | ||
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{{note|Installing to the driver with the option in '''gtk''' use flags will make it installed the < | {{note|Installing to the driver with the option in '''gtk''' use flags will make it installed the <code>media-video/nvidia-settings</code> which is a graphical tool for monitoring and various settings for your video card}} | ||
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When your X server is installed find, and there's < | When your X server is installed find, and there's <code>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</code> you can run the nvidia-xconfig which will set in xorg.conf to identify the video card among other possible configurations. | ||
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Revision as of 11:18, September 30, 2014
NVIDIA Linux Display Drivers
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Introduction
NVIDIA have proprietary graphics drivers for Linux under binary blob. The alternative open source driver is x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau.
Preparing to Install
Hardware compatibility and driver versions
Currently, there are five versions of meta NVIDIA Linux drivers, each of which supports a specific group of GPUs. To check the type of driver that is related to your video card, check out the official page of the NVIDIA complete list of supported GPUs.
If you have identified as your driver version 337.25, for example, you need the mask(s) driver(s) latest(s) to which you want to install.
root # echo “>x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340” >> /etc/portage/package.mask
The required kernel options
[*] Enable loadable module support
[*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support
To we made a successful compilation of the legacy NVIDIA driver, we set before the removal of the native framebuffer drivers into the kernel in order to avoid conflicts for x86 and AMD64 processors, in this case.
Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> <> NVIDIA Framebuffer Support <> NVIDIA Riva support
An alternative is to uvesafb framebuffer, which can be installed in parallel with nvidia-drivers
Installation
Upgrade and/or configure VIDEO_CARDS
variable to nvidia
in /etc/make.conf
. This will serve to while you are installing the Server X, the correct version of nvidia-drivers to be provided for you.
root # nano /etc/make.conf VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
Installing to the driver with the option in gtk use flags will make it installed the media-video/nvidia-settings
which is a graphical tool for monitoring and various settings for your video card
Emerging the package
root # emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drives
When the installation is complete run modprobe nvidia module to read kernel memory.
root # lsmod | grep nvidia
If an update before remove the old module
root # rmmod nvidia root # modprobe nvidia
Testing your Video Card
To test your video card run the glxinfo program, which is part of the mesa-progs package. This will check if direct rendering is enabled.
user $ glxinfo | grep direct user $ direct rendering: yes
Configuring
Loading at boot
To automate the loading of the module when you boot your system, add nvidia in modules variable.
root # nano /etc/conf.d/modules modules="nvidia"
Integration with X Server
When your X server is installed find, and there's /etc/X11/xorg.conf
you can run the nvidia-xconfig which will set in xorg.conf to identify the video card among other possible configurations.
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "[Name] [Model]"
EndSection
Enabling NVIDIA Support
Include the use flag in nvidia in /etc/make.conf
so due to applications that make use of this advantage may withdraw.
root # nano /etc/make.conf USE="nvidia"
Enabling OpenGL/OpenCL
As a requirement, make sure that the Xorg server is not in use during this change. To enable OpenGL and OpenCL.
root # eselect opengl set nvidia root # eselect opencl set nvidia