How to install NVIDIA drivers with Fedora 9
Update: The current (173.14.09) stable NVIDIA driver works with Fedora 9. The following information is outdated and kept for archival purposes.
The latest stable NVIDIA drivers will not install when using the version of X.org that is distributed with Fedora 9. I was able to use NVIDIA’s beta 172.08 display drivers after a few manipulations.
Version 172.08 does not support ABI, so I placed the following in /usr/bin/startx
defaultserverargs="-ignoreABI"
I also commented the following from /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Load "glx"
Fedora 9 and NVIDIA Drivers x86_64 Instructions
Download the appropriate beta driver
$ wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/
Linux-x86_64/173.08/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.08-pkg2.run
Run the installer
$ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.08-pkg2.run
Edit /usr/bin/startx (for runlevel 3 users) and add the following:
defaultserverargs="-ignoreABI"
Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and comment the following:
# Load "glx"