Hi Daniel,

Glad to hear you've got it working.

Akemi

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:25 AM, W K Daniel PUN <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Akemi,
>
> I have re-installed the two packages kmod-nvidia and disabled Optimus in the
> BIOS.  It is working very well now.  The Nvidia driver and GUI are running
> without any problems.  Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Best regards,
> -Daniel.
>
>
>
>
> On 24 April 2013 00:55, Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 7:43 AM, W K Daniel PUN <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Akemi,
>> >
>> > When I used
>> >
>> >    yum install kmod-nvidia
>> >
>> > it just picked up  kmod-nvidia-310.44-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 and
>> > nvidia-x11-drv-310.44-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64
>> >
>> > I thought it was the right packages to use.
>> >
>> > I have taken your suggestion and installed nvidia-detect and the output
>> > is
>> > below:
>> >
>> > [dpun@jeremiah ~]$ nvidia-detect
>> > Probing for supported NVIDIA devices...
>> > [10de:1056] NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [Quadro NVS 4200M]
>> > This device requires the current 310.40 NVIDIA driver (kmod-nvidia).
>> > [8086:0126] Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family
>> > Integrated Graphics Controller
>> > Optimus hardware detected: An Intel display controller was detected
>> > Either disable the Intel display controller in the BIOS
>> > or use the bumblebee driver to support Optimus hardware
>> > [dpun@jeremiah ~]$
>> >
>> >
>> > So, 310.44-1 is not correct, I need 310.40, am I right?
>> >
>> > -Daniel.
>>
>> 310.44-1 is the latest and it's fine. The nvidia-detect package needs
>> updating to reflect the latest version.
>>
>> But you have a "bigger" issue. As indicated in the output, you have
>> Optimus hardware. Is this a Dell system? Anyway, you need to either
>> disable Optimus or use bumblebee as suggested. Bumblebee is available
>> from ELRepo:
>>
>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/bumblebee
>>
>> Hopefully you can get it working by following the instructions there.
>>
>> Akemi
>
>