Hi All,

I "finally" got my kmod-nvidia drivers to load.  There is
a bug in the post install scripts that renames your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf to xorg.conf.rpmsave and then
DOES NOT recreate xorg.conf.  Phil over on the ELRepo
mailing list helped me solve this.

Solution:

*AFTER* installing the drivers (they will rename xorg.conf
on you), run:

     ln -s /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and reboot.

mumble, mumble, mumble

-T

My "keeper" on the subject (use at own risk):



To install nVidia RPMs on Scientific Linux 6.2 and above:

1) download the following nvidia drivers from elrepo.org
(or current version):

kmod-nvidia-295.20-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
nvidia-x11-drv-295.20-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
nvidia-x11-drv-32bit-295.20-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm


2) drop to run level 3
        init 3
     or edit /etc/inittab and reboot

3) install the drivers (adjust for version):

4) check /etc/X11 for the existence of an xorg.conf
    file.  If it does not exist, run

       ln -s /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/xorg.conf

     or

       # /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig
       Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".
       Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
       New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

5) reboot