#Centos install nvidia graphics driver driver#

All of these steps are run as the user 'root'.It is recommended to run the following steps from a terminal/SSH session from another machine- makes it easier to cut-n-paste commands.Please make sure you reserve enough space on /boot and / to allow for multiple (minimum 4) kernels/kernel-devel sets.This article won't cover the basic system install or working with Xen Virtual Machines.Select Virtualization group during install, so system comes up with a Xen-enabled kernel by default. Built base system from CentOS 5.4 x86_64 distribution.Dell XPS 420 with Core 2 Quad processor.When one goes to install the package, it states this and exits.

#Centos install nvidia graphics driver driver#

As of this writing, the NVIDIA driver package does NOT support Xen-enabled kernels. Not using the NVIDIA driver gives significantly poorer performance, so this wasn't an option. In the author's experience, the (proprietary) NVIDIA driver supports this graphics configuration well. Most people want a convenient, useful, system and don't wish to deal with solutions such as dual-booting- or a system that is unstable.

Article provides a convoluted/complex solution (e.g., building a custom kernel from scratch).

Article skips steps making it difficult to follow.

When searching the Internet for solutions, 3 main issues come up: The challenge is to be able to run the NVIDIA driver on the main (Dom0) system. The goal is to have a desktop system that has advanced graphics (single desktop, spanning dual DVI/LCD displays at 1600x1200 each) plus the ability to prototype new software/systems via Xen-based virtual machines.