Installation and Configuration Instructions

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Minimum Software Requirements

3. Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages for Your System

4. Installing the NVIDIA Driver

Before you Begin

Starting the Installer

Installing the Kernel Interface

Registering the NVIDIA Kernel Module with DKMS

Signing the NVIDIA Kernel Module

Adding Precompiled Kernel Interfaces to the Installer Package

Other Features of the Installer

5. Listing of Installed Components

6. Configuring X for the NVIDIA Driver

Using nvidia-xconfig to configure the X server

Manually Editing the Configuration File

Restoring the X Configuration after Uninstalling the Driver

7. Frequently Asked Questions

8. Common Problems

9. Known Issues

10. Allocating DMA Buffers on 64-bit Platforms

11. Specifying OpenGL Environment Variable Settings

12. Configuring Multiple Display Devices on One X Screen

13. Configuring GLX in Xinerama

14. Configuring Multiple X Screens on One Card

15. Configuring TV-Out

16. Support for the X Resize and Rotate Extension

RandR Support

RandR 1.1 Rotation Behavior

Output Properties

DisplayPort 1.2

Monitor Configuration Options

Known Issues

17. Configuring a Notebook

18. Using the NVIDIA Driver with Optimus Laptops

19. Programming Modes

20. Configuring Flipping and UBB

21. Using the Proc Filesystem Interface

22. Configuring Power Management Support

23. Using the X Composite Extension

24. Using the nvidia-settings Utility

25. Using the nvidia-smi Utility

26. The NVIDIA Management Library

27. Using the nvidia-debugdump Utility

28. Configuring SLI and Multi-GPU FrameRendering

29. Configuring Frame Lock and Genlock

30. Configuring SDI Video Output

31. Configuring Depth 30 Displays

32. Offloading Graphics Display with RandR 1.4

33. NVIDIA Contact Info and Additional Resources

34. Acknowledgements