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

Features of the Installer

5. Installed Components

6. Configuring X for the NVIDIA Driver

Using nvidia-xconfig to configure the X server

Manually Editing the Configuration File

7. Frequently Asked Questions

8. Common Problems

9. Known Issues

10. Allocating DMA Buffers on 64-bit Platforms

11. OpenGL Environment Variable Settings

12. Configuring AGP

13. Configuring TwinView

14. Support for GLX in Xinerama

15. Configuring Multiple X Screens on One Card

16. Configuring TV-Out

17. The XRandR Extension

18. Configuring a Notebook

19. Programming Modes

20. Flipping and UBB

21. Proc Interface

22. Power Management Support

23. The X Composite Extension

24. The nvidia-settings Utility

25. SLI and Multi-GPU FrameRendering

26. Frame Lock and Genlock

27. NVIDIA Contact Info and Additional Resources

28. Acknowledgements