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. 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 AGP

13. Configuring TwinView

14. Configuring GLX in Xinerama

15. Configuring Multiple X Screens on One Card

16. Configuring TV-Out

17. Using the XRandR Extension

18. Configuring a Notebook

19. Using the NVIDIA Driver with Optimus Laptops

20. Programming Modes

21. Configuring Flipping and UBB

22. Using the Proc Filesystem Interface

23. Configuring Power Management Support

24. Using the X Composite Extension

25. Using the nvidia-settings Utility

26. Using the nvidia-smi Utility

27. The NVIDIA Management Library

28. Using the nvidia-debugdump Utility

29. Configuring SLI and Multi-GPU FrameRendering

30. Configuring Frame Lock and Genlock

31. Configuring SDI Video Output

32. Configuring Depth 30 Displays

33. NVIDIA Contact Info and Additional Resources

34. Acknowledgements