Here's how to install the nVidia drivers if the RPM doesn't work (or if you don't want to use the RPM):
- Get the lastest linux drivers.
- Now print this out, or write it down, because we're going to close X, the graphical part of Linux.
- Open a Terminal.
- Become root:
su -
- Shut down X:
telinit 3
- Now, you will have a "Login:" prompt. Log in as root and go to the directory where you downloaded the nVidia drivers.
- Type:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6106-pkg*.run
- Follow nVidia's instructions to set up the driver. (Read the "EDITING YOUR XF86CONFIG FILE" section.)
- Now, we need to remove some conflicting files:
rpm -e --nodeps xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL
NOTE: If you update any "xorg-x11" package with up2date or yum, you will have to do the above command again.
NOTE: Some users report that removing this package is not necessary for them.
- You can now restart X by typing telinit 5.
NOTE: You must re-do these steps every time you install a new kernel with yum or up2date.
(Thanks to Dexter Ang for helping me simplify this answer! Thanks to Vahe Sarkissian for a good correction.)