Install NVIDIA Drivers in XEN Kernel
Release:
RedHat Enterprise
Linux
Problem:
Need to install
Nvidia drivers in XEN Kernel
Solution:
1)Boot the Server to
Runlevel 3
# init 3
2)Now copy the Nvidia
driver to /tmp directory
# cp
/mnt/NVIDIA-Linux-xxx-pkg2.run /tmp
3)Now extract the bin
file and add modify to use the XEN kernel
# cd /tmp
#
./NVIDIA-Linux-xxx-pkg2.run extract-only
# cd
NVIDIA-Linux-xxx-pkg2/usr/src/nv
#
IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=y make SYSSRC=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build module
Note: Will get lot of Warnings, but end with NVIDIA:
left KBUILD
4)Now load the new
driver to the xen kernel library
# cp -i
nvidia.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia
# depmod -a
# modprobe
nvidia
5)Now check with
lsmod weather nvidia driver is loaded or not
# lsmod |
grep nvidia
6)Reboot the server
and boot the server with nonxen kernel
# shutdown
-r now
7)Now install the
nvidia driver
# cd /tmp
# sh
NVIDIA-Linux-xxx-pkg2.run
8)Allow system to
rewrite the “xorg.conf” file
9)Now reboot the
server and boot to the xen kernel and check.
