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I found some instructions detailing how to disable the Nouveau driver and install the 3.10 Nvidia drivers, but can no longer find the page as I would like to give credti where it is due. I have made some changes for the latest kernel and added some prerequisites.

You can download the driver at the following link

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-d...26-driver.html

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# do a yum update to make sure you're on newest kernel release - assume you are already at 3.8.4 but better to be safe

Code:

sudo yum update

#Install gcc and kernel source needed for compiling the kernel module

Code:

sudo yum install gcc kernel-devel

# change default runlevel to multi-user (the old init 3)

Code:

sudo ln -fs /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target

# reboot into the new kernel & runlevel

Code:

reboot

#make sure Open source nouveau driver is blacklisted from starting on next reboot.

Code:

egrep -i "blacklist\s*nouveau" /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf || echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

# move the nouveau module out of the default path so that we won't have it built into the new initramfs.

Code:

mv /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko.blacklist

# move the old initramfs to a backup location. Not strictly necessary, but a good idea to keep backups IMO, feel free to skip this step.

Code:

mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).nouveau.img

# make the new initramfs.This may take a while so be patient

Code:

dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

# reboot into new initramfs where nouveau won't be loaded.

Code:

reboot

# cd to where you downloaded the NVIDIA driver. In my case, it was in my Downloads directory.

Code:

cd ~username/Downloads

# make the file executable, and run it, follow onscreen instructions

Code:

chmod 755 NVIDIA-Linux-*.run 
./NVIDIA-Linux-*.run

# If you're running any proprietary games (to include steam games) make sure to install the 32 bit compatibility drivers, and update the xorg.conf file when prompted.

# when it is installed, change back to the default runlevel,

Code:

ln -fs /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target

# and reboot

Code:

reboot