[ATrpms-users] How can I install CentOS and get the nvidia-graphics driver from ATrpms during the install?

[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 07:37:02AM -0600, Craig Huff wrote:
> I have a Pundit P2-AH1 which includes an on-board Nvidia GeForce 6150
> video capability.  It refuses to display a cursor with the nv driver, so I need
> to install the nvidia-graphics driver and add the "option swcursor on" line
> (with correct quoting) to the xorg.conf.
> 
> I tried adding ATrpms as an extra repository during the CentOS 5.1 install,
> but it came back with a message about a lack of something -- storage
> directory? -- and didn't offer me any ATrpm packages during the package
> installation customization phase.
> 
> It is very tricky -- might I say nigh impossible -- to work with the system
> without a visible cursor to get to the point of installing the nvidia-graphics
> driver and kmdl post-install.
> 
> Is there a way to get it done during the installation?
> 
> BTW, the installation has a cursor that works very nicely, thank you --
> now why is that so and not after the installation?
> 
> TIA for any assistance.

I do this with kickstart files and by adding all packages I'd like
installed in the postinstall script part.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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