Charles Curley - Software Engineer, Writer

which.nvidia

I recently spent several hours wrestling with NVIDIA drivers. After much frustration and some emailing on the Fedora list, it turned out I had pulled in the wrong driver. Gnrrrr.

To save the next victim some frustration, I cobbled together this perl script.

#! /usr/bin/perl # A script to identify the correct NVIDIA proprietary driver, if any, # for the computer. $version = "Time-stamp: <2007-06-20 10:59:08 ccurley which-nvidia.pl>"; # A program to detect which, if any, NVIDIA card(s) are present, and # recommend a suitable driver. This is based on the list of supported # products in the NVIDIA Read Me file, at # http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/100.14.09/README/appendix-a.html. Corrections # and additions are welcome. http://www.charlescurley.com # NVIDIA is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Corporation. # Copyright 2007 through the last date of modification Charles Curley. # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the # Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your # option) any later version. # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU # General Public License for more details. # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along # with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA print ("Which NVIDIA, $version\n"); # NVIDIA's manufacturer ID. All NVIDIA video cards should have this # manufacturer ID. $nvidiamfg="10de"; $found = 0; # Set this if we find an NVIDIA card. # Set up two hashes. Both hash on the card ID. The first tells us the # product name. %names = ( "0040" => "GeForce 6800 Ultra", "0041" => "GeForce 6800", "0042" => "GeForce 6800 LE", "0043" => "GeForce 6800 XE", "0044" => "GeForce 6800 XT", "0045" => "GeForce 6800 GT", "0046" => "GeForce 6800 GT", "0047" => "GeForce 6800 GS", "0048" => "GeForce 6800 XT", "0090" => "GeForce 7800 GTX", "0091" => "GeForce 7800 GTX", "0092" => "GeForce 7800 GTX", "0093" => "GeForce 7800 GS", "0095" => "GeForce 7800 SLI", "0098" => "GeForce Go 7800", "0099" => "GeForce Go 7800 GTX", "00C0" => "GeForce 6800 GS", "00C1" => "GeForce 6800", "00C2" => "GeForce 6800 LE", "00C3" => "GeForce 6800 XT", "00C8" => "GeForce Go 6800", "00C9" => "GeForce Go 6800 Ultra", "00F0" => "GeForce 6800 Ultra/GeForce 6800", "00F1" => "GeForce 6600 GT", "00F2" => "GeForce 6600", "00F3" => "GeForce 6200", "00F4" => "GeForce 6600 LE", "00F5" => "GeForce 7800 GS", "00F6" => "GeForce 6800 GS/XT", "00F9" => "GeForce 6800 Ultra", "00FA" => "GeForce PCX 5750", "00FB" => "GeForce PCX 5900", "00FC" => "GeForce PCX 5300", "00FF" => "GeForce PCX 4300", "0140" => "GeForce 6600 GT", "0141" => "GeForce 6600", "0142" => "GeForce 6600 LE", "0143" => "GeForce 6600 VE", "0144" => "GeForce Go 6600", "0145" => "GeForce 6610 XL", "0146" => "GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE", "0147" => "GeForce 6700 XL", "0148" => "GeForce Go 6600", "0149" => "GeForce Go 6600 GT", "014F" => "GeForce 6200", "0160" => "GeForce 6500", "0161" => "GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)", "0162" => "GeForce 6200SE TurboCache(TM)", "0163" => "GeForce 6200 LE", "0164" => "GeForce Go 6200", "0166" => "GeForce Go 6400", "0167" => "GeForce Go 6200", "0168" => "GeForce Go 6400", "0169" => "GeForce 6250", "016A" => "GeForce 7100 GS", "0191" => "GeForce 8800 GTX", "0193" => "GeForce 8800 GTS", "0194" => "GeForce 8800 Ultra", "01D0" => "GeForce 7350 LE", "01D1" => "GeForce 7300 LE", "01D3" => "GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS", "01D6" => "GeForce Go 7200", "01D7" => "GeForce Go 7300", "01D8" => "GeForce Go 7400", "01DD" => "GeForce 7500 LE", "01DF" => "GeForce 7300 GS", "0211" => "GeForce 6800", "0212" => "GeForce 6800 LE", "0215" => "GeForce 6800 GT", "0218" => "GeForce 6800 XT", "0221" => "GeForce 6200", "0222" => "GeForce 6200 A-LE", "0240" => "GeForce 6150", "0241" => "GeForce 6150 LE", "0242" => "GeForce 6100", "0244" => "GeForce Go 6150", "0247" => "GeForce Go 6100", "0290" => "GeForce 7900 GTX", "0291" => "GeForce 7900 GT/GTO", "0292" => "GeForce 7900 GS", "0293" => "GeForce 7950 GX2", "0294" => "GeForce 7950 GX2", "0295" => "GeForce 7950 GT", "0297" => "GeForce Go 7950 GTX", "0298" => "GeForce Go 7900 GS", "0299" => "GeForce Go 7900 GTX", "02E0" => "GeForce 7600 GT/Unknown GPU", "02E1" => "GeForce 7600 GS", "0301" => "GeForce FX 5800 Ultra", "0302" => "GeForce FX 5800", "0311" => "GeForce FX 5600 Ultra", "0312" => "GeForce FX 5600", "0314" => "GeForce FX 5600XT", "031A" => "GeForce FX Go5600", "031B" => "GeForce FX Go5650", "0320" => "GeForce FX 5200", "0321" => "GeForce FX 5200 Ultra", "0322" => "GeForce FX 5200", "0323" => "GeForce FX 5200LE", "0324" => "GeForce FX Go5200", "0325" => "GeForce FX Go5250", "0326" => "GeForce FX 5500", "0327" => "GeForce FX 5100", "0328" => "GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M", "032C" => "GeForce FX Go53xx", "032D" => "GeForce FX Go5100", "0330" => "GeForce FX 5900 Ultra", "0331" => "GeForce FX 5900", "0332" => "GeForce FX 5900XT", "0333" => "GeForce FX 5950 Ultra", "0334" => "GeForce FX 5900ZT", "0341" => "GeForce FX 5700 Ultra", "0342" => "GeForce FX 5700", "0343" => "GeForce FX 5700LE", "0344" => "GeForce FX 5700VE", "0347" => "GeForce FX Go5700", "0348" => "GeForce FX Go5700", "0390" => "GeForce 7650 GS", "0391" => "GeForce 7600 GT", "0392" => "GeForce 7600 GS", "0393" => "GeForce 7300 GT", "0394" => "GeForce 7600 LE", "0395" => "GeForce 7300 GT", "0398" => "GeForce Go 7600", "03D0" => "GeForce 6150SE nForce 430", "03D1" => "GeForce 6100 nForce 405", "03D2" => "GeForce 6100 nForce 400", "03D5" => "GeForce 6100 nForce 420", "0400" => "GeForce 8600 GTS", "0402" => "GeForce 8600 GT", "0407" => "GeForce 8600M GT", "0421" => "GeForce 8500 GT", "0422" => "GeForce 8400 GS", "0423" => "GeForce 8300 GS", "0425" => "GeForce 8600M GS", "0426" => "GeForce 8400M GT", "0427" => "GeForce 8400M GS", "0428" => "GeForce 8400M G", # NVIDIA Quadro # NVIDIA GPU product Device PCI ID "004E" => "Quadro FX 4000", "009D" => "Quadro FX 4500", "00CC" => "Quadro FX Go1400", "00CD" => "Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI", "00CE" => "Quadro FX 1400", "00F8" => "Quadro FX 4400/Quadro FX 3400", "00FC" => "Quadro FX 330", "00FD" => "Quadro NVS 280 PCI-E/Quadro FX 330", "00FE" => "Quadro FX 1300", "014A" => "Quadro NVS 440", "014C" => "Quadro FX 540M/Quadro FX 540M", "014D" => "Quadro FX 550", "014E" => "Quadro FX 540", "0165" => "Quadro NVS 285", "019D" => "Quadro FX 5600", "019E" => "Quadro FX 4600", "01D7" => "Quadro NVS 110M", "01DA" => "Quadro NVS 110M", "01DB" => "Quadro NVS 120M", "01DC" => "Quadro FX 350M", "01DE" => "Quadro FX 350", "0245" => "Quadro NVS 210S / NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE", "029A" => "Quadro FX 2500M", "029B" => "Quadro FX 1500M", "029C" => "Quadro FX 5500", "029D" => "Quadro FX 3500", "029E" => "Quadro FX 1500", "029F" => "Quadro FX 4500 X2", "0308" => "Quadro FX 2000", "0309" => "Quadro FX 1000", "031C" => "Quadro FX Go700", "032A" => "Quadro NVS 55/280 PCI", "032B" => "Quadro FX 500/FX 600", "0338" => "Quadro FX 3000", "033F" => "Quadro FX 700", "034C" => "Quadro FX Go1000", "034E" => "Quadro FX 1100", "039E" => "Quadro FX 560", "040B" => "Quadro NVS 320M", "040C" => "Quadro FX 570M", "040D" => "Quadro FX 1600M", "0429" => "Quadro NVS 140M", "042A" => "Quadro NVS 130M", "042B" => "Quadro NVS 135M", "042D" => "Quadro FX 360M", # Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the # unified driver. These GPUs will continue to be maintained through # the special legacy NVIDIA GPU driver releases. # The 1.0-96xx driver supports the following set of GPUs: "0110" => "GeForce2 MX/MX 400", "0111" => "GeForce2 MX 100/200", "0112" => "GeForce2 Go", "0113" => "Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go", "0170" => "GeForce4 MX 460", "0171" => "GeForce4 MX 440", "0172" => "GeForce4 MX 420", "0173" => "GeForce4 MX 440-SE", "0174" => "GeForce4 440 Go", "0175" => "GeForce4 420 Go", "0176" => "GeForce4 420 Go 32M", "0177" => "GeForce4 460 Go", "0178" => "Quadro4 550 XGL", "0179" => "GeForce4 440 Go 64M", "017A" => "Quadro NVS 400", "017C" => "Quadro4 500 GoGL", "017D" => "GeForce4 410 Go 16M", "0181" => "GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X", "0182" => "GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X", "0183" => "GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X", "0185" => "GeForce4 MX 4000", "0188" => "Quadro4 580 XGL", "018A" => "Quadro NVS 280 SD", "018B" => "Quadro4 380 XGL", "018C" => "Quadro NVS 50 PCI", "01A0" => "GeForce2 Integrated GPU", "01F0" => "GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU", "0200" => "GeForce3", "0201" => "GeForce3 Ti 200", "0202" => "GeForce3 Ti 500", "0203" => "Quadro DCC", "0250" => "GeForce4 Ti 4600", "0251" => "GeForce4 Ti 4400", "0253" => "GeForce4 Ti 4200", "0258" => "Quadro4 900 XGL", "0259" => "Quadro4 750 XGL", "025B" => "Quadro4 700 XGL", "0280" => "GeForce4 Ti 4800", "0281" => "GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X", "0282" => "GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE", "0286" => "GeForce4 4200 Go", "0288" => "Quadro4 980 XGL", "0289" => "Quadro4 780 XGL", "028C" => "Quadro4 700 GoGL", # The 1.0-71xx driver supports the following set of GPUs: "0020" => "RIVA TNT", "0028" => "RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro", "0029" => "RIVA TNT2 Ultra", "002C" => "Vanta/Vanta LT", "002D" => "RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro", "00A0" => "Aladdin TNT2", "0100" => "GeForce 256", "0101" => "GeForce DDR", "0103" => "Quadro", "0150" => "GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro", "0151" => "GeForce2 Ti", "0152" => "GeForce2 Ultra", "0153" => "Quadro2 Pro", ); # The second hash gives us the preferred driver. %drivers = ( "0040" => "100.14.xx", "0041" => "100.14.xx", "0042" => "100.14.xx", "0043" => "100.14.xx", "0044" => "100.14.xx", "0045" => "100.14.xx", "0046" => "100.14.xx", "0047" => "100.14.xx", "0048" => "100.14.xx", "0090" => "100.14.xx", "0091" => "100.14.xx", "0092" => "100.14.xx", "0093" => "100.14.xx", "0095" => "100.14.xx", "0098" => "100.14.xx", "0099" => "100.14.xx", "00C0" => "100.14.xx", "00C1" => "100.14.xx", "00C2" => "100.14.xx", "00C3" => "100.14.xx", "00C8" => "100.14.xx", "00C9" => "100.14.xx", "00F0" => "100.14.xx", "00F1" => "100.14.xx", "00F2" => "100.14.xx", "00F3" => "100.14.xx", "00F4" => "100.14.xx", "00F5" => "100.14.xx", "00F6" => "100.14.xx", "00F9" => "100.14.xx", "00FA" => "100.14.xx", "00FB" => "100.14.xx", "00FC" => "100.14.xx", "00FF" => "100.14.xx", "0140" => "100.14.xx", "0141" => "100.14.xx", "0142" => "100.14.xx", "0143" => "100.14.xx", "0144" => "100.14.xx", "0145" => "100.14.xx", "0146" => "100.14.xx", "0147" => "100.14.xx", "0148" => "100.14.xx", "0149" => "100.14.xx", "014F" => "100.14.xx", "0160" => "100.14.xx", "0161" => "100.14.xx", "0162" => "100.14.xx", "0163" => "100.14.xx", "0164" => "100.14.xx", "0166" => "100.14.xx", "0167" => "100.14.xx", "0168" => "100.14.xx", "0169" => "100.14.xx", "016A" => "100.14.xx", "0191" => "100.14.xx", "0193" => "100.14.xx", "0194" => "100.14.xx", "01D0" => "100.14.xx", "01D1" => "100.14.xx", "01D3" => "100.14.xx", "01D6" => "100.14.xx", "01D7" => "100.14.xx", "01D8" => "100.14.xx", "01DD" => "100.14.xx", "01DF" => "100.14.xx", "0211" => "100.14.xx", "0212" => "100.14.xx", "0215" => "100.14.xx", "0218" => "100.14.xx", "0221" => "100.14.xx", "0222" => "100.14.xx", "0240" => "100.14.xx", "0241" => "100.14.xx", "0242" => "100.14.xx", "0244" => "100.14.xx", "0247" => "100.14.xx", "0290" => "100.14.xx", "0291" => "100.14.xx", "0292" => "100.14.xx", "0293" => "100.14.xx", "0294" => "100.14.xx", "0295" => "100.14.xx", "0297" => "100.14.xx", "0298" => "100.14.xx", "0299" => "100.14.xx", "02E0" => "100.14.xx", "02E1" => "100.14.xx", "0301" => "100.14.xx", "0302" => "100.14.xx", "0311" => "100.14.xx", "0312" => "100.14.xx", "0314" => "100.14.xx", "031A" => "100.14.xx", "031B" => "100.14.xx", "0320" => "100.14.xx", "0321" => "100.14.xx", "0322" => "100.14.xx", "0323" => "100.14.xx", "0324" => "100.14.xx", "0325" => "100.14.xx", "0326" => "100.14.xx", "0327" => "100.14.xx", "0328" => "100.14.xx", "032C" => "100.14.xx", "032D" => "100.14.xx", "0330" => "100.14.xx", "0331" => "100.14.xx", "0332" => "100.14.xx", "0333" => "100.14.xx", "0334" => "100.14.xx", "0341" => "100.14.xx", "0342" => "100.14.xx", "0343" => "100.14.xx", "0344" => "100.14.xx", "0347" => "100.14.xx", "0348" => "100.14.xx", "0390" => "100.14.xx", "0391" => "100.14.xx", "0392" => "100.14.xx", "0393" => "100.14.xx", "0394" => "100.14.xx", "0395" => "100.14.xx", "0398" => "100.14.xx", "03D0" => "100.14.xx", "03D1" => "100.14.xx", "03D2" => "100.14.xx", "03D5" => "100.14.xx", "0400" => "100.14.xx", "0402" => "100.14.xx", "0407" => "100.14.xx", "0421" => "100.14.xx", "0422" => "100.14.xx", "0423" => "100.14.xx", "0425" => "100.14.xx", "0426" => "100.14.xx", "0427" => "100.14.xx", "0428" => "100.14.xx", # NVIDIA Quadro # NVIDIA GPU product Device PCI ID "004E" => "100.14.xx", "009D" => "100.14.xx", "00CC" => "100.14.xx", "00CD" => "100.14.xx", "00CE" => "100.14.xx", "00F8" => "100.14.xx", "00FC" => "100.14.xx", "00FD" => "100.14.xx", "00FE" => "100.14.xx", "014A" => "100.14.xx", "014C" => "100.14.xx", "014D" => "100.14.xx", "014E" => "100.14.xx", "0165" => "100.14.xx", "019D" => "100.14.xx", "019E" => "100.14.xx", "01D7" => "100.14.xx", "01DA" => "100.14.xx", "01DB" => "100.14.xx", "01DC" => "100.14.xx", "01DE" => "100.14.xx", "0245" => "100.14.xx", "029A" => "100.14.xx", "029B" => "100.14.xx", "029C" => "100.14.xx", "029D" => "100.14.xx", "029E" => "100.14.xx", "029F" => "100.14.xx", "0308" => "100.14.xx", "0309" => "100.14.xx", "031C" => "100.14.xx", "032A" => "100.14.xx", "032B" => "100.14.xx", "0338" => "100.14.xx", "033F" => "100.14.xx", "034C" => "100.14.xx", "034E" => "100.14.xx", "039E" => "100.14.xx", "040B" => "100.14.xx", "040C" => "100.14.xx", "040D" => "100.14.xx", "0429" => "100.14.xx", "042A" => "100.14.xx", "042B" => "100.14.xx", "042D" => "100.14.xx", # Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the # unified driver. These GPUs will continue to be maintained through # the special legacy NVIDIA GPU driver releases. # The 1.0-96xx driver supports the following set of GPUs: "0110" => "1.0-96xx", "0111" => "1.0-96xx", "0112" => "1.0-96xx", "0113" => "1.0-96xx", "0170" => "1.0-96xx", "0171" => "1.0-96xx", "0172" => "1.0-96xx", "0173" => "1.0-96xx", "0174" => "1.0-96xx", "0175" => "1.0-96xx", "0176" => "1.0-96xx", "0177" => "1.0-96xx", "0178" => "1.0-96xx", "0179" => "1.0-96xx", "017A" => "1.0-96xx", "017C" => "1.0-96xx", "017D" => "1.0-96xx", "0181" => "1.0-96xx", "0182" => "1.0-96xx", "0183" => "1.0-96xx", "0185" => "1.0-96xx", "0188" => "1.0-96xx", "018A" => "1.0-96xx", "018B" => "1.0-96xx", "018C" => "1.0-96xx", "01A0" => "1.0-96xx", "01F0" => "1.0-96xx", "0200" => "1.0-96xx", "0201" => "1.0-96xx", "0202" => "1.0-96xx", "0203" => "1.0-96xx", "0250" => "1.0-96xx", "0251" => "1.0-96xx", "0253" => "1.0-96xx", "0258" => "1.0-96xx", "0259" => "1.0-96xx", "025B" => "1.0-96xx", "0280" => "1.0-96xx", "0281" => "1.0-96xx", "0282" => "1.0-96xx", "0286" => "1.0-96xx", "0288" => "1.0-96xx", "0289" => "1.0-96xx", "028C" => "1.0-96xx", # The 1.0-71xx driver supports the following set of GPUs: "0020" => "1.0-71xx", "0028" => "1.0-71xx", "0029" => "1.0-71xx", "002C" => "1.0-71xx", "002D" => "1.0-71xx", "00A0" => "1.0-71xx", "0100" => "1.0-71xx", "0101" => "1.0-71xx", "0103" => "1.0-71xx", "0150" => "1.0-71xx", "0151" => "1.0-71xx", "0152" => "1.0-71xx", "0153" => "1.0-71xx", ); if ($< != 0) { die ("Sorry, you must be root to run this program.\n"); } $lspci = open (LSPCI, "lspci -n |") or die ("Couldn't open lspci.\n\n"); while (defined (my $line = <LSPCI>)) { chop ($line); ($loc, $num, $id, $rev) = split (" ", $line); ($mfg, $card) = split (":", $id); if ($mfg eq $nvidiamfg) { # print ("$line"); # print (" $id, $mfg, $card"); print (" Your NVIDIA card at $loc is a $names{$card},"); print (" which requires the $drivers{$card} driver.\n"); $found++; } } if ($found) { print ("$found NVIDIA cards were found.\n"); print ("Download from http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html\n"); print ("Or \"yum list \\*nvidia\\*\" and install as appropriate.\n"); } else { print ("Sorry, I found no NVIDIA cards. Please run \"lspci\"\n"); print ("or something like \"lspci | grep -i vga\" to check.\n"); }