#Nvidia Nforce 8800 GTX CUDA installation

#helpful URLs:
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cuda.html

http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/sdk/website/samples.html

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?s=fe28ce2a8fae9c4fc42adb11dc1d40e7&showforum=68

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?s=9b5eec123395d7717c4d8b956737feca&showtopic=34434

#http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-9755.html
#http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9755/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run
http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/0_8/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1%5B1%5D.0-9751-pkg1.run

#installation of nvidia module, CUDA compiler/library toolkit

reboot in runlevel 4 (no X)
#sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run
#has to be 9751!!!
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9751-pkg1.run
#see /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt for X11 activation
/sbin/modprobe nvidia

tar xzf NVIDIA_CUDA_Toolkit_0.8.tar.gz
sh NVIDIA_CUDA_Toolkit_0.8.run
tar xzf NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK_0.8.1.tar.gz
sh NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK_0.8.1.run     
  /opt/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK 
yum install freeglut-devel.i386
cd /opt/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK
export PATH="/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib
#edit common/common.mk,add tp CXXFLAGS:
#  -Wl,-rpath /usr/local/cuda/lib
make
cd bin/linux32/release/
./matrixMul

#installtion as a user:
mkdir nvidia
cd nvidia
cp /opt/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/Makefile .
mkdir common projects
cd common
cp /opt/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common/Makefile .
cp /opt/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common/common.mk .
ln -s /opt/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common/* .
cd ../projects
cp -R /opt/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/projects/matrixMul .
cp -R /opt/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/projects/bandwidthTest .
cd ..
make
bin/linux32/release/bandwidthTest
bin/linux32/release/matrixMul

#stale notes:
kernel modules precompiled:
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/
Nvidia Linux forum:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14
download drivers:
nvidia.com