#CUDA 2.0 Beta2
http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_get.html
  Linux 64-bit, Fedora 8
  download nv driver, CUDA toolkit, CUDA SDK 2.0 Beta2
  Linux profiler 1.0, release notes, manual

#latest and original F8 kernel devel
yum -y install kernel-devel.x86_64
#yum -y install kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-42.fc8

#reboot in runlevel 4 (no X)
/sbin/init 4
/sbin/rmmod nvidia
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.13-pkg2.run
  Intel OpenGL yes
#ignore warnings, no not configure for X
/sbin/modprobe nvidia
/sbin/init 5

#obsolete due to nvidia service below
#add to /etc/rc.local:
#/sbin/init 4
#/sbin/rmmod nvidia
#/sbin/modprobe nvidia
#/sbin/init 5
#chmod 666 /dev/nvidia*

#from http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t52629.html
chmod 755 nvidia
cp nvidia /etc/init.d
/sbin/chkconfig --level 45 --add nvidia
#/sbin/service nvidia start

sh NVIDIA_CUDA_Toolkit_2.0beta2_Fedora8_x86_64.run 
#installs into /usr/local/cuda
sh NVIDIA_CUDA_sdk_2.0beta2_linux.run
  /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK 

#cudaprof
cd /usr/local/
tar xzf /home/mueller/linux/nvidia/2.0beta2/CudaVisualProfiler_linux_1.0_13June08.tar.gz tar xzf CudaVisualProfiler_linux_1.0_13June08.tar.gz
cd cuda/bin
ln -s ../../CudaVisualProfiler/bin/* .
cd ../lib
ln -s ../../CudaVisualProfiler/bin/* .
yum -y install qt4-x11
cudaprof

yum install freeglut-devel.i386
yum install freeglut-devel.x86_64
cd /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK
export CUDA_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/cuda
export PATH="$CUDA_INSTALL_PATH/bin:$PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CUDA_INSTALL_PATH/lib
make
./bin/linux/release/matrixMul
Using device 0: GeForce 9800 GX2
Processing time: 0.312000 (ms)
Test PASSED

Press ENTER to exit...

.bin/linux/release/bandwidthTest
Using device 0: GeForce 9800 GX2
Quick Mode
Host to Device Bandwidth for Pageable memory
.
Transfer Size (Bytes)   Bandwidth(MB/s)
 33554432               923.1

Quick Mode
Device to Host Bandwidth for Pageable memory
.
Transfer Size (Bytes)   Bandwidth(MB/s)
 33554432               780.1

Quick Mode
Device to Device Bandwidth
.
Transfer Size (Bytes)   Bandwidth(MB/s)
 33554432               49910.3

&&&& Test PASSED

Press ENTER to exit...

#installtion as a user:
mkdir nvidia
cd nvidia
cp /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/Makefile .
mkdir common projects
cd common
cp /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common/Makefile .
cp /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common/common.mk .
ln -s /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/common/* .
cd ../projects
cp -R /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/projects/matrixMul .
cp -R /usr/local/NVIDIA_CUDA_SDK/projects/bandwidthTest .
cd ..
export CUDA_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/cuda
export PATH="$CUDA_INSTALL_PATH/bin:$PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CUDA_INSTALL_PATH/lib
make

./bin/linux/release/bandwidthTest
Using device 0: GeForce 9800 GX2
Quick Mode
Host to Device Bandwidth for Pageable memory
.
Transfer Size (Bytes)   Bandwidth(MB/s)
 33554432               912.8

Quick Mode
Device to Host Bandwidth for Pageable memory
.
Transfer Size (Bytes)   Bandwidth(MB/s)
 33554432               783.4

Quick Mode
Device to Device Bandwidth
.
Transfer Size (Bytes)   Bandwidth(MB/s)
 33554432               49972.7

&&&& Test PASSED

Press ENTER to exit...

./bin/linux/release/matrixMul
Using device 0: GeForce 9800 GX2
Processing time: 0.257000 (ms)
Test PASSED

Press ENTER to exit...