How to Install the nVidia binary 3-D Accelerated Driver in FC3 with 2.6.9

1. Download nVidia's 6629 driver (the latest version) at http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp (IA32, IA64, and Athlon64 versions available).
2. Init 1, 2, or 3. YOU CANNOT INSTALL THE DRIVER WITH X RUNNING!
3. Log in as root.
4. Run the

   NNVIDIA-Linux-{ARCH}-1.0-6629-pkg1.run

   program (It's a binary executable file). Notice that the good folks at nVidia take care to mention that their module taints your kernel with proprietary code. (Sorry, RMS!)
5. Edit your xorg.conf file. This is located at /etc/X11/xorg.conf Find the section device identifier "Videocard1". Change the line "nv" to "nvidia". Find the section "Module". COMMENT THE LINE Load "dri" with a # at the beginning of the line.
6. THE FOLLOWING STEP IS NEEDED FOR FC3!!!

   Edit the rc.sysinit file. This is located at /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

   Find the following lines in this file:

    ide=""
    scsi=""
    network=""
    audio=""
    other=""
    

   Change the line other=""

   to

    other="nvidia"
    

7. Reboot to runlevel 5 and run lsmod to verify that the nvidia module was loaded properly. All done!