On Friday, November 18, 2011 11:14:59 PM Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Roger Luedecke
[11-18-11 22:31]: I keep running into the problem on my machines that it doesn't want to run because nouveau is still loaded even though X is down. I wind up just booting in with x11failsafe. Then its peachy.
I tried the usual log out, and back into console mode. Tried init 3, but still nouveau is loaded.
better explanation needed to understand.
did you install the ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-280.13.run binary (or some version of) ??
how did you install it?
if you dropped to runlevel 3, installed the NVidia binary and returned to runlevel 5, the nouveau driver will not be loaded if the install was successful.
Ok. I downloaded the binary installer from NVidia for my card, and installed its dependancies. I then logged out of KDE, and on KDM I selected to login to console session. Now, I run the installer. It does what it does, but then pops up an error about nouveau being active. I tried a second time just in case. So now I check the man pages, and try running rmmod on nouveau... but it could not since it was loaded. SO now, I try 'init 3', at which it drops to runlevel 3. But the installer still complains about the nouveau driver. So, I go "so much for the elegant way" and reboot, selecting failsafe which includes x11failsafe option. Then I get to console login prompt, login as root, and run the installer. It works, and heaven and nature did sing. -- Roger Luedecke openSUSE Ambassador Ind. Repairs and Consulting -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org