Quentin Jackson wrote:

On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 21:49 -0800, Ben Kevan wrote:

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On Thursday 20 November 2008 08:53:21 pm Basil Chupin wrote:

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There is nothing easier to install nVidia drivers for ANY version of openSUSE than doing following:

* make sure that you have 'kernel-source', 'make', and 'gcc' installed;

* download the nVidia driver from nVidia site [http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html];

* CTRL-ALT-F3 and login as root;

* then "cd /usr/src/linux" and then "make cloneconfig";

* init 3 and login as root (again);

* cd to the directory into which you downloaded the new nVidia driver;

* "nvidia-installer --uninstall" to get rid of the present driver (if there is one - still do this even if you do or don't know if one is installed [some will tell you to use "rmmod nvidia" but this doesn't always work]);

* "sh NVIDIA<tab> [to get the full name of the latest driver] --- <RETURN>;

* respond to the prompts which come up, and after SAX2 has altered your xorg.conf file....

* type "init 5" and login normally into your system.

Piece of cake.

Ciao.

-- Understanding only begins with the act of perception.

sudo /sbin/init 3 login as you sudo sh NVIDIA...... (the full file name Follow the on screen instructions sudo init 5

You're good to go .. shouldn't be a reason to do a cloneconfig.

Ben

Excuse my ignorance and the lack of googling, but I've never quite gotten the grasps of what cloneconfig was for anyway, can someone explain?

Thanks, :)

Q

make cloneconfig clones the running kernel's configuration. cd /usr/src/linux then make help for more info. Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org