10.0: no 3D support, nvidia driver update unsuccessful?
Hiall, After updating to SUSE 10.0 I tried to reinstall the nvidia driver from YOU. However as there were lots of updates going on and the internet connection rather slow, I did not pay particular attention to wether the nvidia update was successful or not. I do assume it was successful as starting YOU again does not show the installation script as a possiblity anymore and /etc/X11/XFConfig86 shows "nvidia" as the driver (as opposed to "nv" for the generic X11 driver,as far as I remember). In yast->card and monitor properties, however, I cannot select Activate 3D acceleration as it is greyed out. How can I determine if the installation script was successful? If not, how can I run it again, as it does not show up in YOU? Kostas
On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 09:46 +0200, Kostas Georgokitsos wrote:
Hiall,
After updating to SUSE 10.0 I tried to reinstall the nvidia driver from YOU. However as there were lots of updates going on and the internet connection rather slow, I did not pay particular attention to wether the nvidia update was successful or not. I do assume it was successful as starting YOU again does not show the installation script as a possiblity anymore and /etc/X11/XFConfig86 shows "nvidia" as the driver (as opposed to "nv" for the generic X11 driver,as far as I remember).
In yast->card and monitor properties, however, I cannot select Activate 3D acceleration as it is greyed out.
How can I determine if the installation script was successful? If not, how can I run it again, as it does not show up in YOU?
Kostas
I have had similar experiences with Yast and NVidia, so I just download and run the drivers from nvidia.com/ they are great. Chadley
Kostas Georgokitsos wrote:
Hiall,
After updating to SUSE 10.0 I tried to reinstall the nvidia driver from YOU. However as there were lots of updates going on and the internet connection rather slow, I did not pay particular attention to wether the nvidia update was successful or not. I do assume it was successful as starting YOU again does not show the installation script as a possiblity anymore and /etc/X11/XFConfig86 shows "nvidia" as the driver (as opposed to "nv" for the generic X11 driver,as far as I remember).
In yast->card and monitor properties, however, I cannot select Activate 3D acceleration as it is greyed out.
How can I determine if the installation script was successful? If not, how can I run it again, as it does not show up in YOU?
run glxinfo | grep "direct rendering:" If it's "yes" you have acceleration. If not, try this: 1. run "switch2nvidia" as root 2. look in /var/lib/YaST2. Around there should be a file in an "installed" directory that determines if "install nvidia driver" option appears in YaST. Remove the file, run YaST again. 3. install the driver from nvidia manually. If you don't seem to succeed, remember this: init 3, have gcc and kernel-source installed.
On Wed November 2 2005 4:51 am, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
run glxinfo | grep "direct rendering:"
If it's "yes" you have acceleration. no colon: , but this way
glxinfo | grep "direct rendering" direct rendering: Yes
so I have 3D, but still no number pad on my keyboard;( -- Paul Cartwright
On Wednesday 02 November 2005 11:51, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
2. look in /var/lib/YaST2. Around there should be a file in an "installed" directory that determines if "install nvidia driver" option appears in YaST. Remove the file, run YaST again.
Thanks, Silviu. That did the trick for me. Obviously, something went awry the first time around... Kostas
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