Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (1233 mails)

["Quentin Jackson" <Quentin.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 21:49 -0800, Ben Kevan wrote:
> On Thursday 20 November 2008 08:53:21 pm Basil Chupin wrote:
> > 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
>

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