Hi Basil, On Mon, Sep 03, Basil Chupin wrote:
If the kernel has been upgraded at any time, you need to reboot the computer and when you do then you get nowhere when the machine reboots because I/you don't get a screen to look at - reason being is that the nVidia driver does not match the new kernel and the driver, therefore, has to be recompiled. To compile the driver I/you need to get to a command line prompt (in level 3), login as root and then proceed to compile the driver. Once the compiling is finished, typing "init 5" will get you into the system again and for you to be able to login as the user.
Ok, your problem is the reboot to recompile the Nvidia module, which is not needed. Once you installed the new kernel, exit X but do not reboot and call the Nvidia installer with this option: -k, --kernel-name=KERNEL-NAME Build and install the NVIDIA kernel module for the non-running kernel specified by KERNEL-NAME (KERNEL-NAME should be the output of `uname -r` when the target kernel is actually running). This option implies '--no-precompiled-interface'. If the options '--kernel-install-path' and '--kernel-source-path' are not given, then they will be inferred from KERNEL-NAME; eg: '/lib/modules/KERNEL-NAME/kernel/drivers/video/' and '/lib/modules/KERNEL-NAME/build/', respectively. The mentioned 'uname -r' output equals the new kernel's directory name in /lib/modules/. Only reboot afterwards and you should be greeted by a working X.org session. -Daniel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org