I've gotten some stuff figured out, but I'm still
stumped. After checking my XF86Config file, I
discovered that it was still pointing to "nv" rather
than "nvidia". That would explain why it failed every
time I tried to add 3d support. However, when I
changed it to "nvidia" without 3d support, I got the
same result.
So I decided to download and install the drivers
manually since I know there is a new version. I
downloaded the drivers and followed nvidia's
instructions. I've got the kernel-sources installed.
On step two they say to run "modprobe agpgart". I did
that and got the following:
FATAL: Module AGPGART not found.
Of course, the installation failed. Could I be having
a problem because my cards are PCI-Express rather than
AGP? SUSE detects them as being PCI rather than AGP.
If you hadn't guessed, I'm a bit out of my depth here,
and I'm struggling to figure this stuff out. I'm not
necessarily a linux newbie, but I'm no expert either
Yippee38
--- Yippee Three-eight
I'm having trouble with SUSE 9.2 pro 64 bit. I'm using the latest version of the NVIDIA drivers from YOU.
The problem is that if I enable 3D acceleration, when I restart X, I get a blank screen. The light on the monitor stays green, so some kind of signal is reaching the monitor. Alt+Enter doesn't do anything. Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't restart the system. If I try to switch to the console (Ctrl+Alt+F2), it still doesn't do anything. I've tried logging in as root (even though I can't see anything on screen) and rebooting the system (shutdown -r now), but it doesn't work. The only way I can get back into X is by rebooting to Failsafe mode, running YAST and disabling 3d.
I've had it working before, but I'd run into this problem sporadically. Now it does it all the time.
I don't know if it matters, but I have two GeForce 6800 GTs (SLI system).
Any suggestions?
Yippee38
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