Hi, The missing piece of information here seems to be that you need to: 1.) Run YOU 2.) Select Installed/Installable as the the patch filter 3.) Select to update the SuSE supplied nvidia patch from list 4.) Click install This will install a little script into your _current_ kernel, which means that each time there is a kernel update the relevant module is automagically rebuilt, without you EVER having to invoke the nvidia-installer. This problem stems from the fact that when you originally install the OS, and run a YOU update as the last step, if you select both the nvidia patch and a new kernel, the nvidia patch is applied to current running (i.e. the install) kernel - not the one you just downloaded. Hence on the first boot the nvidia patch is lost. Hope this helps, Jon. Anders Johansson wrote:
On Monday 13 June 2005 03:34, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Sunday 2005-06-12 at 02:43 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
1) Edit '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'. Change line
Driver "nv"
for
Driver "nvidia"
(I use customized device sections instead). Reboot. The new kernel will be active, but X will use the open driver, without 3D.
There is no need for this, or for running sax2 with cryptic parameters, if the nvidia driver was installed and working with the old kernel. Just go to runlevel 3, make sure the kernel sources are installed and prepared,
For doing that, I like to have the new kernel already running (or make cloneconfig will fail). And to have the new kernel running, either I boot into runlevel 3 (as nvidia module is not yet installed), or use module nv instead for a while - and that "while" make last for a week or two till I find a real need to have 3D again.
And... there is nothing cryptic about a 4 letter change. It's just a precaution, a safeguard.
The "cryptic" bit referred to the sax2 parameter, not the config file change.
And it's fair enough that you do it because you're not actually interested in running the accelerated driver, but then you really shouldn't include it as item 1 in a "how to install the nvidia driver". It makes beginners think it's something they have to do, instead of just something you choose to do
-- Jonathan Brooks (Ph.D.) Research Assistant. PaIN Group, Department of Human Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX tel: +44(0)1865-282654 fax: +44(0)1865-282656 web: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~jon