Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5130 mails)

[Shawn Holland <sholland@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 24 May 2006 2:58 am, Carl Hartung wrote:
> 1. From the 7174 README.txt file:
> Before beginning the driver installation, you should exit... X... [and] set
> your default run level so you will... not boot directly into X.
>
> Q: Before you ran the installer, did you log out of your desktop, switch
> from the login greeter to a console (Ctl+Alt+F1) log in as root and drop
> the system to runlevel 3 to shut down X? Did you then edit /etc/inittab to
> reset the default runlevel to 3?

Yes I switched to runlevel 3. But no I did not change my inittab to runlevel 
3. 

>
>
> 2. Also from the 7174 README.txt file:
> The NVIDIA kernel module has a kernel interface layer which must be
> compiled specifically for the configuration and version of the kernel
> you are running...
>
> Q: Do you know which kernel interface was selected for your system? Was it
> a precompiled one or did the installer have to custom compile it on your
> system?
>

The installer had to custom compile it for me.

>
> 3. From SUSE's nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html:
> On SUSE LINUX 10.0 you need to add the following entries to
> /etc/udev/static_devices.txt:
>
> nvidia0 c 195 0 666
> nvidia1 c 195 1 666
> nvidia2 c 195 2 666
> nvidia3 c 195 3 666
> nvidia4 c 195 4 666
> nvidia5 c 195 5 666
> nvidia6 c 195 6 666
> nvidia7 c 195 7 666
> nvidiactl c 195 255 666
>
> Q: Did you add these devices to /etc/udev/static_devices.txt? [Note for
> 10.1 users... there are newer requirements in this area spelled out in the
> same file.]
>

Yes

>
> 4. In re: compiling and installing the module... You wrote "... after
> successful completion of the compile of 1.0-7174 I still could not get SaX2
> to load the nvidia drivers."  Basil offered two comments: "Something not
> right here... I have NEVER had a problem with paths not being correct." and
> "Forget about letting Sax2 adjust the xorg.conf file - go in there manually
> and charge the driver to "nvidia"."
>
> Q: Did you investigate the source of the path discrepancy you experienced
> and can you now explain it? Can you fill out my understanding (succinctly)
> of any problems you encountered while building this module? #5 also
> pertains to xorg.conf:
>

This has always been the case since I've used SuSE with the nvidia driver. I 
didn't think much of the path not being right as I've always had to supply 
the --kernel-source-path. When compiling the 7174 I didn't have any problems 
compiling it once I read the help files :)

>
> 5. From the 7174 README.txt file:
>
> Find the relevant Device section [in xorg.conf] and replace the line
>
> Driver "nv"
> (or Driver "vesa")
>
> with
>
> Driver "nvidia"
>
> In the Module section, make sure you have:
>

Yes

> Load   "glx"
>
> You should also remove the following lines:
>
> Load  "dri"
> Load  "GLcore"
>
> if they exist.
>

No, This I didn't check for.

> There are also numerous options that can be added to the X config file to
> fine-tune the NVIDIA X driver.  Please see Appendix D for a complete list
> of these options.
>
> Q: Have you followed these steps exactly?... including examining Appendix D
> for any errata, workarounds or adjustments?
>

This step I didn't look at.

>
> 6. Alvaro wrote "Look the patches on the nV Forums. (especially for the
> kernel 2.6.16)".
>
> Q: More a comment than a question: I don't know what patches Alvaro is
> referring to or exactly where the nV forums are, but I think it's worth
> some time investigating. If you *did* investigate, please elucidate. :-)
>

I had given up at this point :(

>
> OK, I think that's enough for now. I'm really looking forward to learning
> how thoroughly you studied all this documentation! ;-)
>
> regards,
>
> Carl

I'm inclined to reload SuSE and follow the documentation throughly to see if 
it will work. I will do that today and let you know what my results are.

-- 
Regards,

Shawn Holland