On Tuesday 28 July 2009 22:44:58 Juan De Vincenzo wrote:
For some reason I initially replied only to you, so here it goes again.
Are you running the 32bit or 64bit version of opensuse?
I just moved my main desktop machine to opensuse this past weekend and I had to install the nvidia drivers as well, so the steps are kind of fresh on my head. Just a sidenote, these are the steps to do it "the hard way", which will require to reinstall the drivers after each kernel update.
1.- sudo /sbin/init 3 2.- Ensure that you have installed on your system make, gcc and the kernel-source packages. 3.- If you have to install the kernel sources, I would recommend upgrading the kernel as well, so the kernel version and kernel source version match (at least that's how I did it, but it's a fresh system install, not sure what are your preferences in regards to the kernel). If the versions don't match, the nvidia installer will not install. 4.- Download this driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_185.18.14.html --> 32bit architecture http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_185.18.14.html -->64bit architecture
5.- As root: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86[package_name].run -q Proceed with the installation, which is pretty straight forward.
6.- Sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
Hope this helps.
Juan, Thank you for your time and effort and very complete answer. I am familiar with the "hard way" and the "easy way" Did the "hard way' back in 10.2 and it was a PITA everytime the kernel was upgraded. Ijust want to keep it simple. All I really wanted was someone to verify for me the correct URL for the nvidia repo (which is not correct in the openSUSE "other" repos) and that I had installed the correct driver for the card with the "one click" install which did not work. I suppose if nobody answers I will have to go back to the "hard" way. SuSE 11.0 - KDE3.5 - 64 bit - GeForce 8400 GS Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org