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Re: [opensuse] How to upgrade my kernel? [SOLVED]
- From: Patrick Shanahan <paka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:44:37 -0400
- Message-id: <20101102124437.GZ9364@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Bob Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [11-02-10 06:31]:
Running nvidia-xconfig generates an xorg.conf file which is only
necessary if you have intentions or necessities requiring hand editing of
it. I always accept the default/"no" option.
Also not necessary, you should be in runlevel 3. You can just issue
"startx" from the same console command line which will start the graphic
system in runlevel 3, or as root issue "init 5" which will start the
graphic system in runlevel 5.
ps: very good synopsis, please add it to the wiki.
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3. Build and install the Nvidia drivers.
On the Nvidia website - http://www.nvidia.co.uk/page/home.html - click on
'Download Drivers', enter the details of your graphics card, and download the
driver. This will be in the form a shell script, such as NVIDIA-Linux-
x86_64-260.19.12.run. (The name will differ if you've selected the 32 bit
driver). Save it wherever you like, then make it executable (chmod +x
<filename>).
Reboot the computer, selecting the new 2.6.36 kernel. Graphics mode will
fail,
and you will be left at a console login prompt. Login as root, then cd to the
directory containing the Nvidia script. Type:
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.12.run or whatever your file was called.
Agree to the licence, then accept all the options offered. The final stage is
to ask if you want the script to run nvidia-xconfig for you. The default is
No, but I would recommend answering yes here, as you will only have to do
this
later anyway.
Running nvidia-xconfig generates an xorg.conf file which is only
necessary if you have intentions or necessities requiring hand editing of
it. I always accept the default/"no" option.
Reboot again (:~ # shutdown -r now), and you should be back into a graphical
environment.
Also not necessary, you should be in runlevel 3. You can just issue
"startx" from the same console command line which will start the graphic
system in runlevel 3, or as root issue "init 5" which will start the
graphic system in runlevel 5.
ps: very good synopsis, please add it to the wiki.
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