On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:07:47 +0200 Gustav Degreef wrote:
I looked long and hard for which driver officially supports this card, but I can not find it. I had in my notes the g02 series (but perhaps that was for a very similar laptop). I cant find the info in the SDB, in the HCL or in the suse mailing list, and many other places. So, I can't be sure if I re-install which are the correct drivers anyway. So, I'll go with your opinion and wait for your answer, Gustav.
One of the commands I asked you to run was this:
# lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96M [GeForce GT 130M] (rev a1)
Your adapter identifies itself as a G96M [GeForce GT 130M rev a1] which is supported by the following driver: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/81761 Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver Version 340.76 Release Date Tue Jan 27, 2015 Operating System Linux 64-bit My system is a 'fresh install' + fully updated 13.2 x86_64 w/ KDE4 on an Intel Core2Duo based laptop with a G98M [GeForce 9300M GS rev a1] adapter. It is supported by the identical driver. Following are the packages that I have installed: ~> rpm -qa | grep nvidia nvidia-computeG03-340.76-42.1.x86_64 nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop-340.76_k3.16.6_2-42.1.x86_64 nvidia-glG03-340.76-42.1.x86_64 nvidia-uvm-gfxG03-kmp-desktop-340.76_k3.16.6_2-42.1.x86_64 x11-video-nvidiaG03-340.76-42.1.x86_64 Also, from: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/340.76/README/selectdriver.ht... "Chapter 3. Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages for Your System" The NVIDIA graphics driver uses a Unified Driver Architecture: the single graphics driver supports all modern NVIDIA GPUs. "Legacy" GPU support has been moved from the unified driver to special legacy GPU driver releases. See Appendix A, Supported NVIDIA GPU Products for a list of legacy GPUs. Your and my adapters are listed as 'modern' and not under 'legacy.' *** --- *** --- *** Up to this point is the good news. :-) *** --- *** --- *** The bad news is I can't really make heads or tails of what I've found in the log files that you sent. Here is some of what I found: Screens listed in xorg.conf.install are 'vesa', 'modesetting', 'vmware' and 'vboxvideo' ... that's it. Devices listed in xorg.conf.install are 'vboxvideo', 'vmware', 'modesetting', 'fbdev' and 'vesa' ... again, that's it. Then there's this section from Xorg.0.log: [ 20.299] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 340.76 Thu Jan 22 11:24:42 PST 2015 [ 20.409] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0 [ 20.409] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1 [ 20.409] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 2 [ 20.409] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 3 [ 20.409] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 4 [ 20.409] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 5 [ 20.409] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout So, the nouveau driver has not been blacklisted as it would normally (automatically) be when the nVidia driver is installed. And then there's this, from earlier up in Xorg.0.log: [ 16.242] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.7-24-desktop root=UUID=a79c28a8-3e12-4625-a79a-04a124903e97 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200BEKT-60F3T1_WD-WX80A89R6040-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts nouveau.modeset=0 The nouveau.modeset=0 declaration should have also been removed when the nVidia packages were installed. Further down in Xorg.0.log is this: [ 20.464] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the [ 20.464] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages and [ 20.464] (EE) NVIDIA: consult the NVIDIA README for details. [ 20.464] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled [ 20.464] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled [ 20.464] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory [ 20.464] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting [ 20.464] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory It might possibly help to see the referenced kernel error messages, but I'm not convinced. The system falls back again: [ 20.465] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa I would be inclined at this point to reinstall 13.2 from scratch and to fully update the system before adding the nvidia repository. After adding the repository, here's what I'd do to install the packages I listed: a] log out of the desktop and wait for the greeter w/ log-in prompt b] switch to tty1 (Ctrl + Alt + F1) c] log in as superuser (su -) d] invoke 'init 3' to switch to the systemd counterpart to 'run level 3' (i.e. no X) e] run the 'zypper in' command that I sent earlier to install the packages and reboot when done (invoke 'reboot' while still in tty1) I wish I had more ideas but I think it will simply take too much time to track down and fix all these seemingly broken pieces. regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org