[opensuse-factory] openSUSE 10.3 alpha 3 and NVIDIA driver
Hi to all, I just wanded to ask if somebody was able to install the Nvidia driver 9755 on alpha 3. If I try, the wrong directory tree is chosen by the installer, that means that all files get copied into /usr/X11R6/lib64 and so on, instead of /usr/lib64 . I manually copy all files to the - what I think - right directories, but then I get a white screen of death with compiz. So it seems I'm doing something wrong. Feedback would be appreciated, have a nice time, tM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On 4/14/07, Thomas Meindl
Hi to all, I just wanded to ask if somebody was able to install the Nvidia driver 9755 on alpha 3. If I try, the wrong directory tree is chosen by the installer, that means that all files get copied into /usr/X11R6/lib64 and so on, instead of /usr/lib64 . I manually copy all files to the - what I think - right directories,
/usr/%_lib/xorg/modules is the right folder, I copy them in there and everything works, in x86 though. Cheers -J --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:44:46PM +0200, Thomas Meindl wrote:
Hi to all, I just wanded to ask if somebody was able to install the Nvidia driver 9755 on alpha 3.
This sound like Bug #257360. Sure that this is really Alpha3? What's the output of X -version X -showDefaultModulePath pkg-config --variable=moduledir xorg-server
If I try, the wrong directory tree is chosen by the installer, that means that all files get copied into /usr/X11R6/lib64 and so on, instead of /usr/lib64 . I manually copy all files to the - what I think - right directories, but then I get a white screen of death with compiz. So it seems I'm doing something wrong.
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Stefan Dirsch wrote:
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:44:46PM +0200, Thomas Meindl wrote:
Hi to all, I just wanded to ask if somebody was able to install the Nvidia driver 9755 on alpha 3.
This sound like Bug #257360. Sure that this is really Alpha3? What's the output of
X -version X -showDefaultModulePath pkg-config --variable=moduledir xorg-server
Hello Stefan, Yes, it's definitely Alpha3 (kernel 2.6.21-rc5-git13-2-default). I did an upgrade from Alpha2 to Alpha3, if this helps. X -version and X -showDefaultModulePath both show the command list (init 3 or 5 and logged in as root) and Fatal server error: Unrecognized option: -version OR -showDefaultModulePath pkg-config --varible=moduledir xorg-server shows correctly '/usr/lib64/xorg/modules' . I'll try a fresh install of Alpha 3 later, but this will take some time, Kind regards, Tom PS: Thank you all very much for your fast and helpful replies!
If I try, the wrong directory tree is chosen by the installer, that means that all files get copied into /usr/X11R6/lib64 and so on, instead of /usr/lib64 . I manually copy all files to the - what I think - right directories, but then I get a white screen of death with compiz. So it seems I'm doing something wrong.
Best regards, Stefan
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Thomas Meindl wrote:
Hi to all, I just wanded to ask if somebody was able to install the Nvidia driver 9755 on alpha 3. If I try, the wrong directory tree is chosen by the installer, that means that all files get copied into /usr/X11R6/lib64 and so on, instead of /usr/lib64 . I manually copy all files to the - what I think - right directories, but then I get a white screen of death with compiz. So it seems I'm doing something wrong. Feedback would be appreciated, have a nice time, tM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Problem is that xorg-x11-driver-video and xorg-x11-server overwrite the files /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (with a symlink to nv_drv.so), /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so and /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so, but the nvidia driver says it's unable to overwrite them. removing the symlinks, copying the files from the extracted NVIDIA driver and making the library symlinks fixes it. I do this every time I upgrade the above mentioned packages from factory. BTW the files are also copied to /usr/X11R6/lib(64) by the nvidia-installer. # pkg-config --variable=moduledir xorg-server /usr/lib/xorg/modules # pkg-config --variable=libdir xorg-server /usr/lib Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Sid Boyce wrote:
Problem is that xorg-x11-driver-video and xorg-x11-server overwrite the files /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (with a symlink to nv_drv.so), /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so and /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so, but the nvidia driver says it's unable to overwrite them. removing the symlinks, copying the files from the extracted NVIDIA driver and making the library symlinks fixes it. I do this every time I upgrade the above mentioned packages from factory. BTW the files are also copied to /usr/X11R6/lib(64) by the nvidia-installer. # pkg-config --variable=moduledir xorg-server /usr/lib/xorg/modules
# pkg-config --variable=libdir xorg-server /usr/lib Regards Sid.
I checked all of the files you mentioned, but everything seemed to be in order. So I tried a ./NVidia-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9755-pkg2.run --x-module-dir=/usr/lib64/xorg/modules -s which worked for this time on Alpha 3. Now I can run compiz again without getting a white cube (though it seems working slower than on 10.2), thank you all very much for your help, have a nice time, regards, Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Thomas Meindl wrote:
Sid Boyce wrote:
Problem is that xorg-x11-driver-video and xorg-x11-server overwrite the files /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (with a symlink to nv_drv.so), /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so and /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so, but the nvidia driver says it's unable to overwrite them. removing the symlinks, copying the files from the extracted NVIDIA driver and making the library symlinks fixes it. I do this every time I upgrade the above mentioned packages from factory. BTW the files are also copied to /usr/X11R6/lib(64) by the nvidia-installer. # pkg-config --variable=moduledir xorg-server /usr/lib/xorg/modules
# pkg-config --variable=libdir xorg-server /usr/lib Regards Sid.
I checked all of the files you mentioned, but everything seemed to be in order. So I tried a ./NVidia-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9755-pkg2.run --x-module-dir=/usr/lib64/xorg/modules -s which worked for this time on Alpha 3. Now I can run compiz again without getting a white cube (though it seems working slower than on 10.2), thank you all very much for your help, have a nice time, regards, Tom
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Correction. It is --x-module-path=/usr/lib64/xorg/modules -s !!! Please apologize, Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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