In a previous message, "Gil Weber"
I uninstalled the driver for the onboard chip and then installed the new video card and rebooted.
For future reference, you shouldn't need to reboot for this - just restart X (by, for example, doing 'init 3' followed by 'init 5' from a terminal).
I then went into Yast2 (hardware) to load the driver. The closest one I could find was the GeForce FX 5200.
That's probably because the FX5500 is newer than YaST's hardware list. You'll also see at the bottom a list of device ID numbers, which are codes for the card rather than its consumer name. A web search should turn up the right ID code for the 5500, which you can use in YaST. I'd also try running the card using simply the nv driver (the one from the SUSE discs) rather than the binary nvidia driver - that can introduce new variables. The nv driver is basic but failsafe; the nvidia driver can give better performance but is more finnicky.
Then I did a Yast2 on-line update to add the Nvidia driver.
All of that seemed to go well.
If you look in /etc/X11/XF86Config, what driver is loaded (you'll see a line something like 'driver = nv' or 'driver = nvidia', if memory serves).
So I then went into the SuSE menu and clicked on system/configuration/SAX2, but SAX2 doesn't open. Again, the pooter just sits there and stares at me.
From your later reply about running sax2 from runlevel 3, I'd say that you should check that the gfx card is seated properly. If it's not communicating properly (which is the only way I can interpret the msg you got) that suggests that it's either loose or defective. Can you try using the card in Windows either on the same PC or a different one? That should give more pointers if you can do so. FWIW, though, I've never had much success with the nvidia driver in linux (always SUSE). The open-source nv driver actually works quite well enough for me - I don't need 3D performance, and the nvidia driver has a nasty tendency to crash my machine terminally, and I've tried it in 3 totally different boxes. But YMMV - others report easy success, so do try it out. HTH John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards