On 2/14/2012 12:30 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 14/02/12 15:47, Alex Angerhofer wrote:
Hi List,
I have been running 12.1 on 64 bit for a while. My graphics card is a GeForce GTX470 and I have been using the nouveau driver without any problems for months.
The other day I tried to install the nvidia driver with the result that the plasma desktop became unstable (bombs to black screen after a while). I tried a couple of the older drivers as well with the same symptoms.
I have since tried to recover from this situation and revert back to the nouveau driver, however, with limited success. I was able to uninstall the nvidia driver and remove the blacklisting for nouveau. I also had to remove my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in order to get the X server to come back up but it does so in 1280x1024 instead of 1920x1080 which is my native screen resolution. Basically, the screen looks like what comes up in failsafe mode.
What am I missing? How do I get the higher resolution back? Is there a way to rerun the hardware test scripts that determine the correct settings upon an initial install? I would hate to have to reinstall from scratch.
Thanks in advance for any pointers, Alex.
Hi Basil, thanks for the reply. Please see answers below within your text:
I think that you need to provide some additional information such as:
which kernel are you using (number and type: Default or Desktop or.....)?
12.1-3.1.9-1.4-desktop x86_64
which KDE version are you using?
4.7.2 (release 5)
which nVidia driver DID you try to install (driver number, like 285 or 290 or.....) and
I tried 290, 285, and 280, in that order.
from where did you try to install it: from nVidia site and compile it or from the openSUSE nVidia repo?
Initially (for 290) I used the openSuSE nVidia repo. When that didn't work I went with the lnvhw script (at http://paste.opensuse.org/30572870 ) using drivers downloaded from nVidia's web site.
and, lastly, if it was all working for you why did you break it by trying to install the nVidia driver?
Good question. I wanted to use the 3D capabilities. Besides, I figured that the nvidia drivers ought to be better. In the past (probably more than a year ago when I did this last) when I had switched to these drivers I never had so much trouble. At this point I just want nouveau to work with the right resolution again. I can't tell you how much I miss sax. Thanks for any pointers. Best regards, Alex. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org