I'm not yet familiar with the term "mesa" - can't remember seeing that anywhere during this process.  Right now I'm back to the point of installing the nvidia drivers in my latest SUSE installation.  When I search for nvidia in YaST I am given the following list:
<br><br>[Do Not Install] nvidia-gfx-kmp-bigsmp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; | 1.0.8762_2.6.16.21_0.8-1 |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (null)<br>[Do Not Install] nvidia-gfx-kmp-default&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | 1.0.8762_2.6.16.21_0.8-1 |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (null)<br>[Do Not Install] nvidia-gfx-kmp-smp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | 
1.0.8762_2.6.16.21_0.8-1 |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (null)<br>[Do Not Install] nvtv &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; | 0.4.7-25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp; 787.5 K&nbsp; <br>[Keep]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tiny-nvidia-installer &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; | 1.0.7-14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp; 
231.4 K&nbsp; <br>[Do Not Install] x11-video-nvidia&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; | 1.0.8762-1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (null)<br>[Keep]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xorg-x11-driver-video-nvidia &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; | 6.9.0-46&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (null)<br>[Keep]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xorg-x11-server-glx&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; | 
6.9.0-48&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.6 M&nbsp; <br><br><br>My understanding is that I will need to install both x11-video-nvidia, and one of the nvidia-gfx-kmp files although I am not sure which.&nbsp; Running&nbsp; uname -r tells me I'm running the following:&nbsp; 
2.6.16.13-4-smp<br><br>Does that mean I need to select the nvidia-gfx-kmp-smp file, as opposed to -default&nbsp; or -bigsmp?<br><br><br>Thanks!<br>Alan<br><br><br><br>