Look at the NVIDIA page for SuSE8.1, you need a rpm driver!!!!
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-4496.html
Note: If you are using SuSE 8.1 or earlier, or if you are using United Linux 1.0, we recommend installing from RPMs built by SuSE. These are available via ftp. If you install via the .run file, XFree86 configuration with SaX2/YaST2 will not work correctly. For more information, see the NVIDIA Installer HOWTO for SuSE Linux at http://www.suse.de/en/private/download/xfree86/index.html.
And at this page you find this for the 8.1 version; ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/nvidia-installer-H OWTO.html
SuSE Linux 7.3/8.0/8.1 with update kernel or self-compiled kernel ---------------------------------------------------------------------
1) Download the according 'NVIDIA_GLX' and 'NVIDIA_kernel' RPMs from nvidia ftp server and install these with the following commands:
rpm --justdb -Uhv NVIDIA_kernel*.rpm rpm -Uhv NVIDIA_GLX*.rpm
Use "ul1" packages for UL1/SLES8.
2) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means installing the 'kernel-source' package with YaST2, update it - if not already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU) and configure it then with the following commands:
cd /usr/src/linux make cloneconfig && make dep
3) Download nvidia installer and extract it with the following command
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run --extract-only
4) Compile and install the nvidia kernel module with the following commands:
cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2/usr/src/nv make install depmod -a
5) Enable 3D support with SaX2.
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Hi Gerrit, I did that first a week ago.... it didn't work with either the 4496 or 4363 packages and rpms The best i had (nvidia logo) was WITHOUT using the rpms !!!! When I follow the Howto, the screen just turn black and the system hang. The nvidia drivers worked fine before the kernel get patached by YOU. My system is a P IV 2.8 Ghz with Xfree 4.2 (original SuSE 8.1), Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 (ID: 0x181) from Asustek, Motherboard : P4 Titan (GA-8SIMLH) with a SIS 651 chipset and a Nec 17'' TFT monitor (Nec LCD1701). Any other ideas ? Thank you -- _____________________________ Matthias Titeux, PhD INSERM U563 CHU Purpan Avenue de Grande Bretagne 31059 TOULOUSE cedex 03 ------------ Tel: 33 (5) 61 15 84 07 Fax: 33 (5) 61 49 90 36 _____________________________