On Wednesday 03 Mar 2010 09:06:29 Sven Burmeister wrote: [...]
Do not let nvidia create any xorg.conf, just skip that and let xorg figure things out itself on the next boot. 11.2 does not use a xorg.conf by default anymore. That way it always picks a working driver if you do not force it to do otherwise by supplying some broken xorg.conf.
I allowed YaST to select the driver and kernel module it wanted from the nvidia repository, and installed. I exited YaST and rebooted, but once again, it couldn't even get as far as the graphical login screen. It appeared to have reached runlevel 5, according to the boot messages, but dumped me at text console login. I had to remove the driver and module in YaST text mode, and we're now back to the generic driver. It works OK, but doesn't do the fancy compositing stuff. Oh, well, never mind, I don't expect my wife would have appreciated it anyway :( Many thanks for everyone's helpful suggestions. Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.2, Kernel 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop, KDE 4.3.5 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 4GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org