[opensuse] nvidia repo/driver question
Hello SuSE people, Running 11.0 and KDE3. My video card died and I went out and bought a new GeForce 8400 GS and installed it. Now I need a new driver and I don't have the nvidia repo installed. Went out and found the repo in the "other" Suse repo list and tried to install it in Yast and it wouldn't accept it. Anybody kind enough to give me the correct URL? So, I then went amd found the "one click" and installed what I thought was the right driver. Evidently not. After restarting X i emded up on the Konsole command line and i had to xorg.conf and change "nvidia" to "nv" to get my screen back again. Anybody know what the correct driver is for that card? Thanks Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
For some reason I initially replied only to you, so here it goes again. Are you running the 32bit or 64bit version of opensuse? I just moved my main desktop machine to opensuse this past weekend and I had to install the nvidia drivers as well, so the steps are kind of fresh on my head. Just a sidenote, these are the steps to do it "the hard way", which will require to reinstall the drivers after each kernel update. 1.- sudo /sbin/init 3 2.- Ensure that you have installed on your system make, gcc and the kernel-source packages. 3.- If you have to install the kernel sources, I would recommend upgrading the kernel as well, so the kernel version and kernel source version match (at least that's how I did it, but it's a fresh system install, not sure what are your preferences in regards to the kernel). If the versions don't match, the nvidia installer will not install. 4.- Download this driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_185.18.14.html --> 32bit architecture http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_185.18.14.html -->64bit architecture 5.- As root: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86[package_name].run -q Proceed with the installation, which is pretty straight forward. 6.- Sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia Hope this helps. Juan On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Bob S<911@sanctum.com> wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Running 11.0 and KDE3.
My video card died and I went out and bought a new GeForce 8400 GS and installed it. Now I need a new driver and I don't have the nvidia repo installed. Went out and found the repo in the "other" Suse repo list and tried to install it in Yast and it wouldn't accept it.
Anybody kind enough to give me the correct URL?
So, I then went amd found the "one click" and installed what I thought was the right driver. Evidently not. After restarting X i emded up on the Konsole command line and i had to xorg.conf and change "nvidia" to "nv" to get my screen back again.
Anybody know what the correct driver is for that card?
Thanks
Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Tuesday 28 July 2009 22:44:58 Juan De Vincenzo wrote:
For some reason I initially replied only to you, so here it goes again.
Are you running the 32bit or 64bit version of opensuse?
I just moved my main desktop machine to opensuse this past weekend and I had to install the nvidia drivers as well, so the steps are kind of fresh on my head. Just a sidenote, these are the steps to do it "the hard way", which will require to reinstall the drivers after each kernel update.
1.- sudo /sbin/init 3 2.- Ensure that you have installed on your system make, gcc and the kernel-source packages. 3.- If you have to install the kernel sources, I would recommend upgrading the kernel as well, so the kernel version and kernel source version match (at least that's how I did it, but it's a fresh system install, not sure what are your preferences in regards to the kernel). If the versions don't match, the nvidia installer will not install. 4.- Download this driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_185.18.14.html --> 32bit architecture http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_185.18.14.html -->64bit architecture
5.- As root: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86[package_name].run -q Proceed with the installation, which is pretty straight forward.
6.- Sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
Hope this helps.
Juan, Thank you for your time and effort and very complete answer. I am familiar with the "hard way" and the "easy way" Did the "hard way' back in 10.2 and it was a PITA everytime the kernel was upgraded. Ijust want to keep it simple. All I really wanted was someone to verify for me the correct URL for the nvidia repo (which is not correct in the openSUSE "other" repos) and that I had installed the correct driver for the card with the "one click" install which did not work. I suppose if nobody answers I will have to go back to the "hard" way. SuSE 11.0 - KDE3.5 - 64 bit - GeForce 8400 GS Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bob S wrote:
Thank you for your time and effort and very complete answer. I am familiar with the "hard way" and the "easy way" Did the "hard way' back in 10.2 and it was a PITA everytime the kernel was upgraded. Ijust want to keep it simple. All I really wanted was someone to verify for me the correct URL for the nvidia repo (which is not correct in the openSUSE "other" repos) and that I had installed the correct driver for the card with the "one click" install which did not work. I suppose if nobody answers I will have to go back to the "hard" way.
SuSE 11.0 - KDE3.5 - 64 bit - GeForce 8400 GS
Bob S
Unfortunately I am not on 11.0 (running factory) and I only have a 6200 TC but the repo you need is http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.0 which I have just loaded, the correct driver will most probably be nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default which should also pull in the x11-video-nvidiaG02 as well. The only thing that could cause a problem would be if either the nvidia or os repos are not 100% up to date and the available kernel and the driver don't match. Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 30 July 2009 01:06:17 Dave Plater wrote:
Bob S wrote:
Thank you for your time and effort and very complete answer. I am familiar with the "hard way" and the "easy way" Did the "hard way' back in 10.2 and it was a PITA everytime the kernel was upgraded. Ijust want to keep it simple. All I really wanted was someone to verify for me the correct URL for the nvidia repo (which is not correct in the openSUSE "other" repos) and that I had installed the correct driver for the card with the "one click" install which did not work. I suppose if nobody answers I will have to go back to the "hard" way.
SuSE 11.0 - KDE3.5 - 64 bit - GeForce 8400 GS
Bob S
Unfortunately I am not on 11.0 (running factory) and I only have a 6200 TC but the repo you need is http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.0 which I have just loaded, the correct driver will most probably be nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default which should also pull in the x11-video-nvidiaG02 as well. The only thing that could cause a problem would be if either the nvidia or os repos are not 100% up to date and the available kernel and the driver don't match.
Thank you so much Dave Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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