[opensuse] NVIDIA installation problem on OpenSuse 10.3 and solution
Hey, I tried to install 10.3 on a new ThinkPad T61p with an Nvidia QuadroFX 570M (the option for all T61p nowadays). After installation, it recognized the NVIDIA 570 correctly: whenever there was the switch to X, the screen went black. (The only way to get out of it is random and blind attempts to shut down, restart (hard restart)) - Looking into the opensuse wiki: suggested 1-click install:http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA. (Since there is no X: browsing and clicking on the icon does not work.) {Reminded me of the quest for the key which is behind the closed door, which it unlocks). - http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html: Gives you a hint which rpms to download (w/ or w/o G01), if you look into the source of the page, but uses some out-dated (it seems) Yast layout. Additionally, for some reason, adding a repository did not work. The solution: 0. Start the computer and enter "3" at the Grub startup. Login. Become su. 1. Go into yast, Software, Community Repositories and choose to include the NVIDIA, Main Repository (Sources), Main Update Repository. (The last one might not be necessary but it also does not hurt.). Click finish. 2. In yast, Software, Software management, and search for NVIDIA and install x11-video-nvidia. Use the G01 if you have a recent card. (The dependancies are taken care of automatically.) 3. on the comand prompt: sax2 -r. Done It would be so awesome if in 11.0 the community repositories would be included (automatically or manually) during installation (during the Sax part at the end, because yast recognized the card). Because the CGA version yast on the command line is not really an eye-candy and too cumbersome for Grandma. Also killing X after installation blindly by powering down, is not too good for the harddisk. Changing the OpenSuse wiki to something that does not require browsing and clicking on a symbol also would be helpful. But great work. Steffen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Steffen Brinckmann