[opensuse] legacy rpms
Hello; I'm looking for nvidia drivers for SuSE 9.1. While the Novell site is very fancy, it seems to change often, and now I cannot find where all of the old SuSE rpms are located. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Tony Alfrey wrote:
Hello;
I'm looking for nvidia drivers for SuSE 9.1. While the Novell site is very fancy, it seems to change often, and now I cannot find where all of the old SuSE rpms are located. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
Hi Tony, I never had a driver for my 9.1 but I remember finding and using a 9.0 driver. The most success I had was from using the nvidia.com run package. I have used them with a Gforce 7800 and an old mx 200. Nvidia have instructions for installation as well. I never managed to get 3D working right with the 9.0 rpm and I was put off sax for life in 9.1. The nvidia packages install their own configuration program as well. I'm using 11 now and I still use the nvidia.com run packages. Hope this helps you. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Plater wrote:
Tony Alfrey wrote:
Hello;
I'm looking for nvidia drivers for SuSE 9.1. While the Novell site is very fancy, it seems to change often, and now I cannot find where all of the old SuSE rpms are located. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
Hi Tony, I never had a driver for my 9.1 but I remember finding and using a 9.0 driver. The most success I had was from using the nvidia.com run package. I have used them with a Gforce 7800 and an old mx 200. Nvidia have instructions for installation as well. I never managed to get 3D working right with the 9.0 rpm and I was put off sax for life in 9.1. The nvidia packages install their own configuration program as well. I'm using 11 now and I still use the nvidia.com run packages. Hope this helps you. Dave
I've seen the instructions on the nvidia site and it looks like I need to compile a kernel. Did you find this to be true? I was hoping to find some YAST-like solution that might allow me to install the driver as a module. I'm avoiding the kernel route because I cannot afford (right now) to break this installation. Thanks! (sorry Dave, forgot about the open-SuSE reply-to thing) -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2008-03-31 at 03:43 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
I've seen the instructions on the nvidia site and it looks like I need to compile a kernel. Did you find this to be true?
No, you don't. You may need to have the kernel sources installed, with configuration equal to the running kernel (make cloneconfig prepare, I think). The nvidia installer will compile a kernel module if it needs it - never the entire kernel. And not you, but "him".
I was hoping to find some YAST-like solution that might allow me to install the driver as a module. I'm avoiding the kernel route because I cannot afford (right now) to break this installation.
Check if these instructions are still here: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/nvidia-installer-HOWTO I think I have seen it somewhere on the wiki. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH8MbctTMYHG2NR9URAomJAKCBDtF8GbGBnl0MAlmcbluttj6fgwCfWJXK kYub2Su57c3OLEd5iFIhxj0= =YaMp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Tony Alfrey wrote:
Dave Plater wrote:
Tony Alfrey wrote:
Hello;
I'm looking for nvidia drivers for SuSE 9.1. While the Novell site is very fancy, it seems to change often, and now I cannot find where all of the old SuSE rpms are located. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
I've seen the instructions on the nvidia site and it looks like I need to compile a kernel. Did you find this to be true? I was hoping to find some YAST-like solution that might allow me to install the driver as a module. I'm avoiding the kernel route because I cannot afford (right now) to break this installation.
Thanks! (sorry Dave, forgot about the open-SuSE reply-to thing)
You only need your kernel sources, syms and headers from your current kernel installed, you should have everything you need on your dvd or cdroms. Use yast to install that and gcc, make etc, they are listed in the nvidia site readmes, and have full functionality of your nvidia card. ftp://ftp.is.co.za/mirror/ftp.suse.com/i386/9.3/suse/ still has a full 9.3 mirror but I had a few problems with packages. The nvidia.com route is the safest route. Hope this helps Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2008-03-31 at 03:43 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
I've seen the instructions on the nvidia site and it looks like I need to compile a kernel. Did you find this to be true?
No, you don't.
You may need to have the kernel sources installed, with configuration equal to the running kernel (make cloneconfig prepare, I think). The nvidia installer will compile a kernel module if it needs it - never the entire kernel. And not you, but "him".
I was hoping to find some YAST-like solution that might allow me to install the driver as a module. I'm avoiding the kernel route because I cannot afford (right now) to break this installation.
Check if these instructions are still here:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/nvidia-installer-HOWTO
I think I have seen it somewhere on the wiki.
Thanks Carlos and Dave. I found this installer guide http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html because the ftp site above downloaded an empty file. These documents talk about the typical x86 chips and an AMD64 but I have an AMD Athlon XP2800+ and there are two installers for the legacy chipsets, one called NVIDIA-Linux-x86-71.86.01-pkg1.run which looks like a x86 version and NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-71.86.01-pkg2.run which looks like the AMD64 version. Do you suppose that the installer will tell me if it can't find the correct source against which to compile the module? -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Tony Alfrey wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2008-03-31 at 03:43 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
I've seen the instructions on the nvidia site and it looks like I need to compile a kernel. Did you find this to be true?
No, you don't.
You may need to have the kernel sources installed, with configuration equal to the running kernel (make cloneconfig prepare, I think). The nvidia installer will compile a kernel module if it needs it - never the entire kernel. And not you, but "him".
I was hoping to find some YAST-like solution that might allow me to install the driver as a module. I'm avoiding the kernel route because I cannot afford (right now) to break this installation.
Check if these instructions are still here:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/nvidia-installer-HOWTO
I think I have seen it somewhere on the wiki.
Thanks Carlos and Dave. I found this installer guide http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html because the ftp site above downloaded an empty file. These documents talk about the typical x86 chips and an AMD64 but I have an AMD Athlon XP2800+ and there are two installers for the legacy chipsets, one called NVIDIA-Linux-x86-71.86.01-pkg1.run
which looks like a x86 version and
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-71.86.01-pkg2.run
which looks like the AMD64 version.
Do you suppose that the installer will tell me if it can't find the correct source against which to compile the module?
You are correct the x86_64 package is for the AMD64, I had an XP2400+ by the way and it works fine. If you have everything installed from the 9.1 disk, you won't have a problem. If you have upgraded your kernel you may have a problem with your gcc version, it has to be the same as your installed kernel was compiled with. There are instructions specific to suse on the nvidia site. The file you use depends on your nvidia graphics card model. There are three different ones, one for legacy cards, one for current cards and one for onboard nvidia graphics. Read all the instructions on the site and you shouldn't have any problems at all. You only need to rerun if you change your kernel. regards Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Plater wrote:
Tony Alfrey wrote:
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I have an AMD Athlon XP2800+ and there are two installers for the legacy chipsets, one called NVIDIA-Linux-x86-71.86.01-pkg1.run
which looks like a x86 version and
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-71.86.01-pkg2.run
which looks like the AMD64 version.
Do you suppose that the installer will tell me if it can't find the correct source against which to compile the module?
You are correct the x86_64 package is for the AMD64, I had an XP2400+ by the way and it works fine.
Sorry, but I'm still fuzzy: do I use the AMD64 version for the XP2800+ ? Thanks! -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Tony Alfrey wrote:
Dave Plater wrote:
Tony Alfrey wrote:
<snip>
I have an AMD Athlon XP2800+ and there are two installers for the legacy chipsets, one called NVIDIA-Linux-x86-71.86.01-pkg1.run
which looks like a x86 version and
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-71.86.01-pkg2.run
which looks like the AMD64 version.
Do you suppose that the installer will tell me if it can't find the correct source against which to compile the module?
You are correct the x86_64 package is for the AMD64, I had an XP2400+ by the way and it works fine.
Sorry, but I'm still fuzzy: do I use the AMD64 version for the XP2800+ ?
Thanks!
Sorry, no you only have a 32 bit processor. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Tony Alfrey wrote:
Hello;
I'm looking for nvidia drivers for SuSE 9.1. While the Novell site is very fancy, it seems to change often, and now I cannot find where all of the old SuSE rpms are located. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Suse 9.1 is long unsupported, but SLES 9, which is baed on suse 9.1 is still supported for several more years now. Perhaps if you have access to a SLES 9 download, you would be in business. If it were me, I'd probably just download the nvidia driver directly from nvidia.com and install accoording to their directions. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Tony Alfrey wrote:
I've seen the instructions on the nvidia site and it looks like I need to compile a kernel. Did you find this to be true? I was hoping to find some YAST-like solution that might allow me to install the driver as a module. I'm avoiding the kernel route because I cannot afford (right now) to break this installation.
No, you don't need to compile a kernel, because suse already did that for you. Just run the nvidia installer. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Plater wrote:
Tony Alfrey wrote:
Dave Plater wrote:
Tony Alfrey wrote:
<snip>
I have an AMD Athlon XP2800+ and there are two installers for the legacy chipsets, one called NVIDIA-Linux-x86-71.86.01-pkg1.run
which looks like a x86 version and
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-71.86.01-pkg2.run
which looks like the AMD64 version.
Do you suppose that the installer will tell me if it can't find the correct source against which to compile the module?
You are correct the x86_64 package is for the AMD64, I had an XP2400+ by the way and it works fine.
Sorry, but I'm still fuzzy: do I use the AMD64 version for the XP2800+ ?
Thanks!
Sorry, no you only have a 32 bit processor. Dave
OK, did this and everything seems to work so far. It was very easy and seemed to be very safe. The NVIDIA script was very straightforward. I am amazed that NVIDIA has all of these support things for linux. Thanks again Dave and Carlos! -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 2008-03-31 13:11, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2008-03-31 at 03:43 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
I've seen the instructions on the nvidia site and it looks like I need to compile a kernel. Did you find this to be true?
No, you don't.
You may need to have the kernel sources installed, with configuration equal to the running kernel (make cloneconfig prepare, I think). Check if these instructions are still here: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/nvidia-installer-HOWTO
You think not - http://jengelh.hopto.org/2007/0412-cloneconfig.php -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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