Thanks for that. The installer link I gave basically does exactly that. I have also done what you stated (i.e. add the repository manually and install packages.) However, whatever I do X crashes when using the nvidia driver. The very strange thing is if I now run sax2 it detects the nvidia ok. It starts it own x server WHICH IS SUCCESSFUL. I can test it and save the config ok. BUT next startx or init 5 and the server crashes with the original error... rerun sax2 and it works... SO... sax2 can start the x server successfully but from the command line or init 5 I cannot. Very strange. What command is sax2 using to start the the x server? Anybody any ideas... Pieter Budapest On 06/10/2007, primm wrote:

On Saturday 06 October 2007 19:39:56 haz zah wrote:

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Hi All,

Basically whatever I do x crashes when using nvidia drivers on my fresh install 10.3 x64 (7600GT card.)

Just to prove that I was not doing anything wrong I performed a fresh install and the error still happens.

I installed 10.3 - clean install. Logged in as root and using this http://opensuse-community.org/nvidia.ymp installer I updated the installation.

I then went into yast->Hardware->Graphics Card and Monitor.

The nvidia card was shown with the 3d tick box ticked. Performing a test was successful. I saved the config. BUT the next start of the xserver crashes... here is last few lines of the output:

(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GART. (II) NVIDIA(0): kernel module enabled successfully (II) NVIDIA(0): Memory mapped (II) NVIDIA(0): Created acpid client socket 14. (II) NVIDIA(0): Interrupts enabled (II) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA X driver has encountered an error; attempting to (II) NVIDIA(0): recover... (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GART.

Backtrace: 0: /usr/sbin/xw(xf86SigHandler+0x6d) [0x47c92d] 1: /lib64/libc.so.6 [0x2b922c6cabd0] 2: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates//drivers/nvidia_drv.so(_nv001174X+0x36) [0x2b922e2bc986]

Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting

On my first install this happened. I tried a few things (factory pkg.run file) biut never any success. So I reinstalled and did the above for my own sanity. And the server always crashes with the nvidia driver. With the nv driver it works ('sax2 -r -m 0=nv'). Previously I did an install of 10.3 RC1 x64 on exactly the same hardware and it worked no problem.

I am really at my wits end on this. I have noticed other people have their nvidia x64 driver working. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks, Pieter

I got yast to get the nvidia repos then search for nvidia. install nvidia-gfx-G01-kmp-default

yast throws up x11-video-nvidiaG01 as a dependency on some boxes I have on the lan and some not.

Check it anyway and accept. alt ctrl f1 and Come to runlevel 3. Copy your old (eg backed up 10.2?) /etc/X11/xorg.conf back to /etc/X11

Back to x

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On Sunday 07 October 2007, haz zah wrote:

I have tried everything. Just through sheer bloody mindedness I have done some clean installs and performed all the variations. Nothing works.

If I perform the NVIDIA repository update whilst in X (using a working nv driver) then immediately after (that staying in that x session) sax2 works i.e. finds the 3d nvidia driver and the test is successful - I then save the config. Next time I try to start X it crashes. Also from that point running "sax2 -r" stand alone causes the same crash.

I am guessing it is a library linking/symbolic link problem but what do I know. I am guessing that because there are a set of circumstances when sax2 does work (but only after a repository update.)

All I know I went to the effort to try it in 10.3 RC1 and it worked. I then made the commitment to 10.3.

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

Pieter

Hi .. Have you tried the only way i have ever used and noty had a failure yet .. Alt+F1 to a prompt log in as root init 3 cd to location of Nvidia driver downloaded from Nvidia site ./ Nvidia-driver-blah-blah-blah answer questions that appear normally yes when all finished modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf to change the drivers section to suit ie nv to nvidia by hand not using sax /etc/X11/xorg.conf sections below Section "Module" Load "freetype" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "v4l" Load "glx" Load "extmod" EndSection Section "Device" BoardName "your video card" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Screen 0 VendorName "NVidia" EndSection then init 5 all shoulg work ok then , this as i say has never failed for me I have never had any other way of updating the Nvidia driver work they are all total failures . PS you will need the FULL kernel sources installed to match your kernel sources modules obj ... HTH Pete . -- SuSE Linux 10.3-Alpha3. (Linux is like a wigwam - no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org