[Bug 567509] nv [GeForce FX 5600] Graphics distortion when using 2x1GB instead of 2x256MB RAM (ASUS A7N8X)

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c10


--- Comment #10 from Gerhard Mueller  2010-01-03 14:24:15 UTC ---
Created an attachment (id=334726)
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Log files and picture, see comment

Additional information for this bug:

I add a number of files combined to a zip-file by 7-Zip (content described
below),
since I failed to add all log files I intended to add to my previous comment,
and I guess, even my comment
was not included into the bugzilla file.
Probably because I was not used to how to handle the bug data base.

But it is very annoying to just receive an error message like
"You already used the form to file attachment 334684" or similar
after trying hard to give information to the developers.
It might be a good idea that Novell would amend their bugzilla code to accept
and file the new information anyway.

I tried to use an Nvidia proprietary driver to circumvent the problem, but I
failed.
This was not really straight-forward:
I (not being an expert in linux installations) was not sure how to use the
linux driver offered by the Nvidia website.
I searched for nvidia in the software repositories which resulted in a long
list without any usable information
which one would be suitable. I selected one (nvidiagfx) and installed it.
But the problem was still the same, see below.
I would, of course, very much appreciate, if the proper Nvidia drivers would be
included into the installation DVDs.
Since, however, probably due to proprietary reasons this is not possible,
I would propose to add some help information to the log file in case of a "not
found" message,
i.e. which driver from what source might be an appropriate one.

>From the Xorg log files i conclude that
1. in the failsafe case, which works correctly, neither the nv driver nor the
nvidia driver is loaded.
   (file S-var-log-Xorg.0.log-openSUSE-11.2-kde-failsafe.txt)
2. in the "normal" case, it is tried to load the nvidia driver for my graphic
card,
   but driver nvidia is not found.
   (files S-var-log-Xorg.0.log-openSUSE-11.2-kde-normal.txt and
S-var-log-Xorg.0.log-openSUSE-11.2-gnome-normal.txt)
3. After installing the package nvidiagfx the installation system complained
   that a kernel module needed for it was missing,
   and a GLX extension could not be initialized.
   (file S-var-log-Xorg.0.log-openSUSE-11.2-kde-withNvidiaDriver.txt)
   I had no chance to get any further here because I was lacking appropriate
information that an expert would probably have.
Could it be that in cases 2 and 3 there was no driver at all serving my screen?

To clarify what a meant by "colourful screen" in my original problem
description, I add a photo of what my screen showed
in the case of kde "normal". With gnome the screen looks different.
(file LinuxBildschirm-Bug567509-IMG6208-300.jpg)
My be it helps to localize the problem.

Kind regards and a happy new year to all linux developers!

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