* Kevin Donnelly
On Friday 12 July 2002 3:59 am, Steve Sivier wrote:
I'm unable to install SuSE 8 on my system that contains an nvidia mx400 card.
looks like the frambuffer deivce is acting up. add vga=6 to the install prompt (inset boot CD, boot system select the install option and there is a window at the bottom (?? I think, it's been a while) that shows you the boot arguments. stick vga=6 (which gives you a text console w/ 50x80 iso the graphical framebuffer) at the end of the line and hit eneter.
Hmm, I too wonder whether NVidia, for all its supposed wonderfulness, is actually worth the hassle.
yes. As (for our applications) it's over 20 times faster in 3D visualisation than a sun blade 1000 w/ expert 3D card ;)
Certainly, several people here get the drivers to work with no problem, but I tried several runs before I got mine installed (I think).
Try the following.
My trick is: 0) make sure you have the kernel sources for your running kernel installed 1) download the .tgz files (I stick them in /usr/src/packages/SOURCES) 2) unpack them zcat NVIDIA_GLX-1.0.2960.tgz | tar xvf - zcat NVIDIA_kernel-1.0.2960.tgz | tar xvf - 3) as root: telinit 3 rmmod NVdriver cd /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0.2960 make install cd /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0.2960 make install 4) copy the attached XF86Config file to /etc/X11/ 5) edit to your taste (esp. comment out the connected monitor line if yopu have a single head card) 6) run startx
I had absolutely no luck with NVidia running Sax2 from inside KDE.
Neither had I, hence the attached XF86Config ;) Currently listening to: rw2002-03-14d1t08 Gerhard, <@jasongeo.com> == The Acoustic Motorbiker == -- __O Remember that two wrongs never make a right, =`\<, But that three do. (=)/(=)