Thanks Marcel. Your instructions did the trick. I used the newer driver (1.0.5xxx ?), and things worked the way they were supposed to. Maybe I didn't properly shutdown X last time (though I though booting to the fail safe mode would have done the trick). This time, I saw behavior I hadn't seen before - it compiled the kernel module for me...
All's running now, including GL-117 <grins> Shawn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marcel Lecker Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 12:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [clug-talk] Nvidia and Suse (was: Frustrated) Hi Folks, I've been there. The latest N-vidia drivers kind suck in my oppinion. To date I've had the most consistent success with this one: Version: 1.0-4496 Operating System: Linux IA32 Release Date: July 28, 2003 http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-4496.html 1./ download it. 2./ fire up a console (eg. ctrl-alt-F5) 3./ log in as root 4./ type 'init 3' without the quotes (to shut down X) 5./ type 'sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run' and follow the directions 6./ restart the box (yeah I know) 7./ fire up a console again once it's started (eg. ctrl-alt-F5) 8./ type 'init 3' 9./ type 'sax2' 10./ play around with the settings and make sure your driver says 'nvidia' (not 'nv') (for best results use 16bit instead of 32bit) 11./ You'll be able to have 3d with this driver, so make sure it's checked 12./ Accept it all and test. Test screeen should have a nice little 3d circle in the centre to show all is go. 13./ If everything is good, save the settings 14./ type 'init 5' to restart X 15./ you should see the nvidia logo screen You should have 3D now as well. Test it with a wonderfull little mouse powered 3d flight sim called GL-117 :)) or the obligatory tuxracer herring run. Good luck with it. Marcel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Thanks Jessie. I was sure I followed all their instructions, and still wasn't able to get things running. But the sax2 line looks different than what I was doing. I'll try again in the next day or so. Shawn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jesse Kline Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 3:05 PM To: CLUG General Subject: RE: [clug-talk] Frustrated Quoting Shawn Grover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jesse's response is the right approach - in Yast there is a setion to upgrade > your software - but you'll need an Internet connection first. Also, you're > supposed to be able to upgrade your Nvidia drivers with this to the > commercial version, but I found that no matter what I do with my drivers > (manual or auto install), I can't run the advanced 3D applications. Not an > issue if you're not using an Nvidia card though - that and I'm sure I've > missed a step somewhere... something for me to tackle this weekend > maybe... I have installed the Nvidia driver through YOU in the past, but it installs an old version anyways. It very simple to get the latest Nvidia drivers on your box. Just go to the Nvidia website ( http://www.nvidia.com/ ) and download the Linux IA32 graphic card driver installer. There are special instruction for installing under SuSE on the download page. It's as simple as switching to runlevel 3 and running the installer as root. This will give you a wizard that will guide you through installing the drivers and downloading/compiling the kernel module. Once it is done you run Sax2 with the command: # sax2 -m 0=nvidia and configure your graphics card. Don't worry about checking the 3d acceleration check box, as the docs say that it doesn't work in SuSE 9.0. Once you are done you should be able to switch to runlevel 5 and see the Nvidia splash screen when X starts up. Jesse _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
