>>> >> - what could be causing this?  Why would the NVIDIA drivers work one
>>> >> moment and not the next?  Since I used YAST to install instead of
>>> >> doing it manually via the terminal, it seems I shouldn't need to
>>> >> reinstall the NVIDIA drivers every time I update the kernel, which
>>> >> otherwise would have sounded like a possible cause.
>>> >
>>> >You *probably* did a kernel update which also requires a reinstall of
>>> >the nVidia drivers.
>>> 
>>> Everytime you update the Mesa package, it's time to repump the NVIDIA 
>>> one.
>>
>>This is only true, when you use the installer. If you do use the RPMs,
>>it's not.
>
>IIRC I was unable to install the rpms from the nvidia site, because they 
>conflict with the Mesa one (such as libGL.so.1).
>
>Feel free to tell me the URL to nvidia's repo, and I will recheck.

10:04 gwdg-wb04:/home/jengelh # l /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 12 2006-08-01 11:46 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> 
libGL.so.1.2


10:04 gwdg-wb04:/home/jengelh # rpm -qilvp 
x11-video-nvidia-1.0.8762-1.i586.rpm |grep libGL.so.1
warning: x11-video-nvidia-1.0.8762-1.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: 
NOKEY, key ID c66b6eae
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root               17 Jun 23 04:50 
/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.0.8762
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root           543564 Jun 23 04:50 
/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.0.8762


10:04 gwdg-wb04:/home/jengelh # rpm -Uhv 
x11-video-nvidia-1.0.8762-1.i586.rpm 
warning: x11-video-nvidia-1.0.8762-1.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: 
NOKEY, key ID c66b6eae
Preparing...                ########################################### 
[100%]
   1:x11-video-nvidia       ########################################### 
[100%]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Switching the use of "nv" driver of X.Org to "nvidia" driver of NVIDIA
------------------------------------------------------------------------

# SaX generated X11 config file
Patching /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... done

10:05 gwdg-wb04:/home/jengelh # l /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 12 2006-08-01 11:46 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> 
libGL.so.1.2


q.e.d.

Jan Engelhardt
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