I decided to reboot my box after a few days, and it returned with a black screen.
Bummer, i thought that was another OS..
After a successful rescue operation, i managed to have KDM vissible again. (phew..)

After some digging i narrowed the problem down to the nVidia driver.
When i move through Sax2 and test a setting with 3D options on, the same black screen returned. This used to be 'on' but i can't seem to get it back. Also escaping the test mode can only be done with a reboot...where ControlAltBackspace should actualy do the trick.

I really need it for my armagetron addiction..
How can i get 3D back on?

Relating this to recent problem I had.

- What sort of video connection are you using? DVI or analogue (HD15) ?

hd15 ..with a standard VESA monitor

Not quite the same as my problem then.
I lost output on the DVI but HD15 was fine for 3D - still not sorted but OK as is for moment.

Have you tried re-installing the drivers manually?

No not yet, wanted to see what this post would come up with. Thanks for your help any way.

Its not overly difficult and in my experience is more reliable than Yast.

I'll give it a try tomorow .. when i am sober Cheers

The same thing happen to me with new kernal update last week on my Suse 9.1. still runnning Nvidia with out 3D.Hope somebody has the answer.

Nail on head
After a kernel update you'll find that a re-install of various apps is highly likely to be required, including nvidia drivers.

Still recommend the manual way over Yast, which doesn't always work.

Found some info: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup...taller-HOWTO#3

hmm..

Section 3 is pretty close to the way I get round any problems.

After a kernel upgrade I also do the following:

In a terminal as root
- cd /usr/src/linux
- make cloneconfig
- make prepare-all
- exit

Then sort out nvidia, vmware etc

I'm not sure if this benefits nvidia but several other apps like this after a new kernel.

Good luck