Hi guys.

I've been using open suse a lot at work recently and I have been really pleased with how easy it is to get up and running, set up web servers, etc etc. Yast is also a fantastic package manager.

So I decided to have a change from Ubuntu and install it on my home PC.

It installed OK, but on boot the resolution was not optimal, but this is no big deal...it's just a driver that's required.

I followed the instructions for one click install here - http://en.opensuse.org/Nvidia

But then the PC would hang for no apparently reason (4 or 5 times in the next hour)

I then removed and reinstalled through Yast (aka, the repository way). I am still getting hanging, and additionally the top bar of any program window is missing (ie the bar with the title, minimise, maximise and close buttons)..so that's not ideal!

I've not yet tried the hard way..

My card is a BFG 8800GT with 512MB RAM

I've checked /var/log/messages but it's not showing any crash related events. Not sure what other logs to check.

if I do sax2 -r -m 0=vesa - the problems go away and the system does not crash. This is what is leading me to think that it's driver related.

Any advice most appreciated, as I would like to stick with open suse!

PS - I use Gnome

I think it must be driver related from your comments.

I would suggest that you try a manual nvidia install (the 'hard way' although it isn't really). The opensuse repo nvidia driver is usually a few versions behind the official nvidia driver anyway.