OpenSuse 11.1: KDE will not start after NVIDIA driver install
 

Hi.

I am running OpenSuse 11.1 64 KDE on a pc and I tried to install the
Nvidia graphics driver for my card. I followed the instructions on the
appropriate web page. Up to this point I could log out and back in
again without problem.

Apparently the installation was not complete. I got the instruction
to type "nvidia-config" under su privilage. I did. Then when I logged
out the restart would not lead me to a console log in and the KDE would
not start.

I tried using the backed xorg.conf but it did not work.

Looked thru posts with similar problems - but no joy.

I would like to restore my previous settings and start using KDE
again. How can this be done? Any other suggestions apart from
reinstalling suse from scratch?

Thanks.
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sax2 -r -m 0=nv

or

sax2 -r -m 0=mesa

Thanks Bruce. This worked in restoring KDE at login.

There one glitch which has appeared in this fix. I am trying to
run an application which is supposed to open a new X window (and
worked ok before my attempt @ installing the nvidia driver) which
fails now and gives the following guff:

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Err: Display does not support OpenGL (i.e. X-Server does not
have GLX extension).


Any ideas on this?

Thanks again.
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