I am a happy SuSE 6.4 user waiting for official
distro with fully pre-emphtive kernel (2.6 ?).
It there a reasonable way to modify SuSE 7.2
NVIDIA Geforce 2 driver for SuSE 6.4 ? My card is
with TV (SVHS) output, but it is not really
essential. Main use for the box is sound processing.
I use the same box with removable hard drive with
Windows 98SE and it would be very handy to be
able to use GeForce 2. Old TNT 400 display card works
with both. MB is M6TBA with PII or PIII (800 MHz,
100 MHz FSB).

Sakari

Which kernel do you run on the box? That'd be more of a variable that'd make quite a bit of difference than anything else. To find out which kernel is running:
uname -r

Cool

The kernel is unmodified 2.2.14, pretty old, but dependable.
Almost sure, I never even recompiled it. ALSA sound modules
are the only extra things I remember adding since 2000.

BTW. Is it better to start with SuSE 7.2 GF2 driver or the
most recent one (.4191)?

Sakari

Here's my suggestion, take it for what it's worth (I don't run SuSE nor Nvidia, so if that helps... ):

Build a new kernel. If you want to use the Nvidia drivers, build at least a 2.4.x kernel (and if you are building one now, just go with the latest 2.4.20).

After the kernel is built, get the tarball drivers, not the RPM's. Compile and install them according to the Nvidia documentation, and edit the files (such as XF86config) also as the documents say.

1 problem you may run into is your X release. Which version of Xfree86 are you running? As long as the Nvidia site says it'll work with it, then don't worry about compiling up a new X server; however if it's deemed "Too Old" you may also consider upgrading that.

Good Luck, my suggestion is alot of work, I don't know if I'd take it on (unless of course, I am me )

Cool