I have two questions:
1. If I have an AMD turion 64x2, but am running 32bit suse 10.2, which nvidia drivers do I use, the IA32 or the IA64? I don't know if I am supposed to match software or hardware with those numbers.

2. I did try to install the drivers following the directions here:
http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-...r-HOWTO.html#1 and here: http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/60/.

Both times upon restarting I got a message saying X.Org was not supported? and went to the command line. I don't know enough about the command line to reverse what I did so I had to reinstall the system. The second time I did check modprob and it stated no nvidia driver found. It was late at night and I rebooted anyway back to having no desktop. I am reinstalling now, but won't touch the graphics till I learn more. (I followed the directions to the "T". Was I supposed to download a driver, then follow the directions-or was that downloading the driver?)

BTW: Everything else on the "How To" post worked on my laptop: Compaq Presario V6120US (Circuit City version of V6000) with Nvidia GF 6150 Go.

Err... neither?

Why would you try to install an IA driver when there is one clearly labled... "AMD64" right on the driver download page at nvidia?

And how about you try just going to nvidia.com and following the instructions they provide instead of guessing if others got it right.

1. The first link was the directions from Nvidia themselves. (Or at least a link provided on their driver page.)
2. Since I am operating a 32bit OS on a 64Amd and am unfamiliar with what the initials stood for, I thought that was a valid question.
3. In "NVIDIA's" instructions for SuSe users, the instructions are exactly the same for either choice.
4. As I admit that I am learning, I started through the process again and found that my card is not supported in the driver that dowloads when following the directions for SuSe.
See here:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...highlight=6150

Following the instructions gives me the current driver-not one of the two listed for my card.

Thank you.

P.S.: I am a Newbie, not an idiot.

Oh, why are you running the 32 bit? Your card should be supported just fine as long as you are using the correct os.

On "Why 32 bit" - I didn't realize I was on a 64 bit system for a little while, and when installing Fedora Core I don't recall being given an option to pick a 64 bit kernel. Is there a way to change to 64 bit without frying everything I've installed up to this point? I have a few science applications that are a huge pain to install (AIPS, IRAF), and a whole lot of peripheral things that took forever.

Phil, did you ever get your card to work properly? I tried installing the nvidia drivers and they failed very badly, I've had to stick with nv. Does anyone know if the AMD64 drivers on a 64 bit OS work, while 32 and 64 bit on a 32 bit OS don't work?

(also, as far as I know, you have to match the OS/kernel, not the hardware, to get it to install, but maybe that's why it doesn't actually work)

Adam

I run AMD 64 Turion on the laptop with 32 bit OS.
I use the same Go 6150 card. using Nvidia 32bit driver.
no problems in 3d

I apologize for not getting back here with an update.
Yes, I did get it working as soon as I followed the "Hard" (not really) instructions for Suse that NVidia has a link to. The yast instructions would not work as the driver downloaded did not support the card. By using the newest drivers and compiling them myself I was able to get everything to work. Thanks.