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Old 06-09-2005, 09:15 AM   #1
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Angry Suse 9.2 3D Driver


I have tried downloading the 3D driver 3 times using YOU and it just doesnt seem to work
Any ideas???
 
Old 06-09-2005, 10:15 AM   #2
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Download the nVidia driver from nVidia:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
Make sure you have kernel source installed and prepared:
cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig
make prepare-all

and then install the nVidia driver. (as root in runlevel 3)

Complete instructions here:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup...nstaller-HOWTO

Run Sax2 to write the Xorg.conf file

1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
Update it - if not already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU).

2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-7664.

modprobe agpgart
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7664-pkg2.run -q

3) Configure X.Org with

sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)

NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already
enabled, when the nvidia driver is running.

Last edited by LinuxVB; 06-09-2005 at 11:53 AM.
 
Old 06-09-2005, 10:17 AM   #3
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Quote:
Originally posted by LinuxVB
Download the nVidia driver from nVidia:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
Make sure you have kernel source installed and prepared:
cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig
make prepare-all

and then install the nVidia driver. (as root in runlevel 3)

Complete instructions here:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup...nstaller-HOWTO

Run Sax2 to write the Xorg.conf file

1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
Update it - if not already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU).

2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-7664.

modprobe agpgart
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-7664-pkg2.run -q

3) Configure X.Org with

sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)

NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already
enabled, when the nvidia driver is running.

Wow that seems very complicated
Isnt there a way to get it to do it via YOU easily?
 
Old 06-09-2005, 11:04 AM   #4
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I prefer to install it by myself, it's not that complicated, maybe the way that LinuxVB explained to you. Follow this steps:

0- Go to yast and make sure you have installed the kernel-source
1- init 3 (as root)
2- rmmod nvidia
3- cd /usr/src/linux
4- make cloneconfig
5- make prepare-all
6- go to the folder where you have downloaded the driver from nvidia
7- sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run -q --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux
8- modprobe nvidia
9- sax2 -m 0=nvidia

If you still think that is VERY complicated, i know that there is a way to install it via YOU(but i never did it), this is from nvidia HOWTO:

"Inside YOU enable "Installable and Installed Patches" for "Show Patch
Category" and select "Download NVIDIA(r) Graphics Driver" from the
patches list (usually at the bottom of the list). Note, that you need
to mark it as "Update" (right mouse click) if you already installed it
before and the driver was uninstalled - for any reason. Proceed as
usual now. After YOU has finished restart your Xserver (i.e. logout
from your Xsession) and you're fine."

Hope this help-
 
Old 06-09-2005, 11:08 AM   #5
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After you install the driver, the 3D option will show you that it's disable, but that isn't true. So do not try to enable it.
 
Old 06-09-2005, 11:09 AM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by Lier
I prefer to install it by myself, it's not that complicated, maybe the way that LinuxVB explained to you. Follow this steps:

0- Go to yast and make sure you have installed the kernel-source
1- init 3 (as root)
2- rmmod nvidia
3- cd /usr/src/linux
4- make cloneconfig
5- make prepare-all
6- go to the folder where you have downloaded the driver from nvidia
7- sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run -q --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux
8- modprobe nvidia
9- sax2 -m 0=nvidia

If you still think that is VERY complicated, i know that there is a way to install it via YOU(but i never did it), this is from nvidia HOWTO:

"Inside YOU enable "Installable and Installed Patches" for "Show Patch
Category" and select "Download NVIDIA(r) Graphics Driver" from the
patches list (usually at the bottom of the list). Note, that you need
to mark it as "Update" (right mouse click) if you already installed it
before and the driver was uninstalled - for any reason. Proceed as
usual now. After YOU has finished restart your Xserver (i.e. logout
from your Xsession) and you're fine."

Hope this help-

Thank you for the info, I tried doing it with YOU, and I did it the way you said and the system seems to think it is installed, but when I got to turn it on in SAX it seems to think I dont have it!
 
Old 06-09-2005, 11:17 AM   #7
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I had the exactly same problem as you, but i fixed up with the step 8. Are you sure you did it the same way???
 
Old 06-09-2005, 11:27 AM   #8
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Quote:
Originally posted by Lier
I had the exactly same problem as you, but i fixed up with the step 8. Are you sure you did it the same way???

Whoops, no I mean I did it with YOU and it didnt work
 
Old 06-09-2005, 03:52 PM   #9
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if "YOU" would have worked (which do work for NVIDIA - but some report not )
correctly and you would have the driver installed

CTRL+ALT+F2
login as root

init 3

sax2

(configure gfx-card and monitor - test- save)

init 5


[you asked a lot of questions today? - Hopefully you have a NVIDIA card and not ATI - and the people tell you the Nvidia way )

what happens if you try in a console

3dinfo
glxinfo

Is it the Nvidia or the nv driver you using?
 
  


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