Just tried OpenSuse 10.2 and it fails. Instead of my installed Geforce 6600 FX card it recognized Geforce 6600 GT!! YAST did not give me any option to change this setting. In consequence grafical display is spoilt and I cannot use the system.

This must be my tenth successless attempt to bring a Linux running with satisfying results (except for Knoppix which is not very useful for me) - and I do count among some people as computer expert. Very interesting! Most of the systems fail due to grafic card problems and they don't give any advice or tools to setup parameters.

Actually I had expected more of Suse. Should I waste the time and try Ubuntu?

I pulled up a list of supported nVidia GPU's and I don't see a video card called 6600 FX. Perhaps you don't know what card you have or it is simply not supported. I suggest you contact nVidia and ask about support for your video card.


GeForce2 Go
GeForce2 Integrated GPU
GeForce2 MX 100/200
GeForce2 MX/MX 400
GeForce3
GeForce3 Ti 200
GeForce3 Ti 500
GeForce4 410 Go 16M
GeForce4 4200 Go
GeForce4 420 Go
GeForce4 420 Go 32M
GeForce4 440 Go
GeForce4 440 Go
GeForce4 460 Go
GeForce4 MX 4000
GeForce4 MX 420
GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X
GeForce4 MX 440
GeForce4 MX 440-SE
GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X
GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
GeForce4 MX 460
GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
GeForce4 Ti 4200
GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
GeForce4 Ti 4400
GeForce4 Ti 4600
GeForce4 Ti 4800
GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE
GeForce 6100
GeForce 6150
GeForce 6150 LE
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6200 LE
GeForce 6200 TurboCache™
GeForce 6500
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6600 LE
GeForce 6600 LE
GeForce 6600 VE
GeForce 6610 XL
GeForce 6700 XL
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6800/GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GS
GeForce 6800 GS
GeForce 6800 GS
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 XE
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce 7300 GS
GeForce 7300 GT
GeForce 7300 LE
GeForce 7300 SE
GeForce 7600 GS
GeForce 7600 GS
GeForce 7600 GT
GeForce 7800 GS
GeForce 7800 GS
GeForce 7800 GT
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 7800 GTX 512
GeForce 7900 GS
GeForce 7900 GT
GeForce 7900 GTX
GeForce 7950 GX2
GeForce FX 5100
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce FX 5200LE
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GeForce FX 5500
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
GeForce FX 5600XT
GeForce FX 5700
GeForce FX 5700LE
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce FX 5700VE
GeForce FX 5800
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900XT
GeForce FX 5900ZT
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
GeForce FX Go5100
GeForce FX Go5200
GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M
GeForce FX Go5250
GeForce FX Go53xx
GeForce FX Go5600
GeForce FX Go5650
GeForce FX Go5700
GeForce FX Go5700
GeForce Go 6200
GeForce Go 6200
GeForce Go 6400
GeForce Go 6400
GeForce Go 6600
GeForce Go 6600
GeForce Go 6600 GT
GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE
GeForce Go 6800
GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
GeForce Go 7300
GeForce Go 7400
GeForce Go 7600
GeForce Go 7800
GeForce Go 7800 GTX
GeForce Go 7900 GS
GeForce Go 7900 GTX
GeForce PCX 4300
GeForce PCX 5750
GeForce PCX 5900
Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go
Quadro4 380 XGL
Quadro4 500 GoGL
Quadro4 550 XGL
Quadro4 580 XGL
Quadro4 700 GoGL
Quadro4 700 XGL
Quadro4 750 XGL
Quadro4 780 XGL
Quadro4 900 XGL
Quadro4 980 XGL
Quadro DCC
Quadro FX 1000
Quadro FX 1100
Quadro FX 1300
Quadro FX 1400
Quadro FX 1500
Quadro FX 1500M
Quadro FX 2000
Quadro FX 2500M
Quadro FX 3000
Quadro FX 330/GeForce PCX 5300
Quadro FX 3400
Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI
Quadro FX 350M
Quadro FX 3500
Quadro FX 4000
Quadro FX 4400
Quadro FX 4500
Quadro FX 4500
Quadro FX 5500
Quadro FX 350
Quadro FX 500/600 PCI
Quadro FX 540
Quadro FX 550
Quadro FX 560
Quadro FX 700
Quadro FX Go1000
Quadro FX Go1400
Quadro FX Go700
Quadro NVS
Quadro NVS 110M
Quadro NVS 110M
Quadro NVS 120M
Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Quadro NVS 280 PCI-E/Quadro FX 330D
Quadro NVS 285
Quadro NVS 440
Quadro NVS 50 PCI
Quadro NVS with AGP8X

Thank You,

The FX series are all 5xxx level cards. Some manufacturers claim to be producing a FX6600, but it is a name chosen for advertising reasons, not a valid NVIDIA GPU. In any event, the solution is to install the card in openSUSE using any driver that works out of the box. Then, install the unified driver from NVIDIA. You can start here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

Thanks, I don't have the energy to spend another useless nights investigating. I will happily return to Windows which mysteriously supports all of my wild hardware. I'll give it another try next year, wondering if I will live long enough to see a Linux installation rendering something useful. - Just tried a Kubuntu 6.10 created from the Chip-DVD. It failed installing after 85% of the software. Number 11 ..

Many distros offer Live CD versions. You might want to go that route to get a preview of how your machine will function with a particular distro

I know Nvidia products, and SuSE is correct it is a 6600GT. Whoever labeled your card FX6600 just made that up.

read some stuff, ask questions before flamming Linux for your ignorance/bad luck in the matter.