Media plugin problem

[silkmaze]

Originally Posted by caf4926

Try a Update all Unconditionally using the system filter from the repos

Post any errors here for us to look at
Use the expert button in the error box to save all the info to file - then copy it here.

I'll do this in the morning. Sorry, but we don't have a great broad-band service here (Caribbean).

[silkmaze]

Originally Posted by TaraIkeda

That might be the source of the issue then, I have heard of issues like this with certain nvidia cards.
Are you using KDE4?

I am using KDE4.

[silkmaze]

Downloading and installing is finished. I just tried Kaffeine, Mplayer, SMPlayer, they all work now. No flashing red lattice.


One last question, where, in this forum, can read up on how to enable the 3D effects of OpenSuse? I saw it being demonstrated at the CeBit in March of this year and have heard much about it. I bought my graphics card, with the DDR3 RAM, specifically for it.

Thank you very much for helping me out this weekend.

[caf4926]

Originally Posted by silkmaze

Downloading and installing is finished. I just tried Kaffeine, Mplayer, SMPlayer, they all work now. No flashing red lattice.


One last question, where, in this forum, can read up on how to enable the 3D effects of OpenSuse? I saw it being demonstrated at the CeBit in March of this year and have heard much about it. I bought my graphics card, with the DDR3 RAM, specifically for it.

Thank you very much for helping me out this weekend.

Well this is good news.

Re; Nvidia
have you not even tried installing the driver.

If it were me my first choice would be to add the nvidia repo
http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1/

Then use Software Management filter by repo and go to the nvidia repo you just added. Scroll down to the bottom and and click the box on the package: x11-video-nvidiaG02.....
This should bring in everything else, then just accept.

When it's done - logout and back in or reboot
You may have to go to Yast - Hardware - Graphics and monitor
And setup in there the resolution, screen and check the 3D box etc...

Logout and back in again

Make sure you don't use auto-login! If you do - switch it off.

If things go wrong, the failsafe boot should get you back in to some sort of UI.

[silkmaze]

Originally Posted by caf4926

Well this is good news.

Re; Nvidia
have you not even tried installing the driver.

If it were me my first choice would be to add the nvidia repo
http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1/

Then use Software Management filter by repo and go to the nvidia repo you just added. Scroll down to the bottom and and click the box on the package: x11-video-nvidiaG02.....
This should bring in everything else, then just accept.

When it's done - logout and back in or reboot
You may have to go to Yast - Hardware - Graphics and monitor
And setup in there the resolution, screen and check the 3D box etc...

Logout and back in again

Make sure you don't use auto-login! If you do - switch it off.

If things go wrong, the failsafe boot should get you back in to some sort of UI.

I have hte nvidia repo installed. I started software management and then typed in nvidia in the search box, after which all the nvidia components were listed.

Then problem I have is not knowing which packages to install. I have an Nvidia 9800 GTX+ and so I installed the following packages when I installed Opensuse 11.1:

nvidia-gfx G02-kmp-default - Nvidia graphics kernel module for GeForce 6xxx and newer GPUs

nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae - Nvidia graphics kernel module for GeForce 6xxx and newer GPUs

nvidia-settings - Configuration Tool for nVidia GPUs

x11-video-nvidiaG02 - Nvidia graphics driver for GeForce 6xxx and newer GPUs

I'm not sure if these are the correct ones to install, however I couldn't see that the others being offered would be the right ones : GeForceFX and GeForce4 GPUs

I did check the Harware settings and 3D is checked.

I probably didn't explain myself properly. I saw at the CeBit, one of the demonstrators, pressing a key on the keyboard then using the mouse, the screen became a 3D box and he could rotate it 90° to the next app he had running, he also mentioned that he was using compiz to do so.

Unfortunately my friend was in a frenzy, he was on a winning streak with all the competitions and was anxious to get to the next drawing (he ended the day with prizes worth over €1800.00), so I didn't get a chance to ask how to enable that function. Since then I have moved to the Caribbean and finally my PC arrived.

I have seen on seen some examples of this on Youtube, but haven't found a dumbed down version to explain how to enable this feature.

Could you help me with that, please?

[caf4926]

I said just check the one x11-video-nvidiaG02
Everything else should just fall into place
Eg; the kernel part. In your reply you list both default and pae, you only need one of those, depending on if you use pae or default kernel

So do as I say, in the nvidia repo just check x11-video-nvidiaG02
And watch and see if the other packages don't get dragged in!

Then accept
or reply back if the packages don't seem to get automatically added.

[silkmaze]

Originally Posted by caf4926

I said just check the one x11-video-nvidiaG02
Everything else should just fall into place
Eg; the kernel part. In your reply you list both default and pae, you only need one of those, depending on if you use pae or default kernel

So do as I say, in the nvidia repo just check x11-video-nvidiaG02
And watch and see if the other packages don't get dragged in!

Then accept
or reply back if the packages don't seem to get automatically added.

Done. Rebooted the PC. It stops on the cli.

Master Resource Control: runlevel 5 has been
reached
Skipped services in runlevel 5:
nfs smbfs

Welcome to openSUSE 11.1 - Kernel 2.6.27.23-0.1-pae (tty1)

linux-lzlz login:

How do I get back to my KDE?

I will login as su, after that I need your help.

[caf4926]

Don't login as root.

Try this first.
At the CLI login, where it says login:
type your username
followed by password

now try typing:

startx

If that fails try failsafe, which is what I suggested earlier. Report back if none of these work

[caf4926]

If the above fails we can do the following to get you back to where you were:

Pause the boot by moving the down arrow, then back up to the default boot. But now press backspace, it should delete any text where you can see VGA=...etc
Remove all text and now type just the number:
3
and hit enter

at the login type your user name and then password
now type:
su
then the root password
now type this:
sax2 -r -m 0=vesa
(N.B. the 0 is a zero not a letter)
now reboot: type: reboot
if you don't get a gui login
login as user at cli and try this at the cli
startx
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[silkmaze]

Originally Posted by caf4926

Don't login as root.

Try this first.
At the CLI login, where it says login:
type your username
followed by password

now try typing:

startx

If that fails try failsafe, which is what I suggested earlier. Report back if none of these work

I typed in startx, as you said. I got a whole bunch of messages, starting with

xauth: creating new authority file /home/silkmaze/.serverauth.4296

X.Org X Server 1.5.2
Release Date: 10 October 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
Current Operating System: Linux linux-lzlz 2.6.27.23-0.1-pae #1 SMP 2009-05-26 17:02:05 -0400 i686

Build Date 27 February 2009 02:03:33PM

Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config
file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice,
(II) informational, (WW) warning,
(EE) error, (NI) not implemented,
(??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log.Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon July 6 13:27:05 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
FATAL: Module nvidia not found.
(EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
(EE)NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to Xserver
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
silkmaze-lzlz:~>

I then tried typing in failsafe:

silkmaze-lzlz:~> failsafe
-bash: failsafe: command not found
silkmaze-lzlz:~>

Sorry for taking so long to post this. I am using my XP laptop to post, until my PC is working properly.