nVidia driver and 10.0

Can anyone tell me what is going on with the nVidia binary driver. I
can't now remember the exact sequence of events, but after I had
initially installed 10.0, I ran an update and installed the nvidia
driver. I saw the nvidia splash screen after the install. At some
stage, my kernel was upgraded automatically to the smp kernel. I can't
say whether this happened before the smp kernel upgrade. (I'm running
on an HT P4). Now I have no nvidia. Instead, I seem to be getting some
dummy nvidia module that actually loads the nv module.

A complication is that I am using an Atheros a/b/g wireless card, which
seem to be implemented with a proprietary driver, so I reluctant to grab
kernel sources and compile myself (although I have had success with the
madwifi drivers for Atheros when using Gentoo.)

When I run YOU, all I can find is the dummy nv driver, masquerading as
nvidia.

Can I install the nvidia binary driver against my
kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.13-15?

Thanks.
Peter

Peter B. West wrote:


> Can I install the nvidia binary driver against my
> kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.13-15?
>
Yes
Make sure, that you've installed matching kernel-source-2.6.13-15, cd
to /usr/src/linuv and run make cloneconfig; make prepare-all.
This is a requirement after every kernel update/change on SuSE to be able to
compile additional modules.

Then change to runlevel 3 and run the nvidia installer again. The installer
will either find a precompiled kernel module or compile the kernel module
from source.

Markus Koßmann wrote:
> Peter B. West wrote:
>
>
>> Can I install the nvidia binary driver against my
>> kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.13-15?
>>
> Yes
> Make sure, that you've installed matching kernel-source-2.6.13-15, cd
> to /usr/src/linuv and run make cloneconfig; make prepare-all.
> This is a requirement after every kernel update/change on SuSE to be able to
> compile additional modules.
>
> Then change to runlevel 3 and run the nvidia installer again. The installer
> will either find a precompiled kernel module or compile the kernel module
> from source.

Thanks for this. Now, where do I find the installer? It isn't in the CD
set, so I've gone to
ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source/suse/
but it ain't there.

I have no idea how I found it last time, but it doesn't seem t be in the
same place.

Any clues?

Peter
Peter

Peter B. West wrote:

> Markus Koßmann wrote:
>> Peter B. West wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Can I install the nvidia binary driver against my
>>> kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.13-15?
>>>
>> Yes
>> Make sure, that you've installed matching kernel-source-2.6.13-15, cd
>> to /usr/src/linuv and run make cloneconfig; make prepare-all.
>> This is a requirement after every kernel update/change on SuSE to be able
>> to compile additional modules.
>>
>> Then change to runlevel 3 and run the nvidia installer again. The
>> installer will either find a precompiled kernel module or compile the
>> kernel module from source.
>
> Thanks for this. Now, where do I find the installer? It isn't in the CD
> set, so I've gone to
> ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source/suse/
> but it ain't there.
>
> I have no idea how I found it last time, but it doesn't seem t be in the
> same place.
>
> Any clues?
>

Hi Peter,

it should be in YOU when you select Installed and Installable patches.
That downloads and runs script fetchnvidia.sh, that will do the rest.
Of course it works if you updated kernel sources too.

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Regards,
Rajko.

Peter B. West adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:


> Thanks for this. Now, where do I find the installer? It isn't in the
> CD set, so I've gone to
> ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source/suse/
> but it ain't there.
>
> I have no idea how I found it last time, but it doesn't seem t be in
> the same place.

Grab the latest from the Nvidia site and place it in your /root home
dir, that way when you log on as root in runlevel 3 it is there ready
for install.

HTH

--
Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp

> Peter B. West wrote:
>
>
> > Can I install the nvidia binary driver against my
> > kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.13-15?
> >
> Yes
> Make sure, that you've installed matching kernel-source-2.6.13-15, cd
> to /usr/src/linuv and run make cloneconfig; make prepare-all.
> This is a requirement after every kernel update/change on SuSE to be able to
> compile additional modules.
>
> Then change to runlevel 3 and run the nvidia installer again. The installer
> will either find a precompiled kernel module or compile the kernel module
> from source.

Good morning,
I have also problems with th nVidia driver

First I did it cleanly with Yast update (the kernel sources were already
updated). The result was I could not start the X-Server any more.

Secondly I've tried this way. The nVidia script gives an error while
compile the kernel module.

Thanks for helpfull answers

Pierre

> > Peter B. West wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Can I install the nvidia binary driver against my
> > > kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.13-15?
> > >
> > Yes
> > Make sure, that you've installed matching kernel-source-2.6.13-15, cd
> > to /usr/src/linuv and run make cloneconfig; make prepare-all.
> > This is a requirement after every kernel update/change on SuSE to be
able to
> > compile additional modules.
> >
> > Then change to runlevel 3 and run the nvidia installer again. The
installer
> > will either find a precompiled kernel module or compile the kernel module
> > from source.
>
> Good morning,
> I have also problems with th nVidia driver
>
> First I did it cleanly with Yast update (the kernel sources were already
> updated). The result was I could not start the X-Server any more.
>
> Secondly I've tried this way. The nVidia script gives an error while
> compile the kernel module.
>
> Thanks for helpfull answers
>
> Pierre


I have tried with the option -kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux an it works !

But when I run sax2 -m 0:nvidia I get an error 'no srceens found'

pierre.lor@telenet.be wrote in news:vQ4yf.591$fO.72@prv-
forum2.provo.novell.com:

> But when I run sax2 -m 0:nvidia I get an error 'no srceens found'

sax2 -m 0=nvidia

Uwe

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