Re: nvidia 6600 gt agp problems

djdanjunk@gmail.com adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear to write:

> I cant set my display setting from the defalt VESA framebuffer
> graphics to the nvidia 6600gt setting without having problems! after
i
> use these setting, when i reboot, i come to a half blue half black
> screen with the clock as a mouse the i can move about the screen but

> thats it! What do I do??? I have SUES 9.2 64bit
>
> I have:
> dell e172fp motitor
> nvidia 6600 gt agp
> abit av8 motherboard
> sould blaster live 24bit
> 512 mb pny ram @ 266mhz
> 80 gig HD
> DVD Burner
> CD Burner

Any errors in:-

/var/log/XFree86.0.log
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
/var/log/nvidia-installer.log

or the .xsession-errors in your home dir

If you cannot get to a GUI then use mc on the commandline ( this is amidnight commander clone that might be easier than the commands
depending on you experience )

Have you d/loaded the Nvidia package with Yast Online Update and
configured the card to use the Nvidia module?

Or are you trying to use the drivers from the Nvidia site?

What have you done so far please, just so I know where to start from.

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

> djdanjunk@gmail.com adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
> underwear to write:
>
> > I cant set my display setting from the defalt VESA framebuffer
> > graphics to the nvidia 6600gt setting without having problems!
after i
> > use these setting, when i reboot, i come to a half blue half black

> > screen with the clock as a mouse the i can move about the screen
but
> > thats it! What do I do??? I have SUES 9.2 64bit
> >
> > I have:
> > dell e172fp motitor
> > nvidia 6600 gt agp
> > abit av8 motherboard
> > sould blaster live 24bit
> > 512 mb pny ram @ 266mhz
> > 80 gig HD
> > DVD Burner
> > CD Burner
>
> Any errors in:-
>
> /var/log/XFree86.0.log
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
>
> or the .xsession-errors in your home dir
>
> If you cannot get to a GUI then use mc on the commandline ( this is
a
> midnight commander clone that might be easier than the commands
> depending on you experience )
>
> Have you d/loaded the Nvidia package with Yast Online Update and
> configured the card to use the Nvidia module?
>
> Or are you trying to use the drivers from the Nvidia site?
>
> What have you done so far please, just so I know where to start
from.
>
>
> --
> Mark
> Novell Support Forums SysOp
> Twixt hill and high water
> N. Wales, UK.
>

I dont think i will have any errors because i have just reinstalled
suse
9.2 64 bit again! I have tryed downloading the drivers from the nvidia
web
stie, but the readme file says suse user should get the driver via the
suse
online update, so i used that, istalled the new drivers, used yast to
go to
display, change it from bega framebuffer graphivs to the nvidia 6600
gt,
click test and i still just a get a black screen (i have to press my
reset
button to reset ,ctrl+ alt +del dont work)
I am very new when it comes to linux, i only installed it yesterday!
So if you can help, please try to explain it like your talking to a
baby
cause i really i new at this! thanks

djdanjunk@gmai.com adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear to write:


>
> I dont think i will have any errors because i have just reinstalled> suse 9.2 64 bit again! I have tryed downloading the drivers from the

> nvidia web stie, but the readme file says suse user should get the
> driver via the suse online update, so i used that, istalled the new> drivers, used yast to go to display, change it from bega framebuffer

> graphivs to the nvidia 6600 gt, click test and i still just a get a> black screen (i have to press my reset button to reset ,ctrl+ alt
+del
> dont work) I am very new when it comes to linux, i only installed it

> yesterday! So if you can help, please try to explain it like your
> talking to a baby cause i really i new at this! thanks

IIRC the problem is that the drivers supplied by online update are anolder version and are not 100% with the 2.6 64bit kernels, newer 6600and 6800 cards and Xorg.

Steps to take:-

Make sure you have the kernel source and the development packages
installed ( make+gcc ), use Yast to add software and pick the
"Sections" section, you will need the compiler and make and the kernel

source.

Once you have all installed then do an online update just in case anyapps need an upgrade.

D/Load the AMD64bit Nvidia graphics package from the Nvidia site intoyour home dir.

open a Konsole ( the little icon with the monitor on, I shall put
comments in curly brackets ) the enter:-


su
{this logs you on as root and will ask for roots password}

{enter password}

cd /usr/src/linux

make cloneconfig
make prepare-all

{ this will make sure that the kernel source has the right settings
for
the kernel you are running, lots of gibberish will scroll up the
screen, when it is finished, without errors hopefully, log out of KDEor Gnome when the login screen comes up again press Ctrl+Alt+F1, thiswill switch you to the black terminal screen and a login prompt, login

as root and enter password then continue with}

init 3

{ this will shutdown the Xserver, you cannot install the Nvidias with
it
running when it says "runlevel 3 reached" continue with }

cd /home/{your user name where you D/loaded the Nvidias to }

sh ./NVIDIA- {just press Tab and it should auto complete for you}

{and follow the onscreen prompts, when it asks if you want to check
the
net for a newer version answer "No", if all goes well then after it
finishes and says all is installed and you are back at the root
prompt,
if you have already configured your card with Sax2 or Yast so that itis using the Nvidias already then just}

init 5

{ to start the Xserver again, if you have problems


If there are any problems and X won`t start and drops you back to theterminal just run :-

sax2 -l -r -m 0=nvidia

{ that is a small "L" in -l }

this will start the graphic configuring program in "L"ow res
640x480@60Hz re-initialise the graphics database and load the Nvidia
modules, follow the steps to configure your monitor and card and makesure when all is done you take the "Test" option before saving, if all

is well you will exit out to the root prompt again and type:

init 5

to get it up and running.

Hopefully that is all you will need to do, there could be a couple ofgotchas but we will come to them if you hit them ( don`t want to
confuse you anymore than is needed at the moment )


Any probs just holler.

HTH


I think that is all the right stuff but if anyone can spot any glaring

mistakes please jump in, I have a house full of little "darlings" at
the moment so am a "little distracted" ( that is the polite way of
putting it, don`t want to have to cancel my own article due to
profanity :-)


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

thanks for helping me!
your not going to belive this out i am stuck on the terminal program:i type su:
then the root password:
then it tpye what you say and i get this:
linux:/home/dan # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24-obj:
then i get to:
linux:/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24-obj # make cloneconfig
and i get:
make: *** No rule to make target `cloneconfig'. Stop.

djdanjunk@gmail.com adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear to write:

> thanks for helping me!
> your not going to belive this out i am stuck on the terminal
program:
> i type su:
> then the root password:
> then it tpye what you say and i get this:
> linux:/home/dan # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24-obj:
> then i get to:
> linux:/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24-obj # make cloneconfig
> and i get:
> make: *** No rule to make target `cloneconfig'. Stop.

That directory is the "obj"ect files.

You should be in the /usr/src/linux dir, this is a symlink to the
kernel
source, yours would be /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24, if that directory is
not there then you have not got the kernel-source package installed


HTH

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

ok, thanks
I have used yast and installed the gcc, i already had make install it
says!
when i go to my file:/usr/src, it still only shows linux-2.6.8-24-obj!
how
do i download the other kernal?

> ok, thanks
> I have used yast and installed the gcc, i already had make install
it says!
> when i go to my file:/usr/src, it still only shows
linux-2.6.8-24-obj! how
> do i download the other kernal?


it would help if i done the update liek you said!lol, sry, il try that
a mo!

djdanjunk@gmail.com adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear to write:

>> ok, thanks
>> I have used yast and installed the gcc, i already had make install
it
>> says! when i go to my file:/usr/src, it still only shows
>> linux-2.6.8-24-obj! how do i download the other kernal?
>
>
> it would help if i done the update liek you said!lol, sry, il try
that
> a mo!

Use Yast>Install & remove first and choose "search" enter kernel as
the
search and it should bring up the Kernel-source rpm, make sure it is
not the kernel.src.rpm ( that is a totally different rpm.

Then do an online update to make sure that it is the right version for

your running kernel.

HTH

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

djdanjunk@gmail.com adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear to write:

>> ok, thanks
>> I have used yast and installed the gcc, i already had make install
it
>> says! when i go to my file:/usr/src, it still only shows
>> linux-2.6.8-24-obj! how do i download the other kernal?
>
>
> it would help if i done the update liek you said!lol, sry, il try
that
> a mo!

Don`t worry you are getting there

Just takes a bit of patience, after a while you will get the hang of
it.

But most of all, enjoy it.

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

> djdanjunk@gmail.com adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
> underwear to write:
>
> >> ok, thanks
> >> I have used yast and installed the gcc, i already had make
install it
> >> says! when i go to my file:/usr/src, it still only shows
> >> linux-2.6.8-24-obj! how do i download the other kernal?
> >
> >
> > it would help if i done the update liek you said!lol, sry, il try
that
> > a mo!
>
> Use Yast>Install & remove first and choose "search" enter kernel as
the
> search and it should bring up the Kernel-source rpm, make sure it is

> not the kernel.src.rpm ( that is a totally different rpm.
>
> Then do an online update to make sure that it is the right version
for
> your running kernel.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Mark
> Novell Support Forums SysOp
> Twixt hill and high water
> N. Wales, UK.

found it,lol, kernel source 198 mb file, i was not check so i guess
not
installed , doing it now
>