Installed Nvidia Driver And Now Go To Command Line

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Ok so i screwed up somewhere and am not really sure where. have been trying to fix my mess but what i have found online so far has not helped. or rather i'm sure i'm not doing something right. So asking for a little babying...

I have a GeForce 6200 TurboCahce
Module = nv

I believe in Yast i installed x11-video-nvidia, nvidia-gfx-kmp-default. But from what i have seen at hxxp://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html#2 is that i should have been using x11-video-nvidiaG01, nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-default. So first need a clairification on that i guess.

and then at the hxxp://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA#The_hard_way i try to follow the hard way but have a hard time following the first two steps..

cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig
make prepare

first off the linux folder is linux-2.6.18.8-0.5-obj does that really matter if it is just not plain linux? but on the next step i get

LinuxServer:/usr/src/inux-2.6.18.8-0.5-obj/ # make cloneconfig
make: *** No rule to make target 'cloneconfig'. stop.

and thens once we get hat figured out i will explain what happens when i do

sh NVIDIA-Linux-<arch>-<version>-<build>-<pkg#>.run -q

thanks alot, i'm sure i'm just doing something stupid, completely new at this...and i would usually do even more research and eventually find something, but kinda want the comfort of my gui back asap...thanks again


-matt

try this for a manual install

ensure you have kernel sources & gcc,make etc installed
remember where you downloaded the driver to

1) boot to runlevel 3 (or failsafe from boot menu )
2)log in as normal then su to root,then cd to where you downloaded the drivers
3) type sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-xxxx-pkg1.run ( where xxxx is the driver version)
4) accept licence agreement
5) it won't find kernel modules & asks to connect press yes
6) can't find suitable will compile it's own ok
7) installs driver
8) gives a load of blurb at end
9) returns to prompt

this part to be done if you didn't let it change your x11

10)type sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
11) sax does it's stuff
12) accept
13) back to prompt
14)at the prompt type reboot & press enter
15) log in as normal

hope this mini step by step helps

andy

ok well i do not have the linux kernel so i tried doing:

cd /usr/src
wget hxxp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.22.1.bz2


when i do that it can not resolve kernel.org, so i did it mannually
i get 88.198.39.133

so i do

wget 88.198.39.133/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.22.1.bz2 and get a network unreachable.

what do i need to do here?

i'm pretty sure i have make and gcc when i installed them with yast. but how would i double check that?

thanks again

go to yast -> software management & type it in the search field. same goes for kernel sources etc. make sure you have your cd/dvd handy

andy

awesome got it to work thanks andy...just needed to do the yast -i kernel-source by its self and it downloaed not problem...i guess it did not like the yast -i kernel-source make gcc being all group together. now i just need to go get an idiots guide to linux or something that will help with my basic understanding of installing drivers and compiling the kernel and better knowledge of the command line..

thanks again

Excellent, glad you got it sorted.now enjoy. as for literature, there has been plenty recommendations on the forum. have a scout around

andy