Nvidia + Suse 10.3 64-bit Problems

Hello everyone.
I'm having a problem when trying to install the nvidia driver. I checked Pablo's post and it doesn't seem to be the same problem. My puter ahs been working for months on Windows without any problems, but I've decided to try Linux since I'm using it at work. I installed Linux on a second disk.

So here's the problem description:

Running OpenSuse 10.3 64-bit, trying Yast update, NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.12-pkg2.run and NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.08-pkg2.run. uname -r returns this version: 2.6.22.17-0.1-default

This is what I did:
1-Fresh install OpenSuse 10.3 from DVD
2-Log on and configure network
3-Update all packages via YAST (OpenSuse repos only)
4-reboot
5-Update any remaining packages (OpenSuse repos only, still had two non-critical updates needed)


Then I use the following to update the driver:
opensuse-community dot org/nvidia.ymp

It updates apparently with no problems, up until this point the GUI is working fine. But if I restart or log off, I get a frozen black screen with a static _ in the top left.
The only way to resume operation is by resetting the PC.

I then relog (init 3 to avoid the locked black screen)
I try the second way of updating:

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.08-pkg2.run -q

It also completes wthout problems
But then I try to run:
sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia

Again the screen goes black with a static _ on the top left right after Sax2 tries to load the GUI

I don't have remote console access to the computer (so I can't generate the debug logs)

I've even tried tweaking, following the instructions in here:
www dot novell dot com /coolsolutions/feature/17174.html ( Option "NoFlip" "True", Option "Composite" "off")
but the screen still locks.

After searching for some hours I found this site:
en dot opensuse dot org /NVIDIA#The_easy_way

It states that a possible problem may occur on Gigabyte motherboards (I have a K8NS Pro running Atlhon 64):

Using AGP graphics boards with some motherboards you may need to manually add [Option "NvAGP" "2"] as shown below. This was the case with a Gigabyte GA-K8NS AMD64 motherboard and AGP Nvidia FX5200 graphics board. Without this command X failed to start.

Section "Device"

BoardName "GeForce FX 5200 (0x0322)"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "NVidia"
Option "NvAGP" "2"

EndSection [/b]

I added that and now instead of a locked black screen X fails to load and sends me back to the prompt. Even if I don't use init 3. If I try using startx I get the same error.

I tried even running sax2 -a, but after a "successful" run X won't start.
I'm including a few logs here.

If anyone has any idea on how to solve this, I'd be grateful.
Cheers!

LOGS

xorg.conf

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Thu Feb 14 18:13:41 PST 2008

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-05-16T20:32:05-0300.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
Screen "Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Driver "kbd"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "br"
Option "XkbModel" "abnt2"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "10"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
ModeLine "1680x1050" 119.0 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
VendorName "SAM"
ModelName "SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER"
UseModes "Modes[0]"
DisplaySize 494 320
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 75.0
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVidia"
BoardName "GeForce 6800 Ultra"
Option "NvAGP" "2"
Option "UseCompositeWrapper" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Device "Device[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection[/b]

xorg.0.log, generated after I can't load X

X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: Tue Jan 22 17:03:42 UTC 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
Current Operating System: Linux curustation-lx 2.6.22.17-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008/02/10 20:01:04 UTC x86_64
Build Date: 22 January 2008
Before reporting problems, check
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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: Sat May 17 00:07:00 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout[all]"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen[0]" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor[0]"
(**) | |-->Device "Device[0]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard[0]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse[1]"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/japanese" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/xtest" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/URW,
/usr/share/fonts/Speedo,
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic,
/usr/share/fonts/truetype,
/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled,
/opt/kde3/share/fonts
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
(**) Input device list set to "/dev/gpmdata,/dev/input/mice"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "off"
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x7c46e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 1.2
X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,00e1 card 0000,0000 rev a1 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,00e0 card 1458,0c11 rev a2 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,00e4 card 1458,0c11 rev a1 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,00e7 card 1458,5004 rev a1 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 10de,00e7 card 1458,5004 rev a1 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:2: chip 10de,00e8 card 1458,5004 rev a2 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10de,00ea card 1458,a002 rev a1 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,00e5 card f458,5002 rev a2 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10de,00e3 card 1458,b002 rev a2 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 10de,00e2 card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 10de,00ed card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0040 card 0000,0000 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:09:0: chip 14e4,4329 card 1737,0060 rev 01 class 02,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:0b:0: chip 11ab,4320 card 1458,e000 rev 13 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:0d:0: chip 1095,3512 card 1095,3512 rev 01 class 01,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:0e:0: chip 104c,8024 card 1458,1000 rev 00 class 0c,00,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:11:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf2000000 - 0xf4ffffff (0x3000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:14:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009cff (0x100) IX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000acff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf6ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x88000000 - 0x880fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 Ultra] rev 161, Mem @ 0xf2000000/24, 0xe0000000/28, 0xf3000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xf0000000 from 0xf1ffffff to 0xefffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xf6008000 - 0xf600bfff (0x4000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xf600c000 - 0xf600c7ff (0x800) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xf600d000 - 0xf600d1ff (0x200) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xf6000000 - 0xf6003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf6004000 - 0xf6007fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf7001000 - 0xf7001fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf7005000 - 0xf70050ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xf7004000 - 0xf7004fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xf7003000 - 0xf7003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xf2000000 - 0xf2ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e07f (0x80) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c07f (0x80) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xf6008000 - 0xf600bfff (0x4000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xf600c000 - 0xf600c7ff (0x800) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xf600d000 - 0xf600d1ff (0x200) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xf6000000 - 0xf6003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf6004000 - 0xf6007fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf7001000 - 0xf7001fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf7005000 - 0xf70050ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xf7004000 - 0xf7004fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xf7003000 - 0xf7003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xf2000000 - 0xf2ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e07f (0x80) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c07f (0x80) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf6008000 - 0xf600bfff (0x4000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf600c000 - 0xf600c7ff (0x800) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf600d000 - 0xf600d1ff (0x200) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xf6000000 - 0xf6003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xf6004000 - 0xf6007fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xf7001000 - 0xf7001fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xf7005000 - 0xf70050ff (0x100) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xf7004000 - 0xf7004fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[12] -1 0 0xf7003000 - 0xf7003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[13] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[14] -1 0 0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[15] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[16] -1 0 0xf2000000 - 0xf2ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[17] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e07f (0x80) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[31] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[32] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c07f (0x80) IX[B]
[33] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
[34] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
[35] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[36] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//fonts/libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensions/libglx.so

Backtrace:
0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x6d) [0x492acd]
1: /lib64/libc.so.6 [0x2b3780f71bd0]
2: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x2b377fbb9048]
3: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x2b377fbbfae1]
4: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x2b377fbbb8e6]
5: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x2b377fbbf3bb]
6: /lib64/libdl.so.2 [0x2b377fdccfdb]
7: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0x2b377fbbb8e6]
8: /lib64/libdl.so.2 [0x2b377fdcd36d]
9: /lib64/libdl.so.2(dlopen+0x31) [0x2b377fdccf41]
10: X(DLLoadModule+0x56) [0x46d6c6]
11: X(LoaderOpen+0x179) [0x46b219]
12: X [0x46c4c4]
13: X(LoadModule+0x24) [0x46cf04]
14: X(xf86LoadModules+0x8b) [0x46802b]
15: X(InitOutput+0x534) [0x469044]
16: X(main+0x295) [0x43a0c5]
17: /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x2b3780f5eb54]
18: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x229) [0x4395e9]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting

Here are some of the logs for this issue

Whilst I keep looking have you tried using just nvidia to configure X?

After it runs it gives you the option. Other wise I suspect you could tell it after logging in without using the driver, i,e nv or vesa and the nvidia-settings gui as su.

I got no option to configure after I used Yast to configure the device. It just finishes the installation and that's it, nothing more. Some documents on the net say that I need to go to init lvl 3 to be able to see the difference, and that's why after the installation I try to restart or relog.
At this moment even trying to run sax2 to set nv as the driver (as stated in another post here) to be able to log again doesn't work, same error.

Try

sax2 -r

as root

Yep, I've been logging as root and tried both that and -m 0=nvidia. Neither can fix the problem :-(

Yep, I've been logging as root and tried both that and -m 0=nvidia. Neither can fix the problem :-(
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did you backup your original xorg.conf?

Nope. I'm still learning how Suse works, I started backing it up just after I actually edited it.

Can not recall if this is one of those Pci-E cards rewired to use AGP. If so they can be a bit difficult.

whats the return from rpm -qa | grep kernel
also sax2 -p ?

Also have you simply tried to boot to run level 3 by entering a 3 in the boot options line and running
sax2 -r -m 0=vesa
to get at least a functioning vesa driver loaded?
You might need to generate a bug log and post it on Nvidias Forum if you can not get the drivers loaded the hard way or the SUSE repo way.

RPM lists the following:
linux-kernel-headers-2.6.22-19
kernel-source-2.6.22.17-0.1
kernel-default-2.6.22.17-0.1
nfs-kernel-server-1.1.0-8

Running sax as you recommended got me this message:

sorry could not start configuration server
for details refer to the log file

abort

It also generates a signal 11 and generates a new log file. I'll try and paste it here in a few.

Also thanks for the link to the nvidia forums, I'll try and post the report there too.
Cheers!

1) whoever have written novell's was wrong.

2) is your GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP card or PCI/SLI?

setting
Option "NvAGP" "2"
makes no sense at all

this is why:
Option "NvAgp" "2"
means that it will use AGPGART, if possible
Option "NvAGP" "3" ... try AGPGART;
if that fails, try NVAGP

it is much safer to use option "3", this way you are not forcing AGPGART which is messed up anyway.

3) you can't install nvidia with default script (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.08-pkg2.run) over installed nvidia driver using Yast.
this will mess up Yast which is confused installer anyway.


First uninstall nvidia driver and make sure that you have either AGP pr PCI card.
second make sure that nvidia driver is uninstalled
third install nvidia driver (but use only one installation method please)
fourth forget about "NvAGP" Option
make sure that:
-- nvidia module is up
-- AGP module is not
often these two "fight" with failing X server.


see what will happen