Intel Centrino Duo And Nvidia Geforce Go 7300

Hi everybody.
I have installed Open Suse 10 and I need to install drivers of my Video Card.

I'm a newbie and I'm not used with your strange names and procedures...

please tell me what can I do!

Hi everybody.
I have installed Open Suse 10 and I need to install drivers of my Video Card.

I'm a newbie and I'm not used with your strange names and procedures...

please tell me what can I do!
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Go to yast > software management and search for nvidia.
Install the drivers by checking the box on the right they may already be installed if so go to next step)
Then open a console type su then enter root password.
In the prompt type nvidia-settings this will open nvidias control panel and you can set the resolution and other settings

/Geoff

There's also a more difficult way to do it, but it's worked for me (I'm a gamer). Go to nVidia's website:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Enter the card you have - There should be a link near the bottom of the page to some file like
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run
Download this and put it in your home directory: /home/yourusername
Right Click on the file in File Manager and select Properties from the popup menu, and in the Permissions tab, check the box marked "is executable"

Then from the main SuSE menu, select log out, end current session

Then from the logon screen, at the bottom left select System and Console Login. This way you will come into a text mode logon for SuSE. Login as root with your password, then type

cd /home/yourusername

then type

./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run

This will run the package and install the driver. Tell it you want to compile your own version of the driver, and you want to install the 32-bit compatibility libraries (if it asks) and to install the driver automatically.

Of course, the easiest way is to do it through YaST as geoff said!!

Patti

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Of course, the easiest way is to do it through YaST as geoff said!!

Patti
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My way is after your way, it assumes thet you already have the drivers installed
nvidia-settings as root lets you change the settings in nvidias control panel

/Geoff

while Yast installer will modify xorg.conf (if i remember correctly)
nvidia installer will not, so you need to add (after installation) nvidia driver info to xorg.conf

Yast uses nvidia-installer script, so both methods listed above are comparable.
The advantage of using nvidia installer over Yast is that you can specify flags that allow installation customization. This is not listed anyway, so advantage/disadvantage of on over another is 0.

nvidia installer will not
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Incorrect the latest drivers do change the xorg settings as stated here

/Geogg

do you see a difference between nvidia-xconfig and nvidia installer?
Because I did not mention nvidia-xconfig (and nobody did in this thread)

this:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run
is installer which will install
nvidia-xconfig
Yast is not using nvidia-xconfig, only nvidia-installer script (unless something changed, but I doubt as sax2 still has problems with proper recognition of 3D)

do you see a difference between nvidia-xconfig and nvidia installer?
Because I did not mention nvidia-xconfig (and nobody did in this thread)

this:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run
is installer which will install
nvidia-xconfig
Yast is not using nvidia-xconfig, only nvidia-installer script (unless something changed, but I doubt as sax2 still has problems with proper recognition of 3D)
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Ok but i was referring to the .run installer from nvidia
It asks at the last stage of installing if you want it to modify xorg

/Geoff

Yes, that's why I did the .run installer because it always gave the 3D acceleration I needed whereas the default nVidia driver from the repo did not. It's only a problem if you really NEED 3D acceleration (like if certain applications require it).
:lol: Patti

so nvidia installer will ask if you want to run nvidia xconfig.
shrug, so there is even less difference,
Yast and nvidia script install driver and edit xorg.conf