How are you supposed to enable nvidia graphics?

[pepsifx357]

Hi guys, I'm just coming from Ubuntu(don't hate me) and realized that there are no Nvidia drivers in the repos. I had trouble even getting the repos to respond on the live cd or after installation; is opensuse having network problems? I changed the repositories to the GA tech libraries because they are closer and now they work, However I can't get any Nvidia drivers to install. Now, I'm not a super linux guru that can fly around linux like super man, but I'm also not a newbie to linux. Or at least I think I'm not.

I need to get Nvidia drivers installed...what is the easiest way to do that, considering the "http://downloads.nvidia.com" repo doesn't seem to want to connect either. I don't know what the deal is, but Internet is rather clumsy with opensuse or with KDE, I'm not sure yet. I'm using 11.2 by the way and:

Linux linux-yele 2.6.31.12-0.2-default #1 SMP 2010-03-16 21:25:39 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[malcolmlewis]

Hi guys, I'm just coming from Ubuntu(don't hate me) and realized that
there are no Nvidia drivers in the repos. I had trouble even getting
the repos to respond on the live cd or after installation; is opensuse
having network problems? I changed the repositories to the GA tech
libraries because they are closer and now they work, However I can't get
any Nvidia drivers to install. Now, I'm not a super linux guru that can
fly around linux like super man, but I'm also not a newbie to linux. Or
at least I think I'm not.

I need to get Nvidia drivers installed...what is the easiest way to do
that, considering the "http://downloads.nvidia.com" repo doesn't seem to
want to connect either. I don't know what the deal is, but Internet is
rather clumsy with opensuse or with KDE, I'm not sure yet. I'm using
11.2 by the way and:

Linux linux-yele 2.6.31.12-0.2-default #1 SMP 2010-03-16 21:25:39 +0100
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Hi
Download your driver from here;
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...x86-256.35.run

Then install the stuff to build it via a console (terminal) session;

sudo zypper in make gcc kernel-source kernel-syms linux-kernel-headers

Now once you have done that you need logout and to drop to runlevel 3
by pressing ctrl+alt+F1, then at the console login, login as root and
run;

cd <to where you downloaded the run file>
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-256.35.run -qa
sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
init 5 && exit

You need to configure your monitor etc in sax2 etc and after the -m
it's a zero not an O.

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GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 256.35

[pepsifx357]

Thanks, I was missing the part where you run level 3, and the zypper command. I wasn't sure how to install stuff via console. I kept using yum or yast install. lol

So there's no Nvidia console to mess with settings?

[caf4926]

In kde
Menu - Applications - Configuration -

Or in a su - terminal

nvidia-settings

[etch]

One click from the web is the bomb. NVIDIA drivers - openSUSE Kernel updates are painless this way.

However, Nvidia is a few releases ahead of the repo. Why isn't the Nvidia repo being updated with the lastest? It has been some time now.

[malcolmlewis]

In kde
Menu - Applications - Configuration -

Or in a su - terminal


Code:
--------------------
nvidia-settings
--------------------

Also if you want to overclock (AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!), you need to
manually edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and add in the Section
"Device";

Option       "Coolbits" "1"

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Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7-default
up 1 day 11:19, 6 users, load average: 0.07, 0.17, 0.12
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 256.35

[pepsifx357]

One click from the web is the bomb. NVIDIA drivers - openSUSE Kernel updates are painless this way.

However, Nvidia is a few releases ahead of the repo. Why isn't the Nvidia repo being updated with the lastest? It has been some time now.

Why is it, that every site i have tried with OpenSuse in the name, cannot be reached? I tried that one click method and it could not resolve the host. The same thing happened with the stock repository when I installed OpenSuse. I had to manually change all of the repositories to the one at a college near me. What is the deal with that, a bug or something?

[DenverD]

pepsifx357 wrote:
> Why is it, that every site i have tried with OpenSuse in the name,
> cannot be reached? I tried that one click method and it could not
> resolve the host. The same thing happened with the stock repository
> when I installed OpenSuse. I had to manually change all of the
> repositories to the one at a college near me. What is the deal with
> that, a bug or something?


sounds like a DNS problem..
or, maybe you are on a campus with a proxy blocking something??

any case, you should post that problem into the networking forum as it
is not a hardware question..

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[etch]

Sorry the one-click didn't work for you.

I am still wondering why the Nvidia repo is 2 or 3 releases behind the Nvidia ftp site.????

Who keeps the repo up to date, Nvidia or Suse?

Thanks.

[oldcpu]

I am still wondering why the Nvidia repo is 2 or 3 releases behind the Nvidia ftp site.????

Who keeps the repo up to date, Nvidia or Suse?

I read a post once saying it was nVidia and not openSUSE. I can't find that reference.

I always install 'the hardway' which is not hard, and hence one does not have to wait for someone to package an rpm.