openSuse 11.1 Beta NVIDIA driver available

**sulligogs** · 10-Nov-2008, 09:09

Hi all,

I tried to install NVIDIA driver 173.14.12 on openSuse 11.1 Beta 4, but no matter what, even with gcc, make and kernel-sources installed, the shell script kept moaning about the kernel.

So, I found these:- ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.15/

They are beta drivers for 173.14.15 and they work really well! Make sure to put compositing etc into xorg.conf afterwards.

That's all really.

**Christophe_deR** · 11-Nov-2008, 14:24

I've installed the 11.1 beta4 and installed the NVIDIA-Linux-<arch>-177.80-pkg2.run, downloaded from nvidia and it works...

**pandeycs** · 12-Nov-2008, 03:45

Hi,
I have bought recently a DELL latitude E6500 laptop, and intalled Open SUSE 11. The problem I am facing is that the graphic drivers are not working properly. (Display icons/fonts too large,)
I do not know if the graphic card is detected at all or not?
The garphic card is Nvidia Quadro NVS 160M 256 MB DDR3.
please suggest me wht to do?

**popeyeray** · 04-Jan-2009, 11:50

Hello, I just downloaded these packages:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.15-pkg1.run, and
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.15-pkg1.run. They are very unusual, and exotic looking. I am used to the RPM, tgz, or the Debs, but this is a new animal. What do I do with them?

**freedguy** · 04-Jan-2009, 12:39

Originally Posted by popeyeray

Hello, I just downloaded these packages:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.15-pkg1.run, and
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.15-pkg1.run. They are very unusual, and exotic looking. I am used to the RPM, tgz, or the Debs, but this is a new animal. What do I do with them?

See this: NVIDIA - The hard way - openSUSE

**michaelhust** · 05-Jan-2009, 09:49

Hi,

for opensuse 11.1 a newer stable driver (177.82) is avaible by Yast2.
The new beta drivers can be downloaded from: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/

Greetings

Michael

P.S.: I'am using for DELL precision M4400 (quadro 770M) the newest beta driver 180.18