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Proprietary Nvidia 173.14.36 graphic driver with Nvidia NV34 / FX5200 graphics device on openSUSE-12.3 and 3.7.x (and newer) kernels.

This blog entry provides an explanation of one way to get the proprietary Nvidia 173.14.36 graphic driver working with a Nvidia NV34 / FX5200 graphics device on openSUSE-12.3 and/or 3.7.x (and newer) kernels. This has been tested on openSUSE-12.3 GM version and also on Tumbleweed with the 3.7.x kernel.

The FX5200 is part of the NV34 ...