After setting nomodeset Cannot reboot system

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I have an Nvidia GT9600 card and want to load the Nvidia drivers.
As per the 1 click install I set nomodeset and installed the drivers from 1 click.
On reboot, well there was’nt a reboot just got a blank monitor, no BIOS screen, nothing.
After stuffing around with my system for about 1 hour clearing CMOS and unplugging and re-plugging just about everything I managed to get my system back.

Have re-installed 11.3 but am nervous about doing this again
Can anyone offer any assistance or shed some light on this?

I do not like the New Neuoveaux (or however you spell it) Graphics drivers, get some wierd artifacts on my monitor?

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So when using openSUSE 11.3, we don’t recommend you use the 1-click method as far as I am aware of. I suggest you read the following information.

You should look at this document before proceeding on…

SDB:Configuring graphics cards - openSUSE

Then, take a look at the procedure I used to install the nVidia driver as I installed openSUSE 11.3:

  1. During the install, when you have the option to change your booting setup, I add nomodeset to the kernel load command for the normal load/start of openSUSE. This kernel startup option is already present for the Failsafe selection for openSUSE.
  2. During the first start of openSUSE, I download the latest nVidia Video driver to the downloads folder.
  3. I change/save the System/Kernel option NO_KMS_IN_INITRD from “No” to “Yes” in the /etc/sysconfig Editor in Yast.
  4. I do an update of openSUSE on the first run of openSUSE and then a restart/reboot.
  5. In grub OS selection I add the command line option “3” to the openSUSE start line so that I just go to the run level three terminal prompt.
  6. I login in as root and change to the /home/user/Downloads folder.
  7. I run/install the NVIDIA video driver using “sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35.run” and answer all questions as appropriate for my system.
  8. Type in reboot at terminal prompt to restart the system with new video driver.

Thank You,

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OK - Stop looking I found it.

First OpenSuse do have a 1 click Nvidia install for 11.3 here >> SDB:NVIDIA drivers - openSUSE

I read the Warning and made the changes needed and had the troubles I had.

What I found was that when I set “nomodeset” Whatever resolution the system switches to at reboot is outside of the range of my monitor which has a native resolution of 1920x1080 so no image - I don’t fully understand this as I thought my Monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 2333) could pretty much handle this stuff, so if anyone can explain I would be greatfull.

I simply Plugged my system into my spare monitor with a much lower native resolution and I could see the screen again. The system then asked me what resolution I would like to switch to, I switched to 1024x768 which was enough to complete the Nvidia Driver install manually and there is was. (Oh Dopey me!)

Anyhow I have used the Manual method to install the latest drivers from Nvidia’s website using this post >> Nvidia for Newbies part 1

And using “nomodeset” - which is not mentioned in the post but needed nevertheless.

So thanks for the response, Hope this helps someone else who encounters the same.

Chrs

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Thanks for sharing your experineces here jmdl. I’m sure others having trouble with their monitor display modes prior to installing the nvidia driver may find this useful.