Since i’ve installed the nvidia drivers, my laptop is giving me a blank black screen. There is also no screen on the vga/hdmi output(as it should be for the time being).
I have a Samsung R710-AT01NL notebook with nvidia geforce 130M graphics. I’ve thrown away vista and put openSuse 11.1 on it. According to the logs the driver is correctly running, and so is the x-server.
I’ve installed with:
sh ./NVIDIA*.run -q
(and every time Y with a question, compiling etc)
and then:
sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
Alright so here is how to install the nvidia driver manually, in case the one in the repo doesn’t work or u just want to use the latest.
Go to Yast>Software>Software Management
Search for and install if you don’t have these:
make
gcc
kernel-source
Now download the latest Nvidia driver:
Place the file in your /home/username
Now restart and at the boot screen, pause the boot by moving the down button, then move back up and clear any text in the boot arguments by holding backspace. Then just type the number: 3
At the login
Type “root” then enter and then your root password and press enter.
now type
cd /home/username
*Now remember you can use the {TAB} key to auto complete
so type:
sh NVIDIA{TAB}
and the whole file name should auto complete
eg: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.13.01-pkg1.run
Follow the installer and let it compile the kernel module for you.
Say Yes to everything
Use TAB to move around
Is it an idea to revert back to vesa and let YAST install the drivers by adding the Nvidia repo? This way it should pick the correct drivers, install them and should just work. At least, that’s what it always has done for me.
Revert back to vesa by going
sax2 -r -m 0=vesa
But you probably already know that.
Add the nvidia repo. It’s under the community repo’s.
Then go to install software and it should auto tick your driver. Check by viewing the repo. You should have the driver and the kmp module ticked.
Install, restart x and that should be it.
wytsetalsma adjusted his/her AFDB on Friday 07 Aug 2009 18:26 to write:
>
> Hello,
>
> Since i’ve installed the nvidia drivers, my laptop is giving me a blank
> black screen. There is also no screen on the vga/hdmi output(as it
> should be for the time being).
>
> I have a Samsung R710-AT01NL notebook with nvidia geforce 130M
> graphics. I’ve thrown away vista and put openSuse 11.1 on it. According
> to the logs the driver is correctly running, and so is the x-server.
>
> I’ve installed with:
> sh ./NVIDIA*.run -q
> (and every time Y with a question, compiling etc)
> and then:
> sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
>
> the logs:
> ‘Index of /logs’ (http://84.80.51.146/logs/)
>
> Does anybody know what i’m doing wrong here?
>
> ,
> Wytse Talsma
>
>
In my experience if you are using the packages from Nvidia or ATI DO NOT use
sax2 to configure them.
At the end of the install the script asks if you want to configure using the
Nvidia-settings, let it do that and then when in KDE/Gnome you use the
Nvidia application to continue setting it up this will write a config file
into your /home for you to set your individual preferences.
You need to boot to init 3 and for good measure uninstall the drivers using
the uninstall script, run sax2 -r -m 0=vesa to give you a standard xorg.conf
then run the installer again, let it configure for you DO NOT run sax2, got
to init 5 and you should be good to go from there, in KDE there will be a
menu entry for the Nvidia settings app.
HTH
–
Mark
Caveat emptor
Nullus in verba
Nil illegitimi carborundum
Sorry for my slow response, the studentparties are started in Holland
I tried to install the X11-video-nvidia and the -G01 and G02 versions(seperatly), but then the GdmDisplay crashes. The same happens when i run the nvidia script and then NOT use the sax2 configuration line.
A friend has this laptop, it works with 190.18 (README states GT 130M ) and with the 185.19. And do use sax2 -r -m0=nvidia to configure the card. It will say it’s a Frame Buffer Device, but it will work OK. I was amazed by so much GPU power on a laptop.
Ik hoop dat je engels goed genoeg is, maar dat is hier nu eenmaal de voertaal. Sterkte ermee, mocht je er niet uitkomen, dan kun je me ook een pm sturen, maar de instructies zijn wel helder en je hebt ze ook wel goed uitgevoerd, alleen niet met de juiste driver versie. Beide genoemde zijn overigens beta’s.
it works:D with these new beta drivers.