Hi,
I just installed openSUSE 11.0, and need to install the nvidia driver so that I am not stuck with the ‘nv’, 2-D acceleration driver. I have an nvidia 7700 (512mb) card on an asus a8js notebook with x86_64 archiechture.
I have installed make, gcc, kernel-source packages, and the kernel version matches the kernel-source version.
Here is what I have tried doing: I have used the single click install found on several website, that goes and install the x11-video-nvidiaG01 driver (and the other little thingy that it needs to install to resolve the dependencies). This one-click install, far as I can tell, is equivalent, meaning it installs the same things as if I were to do it by going into yast and installing the same package there. I have tried both of these and get the same result after installing, when I kill the X server and try startx again. The result is the same as has been reported by several different people:
…/weak-updates/nvidia.ko: No such device found.
And then it aborts.
The other thing i have tried is to manually install the package, using the correct nvidia driver downloaded from the website (…x86_64.169.12.pgk2.run, or something like that) going to init 3, su, sh NVIDIA…pkg2.run -q, follow onscreen instructions, but then the installer aborts with the message ‘unable to build kernel modules’.
I have looked extensively online for help, and it seems that many people share all of, or some of the same symptoms, but the things that fix their problems I have tried, and they do not work for me. I nede help! Anything would be appreciated, since according to the net, the install should work fine! Thank you hugely, HUGELY in advance if you can help me. Please ask if you want any outputs attached, I will be checking back regularly.
Try the one-click drivers herethe green button
That way you won’t need to reinstall the drivers when the kernel is updated.
You’ll need to restart x to get the drivers running easiest to reboot.
Hi again,
Wow. I guess I sound like a newbie. I mean i am, but still.
Haha thank you for that suggestion, I don’t know how, but it worked. I know that’s silly, this has been bothering me for days. I had used the one click install twice previously, and both times it failed, but they were located on different websites (not on the opensuse site). Hard to believe that it makes a difference!
There is an issue though. Although, upon reboot, yast says that the package x11-video…G01 is installed, my xorg.conf file, under the “Device” heading, still registers that the driver is ‘nv’, what i think it should be ‘nvidia’ if the installation went correctly.
Also, the application glxgears no longer runs, and games like chromium (which I jsut wanted to use to test the 3d) does not open anymore. Suggestions? Thanks again!
Taylor
Okay, no, I was wrong. The drivers didn’t work, even though for some reason when I installed them, then rebooted, X started up fine. But from there, when i press ctrl-alt-backsp, i cannot restart X, and X doesn’t restart again after a reboot. I get the error
FATAL error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules…/nvidia.ko) No such device.
Please help! I keep having to uninstall the drivers from the command line in order to get startx to work!
Taylor
After you install the Nvidia driver, you still need to do the post install configuration, which switches you over to using the new driver.
So make sure the driver has installed correctly, then go to the terminal and enter
su
Enter root password then enter
init 3
log in as root and enter:
sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
Sax2 should start, run that and double check that your monitor and graphics card are properly recognized and 3D acceleration is enabled. Then save your settings exit, and enter the command:
reboot
That should do it, hopefully, though multiple installs and uninstalls of the Nvidia driver using different methods can sometimes create problems.
Check to see what is installed for nvidia and remove all the drivers first, restart X, then try installing the nvidia driver. I am actually using the nouveau drivers. Haven’t noticed any problems yet.