Change graphic driver in OpenSuse 12.1

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Don’t kow the difference between 6150SE and 6150, but 6150 is terrible.

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Some commands you can try and post output here:


hwinfo --gfxcard
lsmod | grep -i -e nvidia -e nouveau
lsinitrd | grep -i -e nvidia -e nouveau
grep -i -e nvidia -e nouveau /etc/X11/{xorg.conf,xorg.conf.d/*}
grep -i -e nvidia -e nouveau /var/log/Xorg.0.log
rpm -qa | grep nvidia
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OK. A couple of things.

  1. The desktop/default thing. I deinstalled the default version and installed the desktop version. It was a later 290 version. My Desktop Info now shows

Vendor: nVidia Corporation
Model: GeForce 6100 nForce 430
2D driver: nouveau
3D driver: swrast (No 3D Acceleration) (7.11)

The last line is new. I only had the 2D driver before. But now I only have the compressed screen not full width.

  1. Here are my responses to the above

lsmod | grep -i -e nvidia -e nouveau
nouveau 778194 0
ttm 80953 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 42489 1 nouveau
drm 252967 3 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13423 1 nouveau
mxm_wmi 12979 1 nouveau
video 19653 1 nouveau
nvidia 12136858 0
button 13949 1 nouveau

lsinitrd | grep -i -e nvidia -e nouveau
returned nothing

grep -i -e nvidia -e nouveau /etc/X11/{xorg.conf,xorg.conf.d/*}
grep: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

grep -i -e nvidia -e nouveau /var/log/Xorg.0.log
18.995] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
18.995] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
18.995] (II) LoadModule: “nvidia”
19.001] (WW) Warning, couldn’t open module nvidia
19.001] (II) UnloadModule: “nvidia”
19.001] (II) Unloading nvidia
19.001] (EE) Failed to load module “nvidia” (module does not exist, 0)
19.001] (II) LoadModule: “nouveau”
19.003] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
19.003] (II) Module nouveau: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
19.007] (II) NOUVEAU driver
19.007] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
stu@linux-49u3:~> grep -i -e nvidia -e nouveau /var/log/Xorg.0.log
18.995] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
18.995] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
18.995] (II) LoadModule: “nvidia”
19.001] (WW) Warning, couldn’t open module nvidia
19.001] (II) UnloadModule: “nvidia”
19.001] (II) Unloading nvidia
19.001] (EE) Failed to load module “nvidia” (module does not exist, 0)
19.001] (II) LoadModule: “nouveau”
19.003] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
19.003] (II) Module nouveau: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
19.007] (II) NOUVEAU driver
19.007] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :

rpm -qa | grep nvidia
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-290.10_k3.1.0_1.2-12.1.x86_64

Hope that helps

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Am 01.12.2011 07:26, schrieb stubble:

>> rpm -qa | grep nvidia
>> nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-290.10_k3.1.0_1.2-12.1.x86_64

You need also nvidia-computeG02 and x11-video-nvidiaG02

–
PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.7.3 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram

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OK. That worked. I now have the nvidia drivers installed and the screen is full screen once again.

rpm -qa | grep nvidia
nvidia-computeG02-290.10-13.1.x86_64
x11-video-nvidiaG02-290.10-13.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-290.10_k3.1.0_1.2-12.1.x86_64

Display Info
Vendor: nVidia Corporation
Model: GeForce 6100 nForce 430
2D driver: nvidia
3D driver: NVIDIA 290.10

Thank you very much for your patience and help. Appreciated.