Failed Nvidia driver installation

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I’ve got a laptop with nvidia GT620m graphical card, running 64bit 12.3. Everything is okay but I’d like to use the nvidia card instead of the Intel graphical module.

I have tried to follow SDB : NVIDIA the hard way SDB:NVIDIA the hard way - openSUSE

/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-install-disable-nouveau.conf has been created by the installer. # modprobe nvidia and # rcxdm start have been done as well.

As grub2 is used toboot the win 8 and opensuse 12.3, /boot/grub/menu.lst is not available and I have since skipped the changes of it.

After the installation and reboot, it failed at [OK] Reached target Graphical Interface

Anyone can shed light on the recovery? Many thanks!

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Did you already add your “user” to video group?
https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/openSUSE/12.3/#idm47354348624624

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Thanks vazhavandan, I have reinstalled the driver and added the user to video group. After reboot, it stucks at a frozen screen with th logo. I can’t get the command line mode with ctrl+alt+f1, but have to power off.

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Since you have a dual graphic card system search in the forums for
optimus (that’s what nvidia calls that technology), there should be
several threads about it.
You cannot simply install the nvidia driver and expect it to work it
needs special software (primus, bumblebee) to work.

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PC: oS 12.3 x86_64 | i7-2600@3.40GHz | 16GB | KDE 4.10.0 | GTX 650 Ti
ThinkPad E320: oS 12.3 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.10.0 | HD 3000
HannsBook: oS 12.3 x86_64 | SU4100@1.3GHz | 2GB | KDE 4.10.0 | GMA4500

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Am 16.04.2013 23:08, schrieb Martin Helm:
> Since you have a dual graphic card system search in the forums for
> optimus (that’s what nvidia calls that technology), there should be
> several threads about it.
> You cannot simply install the nvidia driver and expect it to work it
> needs special software (primus, bumblebee) to work.
>
By the way look into the BIOS, the only system I have with optimus has a
setting to disable it there and runs only on nvidia (in that case
installing the nvidia driver is of course enough).

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PC: oS 12.3 x86_64 | i7-2600@3.40GHz | 16GB | KDE 4.10.0 | GTX 650 Ti
ThinkPad E320: oS 12.3 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.10.0 | HD 3000
HannsBook: oS 12.3 x86_64 | SU4100@1.3GHz | 2GB | KDE 4.10.0 | GMA4500

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Thanks Martin. I understand bumblebee is the proper way to make use of the nvidia card and I’ve tried it before but without any success. My problem now is to get back to the working system, kde or command line, as the laptop is simply a piece of brick if I don’t use the windows8. I didn’t see any option in the bios/uefi menu either. That’s why I’m desperate to find a way to remove the nvidia driver and recover the machine.

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Have you tried to boot to runlevel 3?
https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/jdmcdaniel3/how-start-opensuse-12-2-grub-2-into-run-level-3-112/
and then login as root and run the uninstall for the nvidia driver (I do
not have the syntax handy but it is just passing an option to the run
file you used for installation).

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PC: oS 12.3 x86_64 | i7-2600@3.40GHz | 16GB | KDE 4.10.0 | GTX 650 Ti
ThinkPad E320: oS 12.3 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.10.0 | HD 3000
HannsBook: oS 12.3 x86_64 | SU4100@1.3GHz | 2GB | KDE 4.10.0 | GMA4500

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Does not grub2 has menu entry to boot Windows?

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Thanks for your tips on runlevel 3. I’ve removed it with NVIDIA… .run --uninstall
KDE is backrotfl!

Will sort out the bumblebee some time.

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Yes I was able to use windows but I hardly use it and most of my docs and data are saved on linux partition.