Graphics Card

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Hi, just a few days ago my graphics card started going nuts while I was playing a game, my screen went all weird like, pink and green colours all over the place like the matrix

So, i went into device manager and troubleshooted, it reccomended that i uninstall the driver, so i did.

Now i can not find a new driver anywhere on the internet

My graphics card is Geforce go 6600

It is also a laptop

Please help me!! :frowning:

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What driver are you using?

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None at the moment, iā€™ve tried installing some but it says they are not compatible

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Any ideas on how I could fix this problem? =/

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you tried installing the nvidia driver via yast ? (repositry http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.0/) and it fails/not detects the card ?

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No, thank you very much, i will give that a try right now. :slight_smile:

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That link doesnā€™t work. =/

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Try this: NVIDIA - openSUSE

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Confusing website >_> What am I supposed to do there?

Does anyone know where I can get a driver for this graphics card?

Geforce Go 6600, so far nothing seems to have worked. As I said, everything was running fine before, then all of a sudden it just kicked itself in the nuts.

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Use the green button 1-click install or carefully follow the ā€œhard wayā€ instructions.

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What program reads .ymp?

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What OS and version are you running on your computer?

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sanada warrior wrote:

>
> Hi, just a few days ago my graphics card started going nuts while I was
> playing a game, my screen went all weird like, pink and green colours
> all over the place like the matrix
>
> So, i went into device manager and troubleshooted, it reccomended that
> i uninstall the driver, so i did.
>
> Now i can not find a new driver anywhere on the internet
>
> My graphics card is Geforce go 6600
>
> It is also a laptop
>
> Please help me!! :frowning:

What is ā€œDevice Managerā€? If ā€œDevice Managerā€ recommended you uninstall the
driver, then perhaps you should ask it to recommend a new one.

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help guys i think i have the same problem also i have an nvidia geforce 4 mx440 ā€¦when i cant get into the GUI when it boots it start with a consoleā€¦i tried things like startX command but theres an error saying the server x could not be startedā€¦also before the system boot into the console mode theres something like undefined video mode please choose a video mode or space to continueā€¦ something like thatā€¦help guys i am a newbie just started linuxā€¦thanks

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@helpMezlp only ā€“ different problem from OP
You need the method of this page to install the Nvidia drivers:
NVIDIA - openSUSE
BUT
Your card is listed here as a legacy card so you use the yellow button one-click method, not the green button one-click method.

BUt before you do that you will need to navigate to the relevant page in your web browser and to do that you will need graphics in some form.

To get elementary graphics working so you can use a web browser, try this:
Boot the computer but at the very first Grub screen press the key for numeral 1. Then press enter. That will start the computer in runlevel 1. Log in as root. Then enter this command:

sax2

That should get you an elementary graphics so you can carry out the rest of the procedures. If it doesnā€™t work then try this:

sax2 -r

If that doesnā€™t work then try this:

sax2 -m 0=vesa

Luck

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Hello,

Try and follow this step by step.

  1. Open YAST2. This is the control panel for Suse. You will have to provide root password to open it.
  2. Click on software on the left window. Move to right window and click on Software Repositories.
  3. In the new window that opens, there is Add button on the bottom left corner. Click that.
  4. In Media Type select HTTP, press next.
  5. In Server Name type download.nvidia.com
    In Directory on Server type /opensuse/11.0/
    Click Next.

This will add the repository on your computer.

Now in the YAST2 window, click on software management. In the new window, in the filter dropdown list click on search and search for nvidia.

From the list choose the legacy driver as swerdna says your card is legacy.
Click accept. This will download the driver and you can reboot the comp.

Hope this works

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Seems like the OP is using windows, probably XP.

OP, please confirm.

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emmā€¦yes i tried using sax2 -r to get into a basic graphic gui but my problem now is i am using vodaphone 3g broadband which is a usb modem which require installation but openSuse dosenā€™t seems to detect that modemā€¦

i am thinking if i could download the .ymp file from current com then transfer to that desktop with openSuse for installation of nvidia driver?..any suggestion?

btw thanks alot for the information provided:)

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Suggest you sort out one problem at a time. For Internet try the networking forum

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Hi everybody!

I want to buy a new graphics card can you tell me which of the following cards is better:

GeForce 9800GT 512MB

or

PNY GeForce 9400GT 512MB