Hi,
I wish to install the NVidia drivers on my laptop and I am a little confused, so I am asking for advise.
Some information from my side:
I am using a laptop Dell Vostro 1520.
davi@linux-m7m5:~> sudo hwinfo --gfxcard | grep Model
[sudo] password for root:
Model: "nVidia G98M [GeForce 9300M GS]"
davi@linux-m7m5:~> sudo lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98M [GeForce 9300M GS] (rev a1)
S | Name | Summary | Type
--+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+--------
| x11-video-nvidiaG03 | NVIDIA graphics driver for GeForce 8xxx an-> | package
| x11-video-nvidiaG04 | NVIDIA graphics driver for GeForce 400 ser-> | package
davi@linux-m7m5:~> sudo zypper se -s x11-video-nvidiaG0*
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
--+---------------------+---------+--------------+--------+------------------------
| x11-video-nvidiaG03 | package | 340.106-13.1 | x86_64 | nVidia Graphics Drivers
| x11-video-nvidiaG03 | package | 340.106-13.1 | i586 | nVidia Graphics Drivers
| x11-video-nvidiaG04 | package | 390.59-8.1 | x86_64 | nVidia Graphics Drivers
| x11-video-nvidiaG04 | package | 390.59-8.1 | i586 | nVidia Graphics Drivers
Note: For an extended search including not yet activated remote resources please use 'zypper
search-packages'.
Than I have a bunch of options that I do not know what to choose.
davi@linux-m7m5:~> zypper search nvidia
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Summary | Type
--+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
| nvidia-computeG03 | NVIDIA driver for computing with GPGPU | package
| nvidia-computeG04 | NVIDIA driver for computing with GPGPU | package
| nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-default | NVIDIA graphics driver kernel module for GeForce 8xxx and newer GPUs | package
| nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-pae | NVIDIA graphics driver kernel module for GeForce 8xxx and newer GPUs | package
| nvidia-gfxG04-kmp-default | NVIDIA graphics driver kernel module for GeForce 400 series and newer | package
| nvidia-gfxG04-kmp-pae | NVIDIA graphics driver kernel module for GeForce 400 series and newer | package
| nvidia-glG03 | NVIDIA GL libraries for OpenGL acceleration | package
| nvidia-glG04 | NVIDIA OpenGL libraries for OpenGL acceleration | package
| nvidia-texture-tools | NVIDIA Texture Tools | package
| nvidia-texture-tools-debuginfo | Debug information for package nvidia-texture-tools | package
| nvidia-texture-tools-debugsource | Debug sources for package nvidia-texture-tools | package
| nvidia-uvm-gfxG03-kmp-default | NVIDIA Unified Memory kernel module | package
| nvidia-uvm-gfxG03-kmp-pae | NVIDIA Unified Memory kernel module | package
| pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu | Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for the Nvidia GPU | package
| pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu-debuginfo | Debug information for package pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu | package
| x11-video-nvidiaG03 | NVIDIA graphics driver for GeForce 8xxx and newer GPUs | package
| x11-video-nvidiaG04 | NVIDIA graphics driver for GeForce 400 series and newer | package
Note: For an extended search including not yet activated remote resources please use 'zypper
search-packages'.
davi@linux-m7m5:~>
And I have got this nouveau drivers installed. Should I remove it first? If I should how can I do it?
davi@linux-m7m5:~> sudo lspci -nnk | grep -A3 VGA
[sudo] password for root:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation G98M [GeForce 9300M GS] [10de:06e9] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02bc]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau
davi@linux-m7m5:~>
Thanks for now.