hellina wrote:
> That doesn’t work either…after agreement and a couple of yes’s,
> installer says:
>
> ERROR: Unable to find the development tool “cc” in your path; please
> make sure that you have the package “gcc” installed. If gcc is
> installed on your system, then please check that “cc” is in your PATH.
>
> Any advice?
[caveat: i have NOT read all messages in this thread]
advice? sure: read and follow what the machine is telling you:
it is telling you it needs both “gcc” and cc" to successfully
proceed…so, install it:
YaST > Software > Software Management >
in “Search:” box type gcc and press “Search”
single left click on these items:
gcc
gcc42
gcc42-c++
gcc42-info
gcc-c++
gcc-info
then, press accept and wait for the whirring to stop, and THEN go back
and do what you were doing (following caf4926’s instructions to install
the nvidia installer) and see if you can findany other errors that pop
up (ignoring them is not an option, read and correct then proceed…)…
keep smiling,
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark
Guys, I want to thank you very much for sticking this out with me.
I appreciate your help very much, because I really like this operating system; it has all sorts of things i’m not used to, so thanks again for your patience.
I believe I have the drivers working now, but the resolution must be at the maximum (large, like 640x480) and I tried doing:
init 3
sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
init 5 && exit
But sax2 will not retain the changes that I make for a better (1280x1024) resolution. It keeps re-setting back to 640x480 and losing the Acer monitor driver that i set it for.
> Hi DenverD
> GUI shmooey!
>
> Try zypper sometime, now if only they had the rollback
> feature like in rug it would be an even better application IMHO.
so, tell him how!!
i can do it either way, and others (including compiling, rubbing two
sticks together but it sounded to me like he needed it the “windows
way”…
okay with you if i help the way i think he will understand easiest?
course, so you give him step by step for your way…(be sure and tell
him how to open a terminal…heh
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315)
A Texan in Denmark
Hi
If you have a GUI running, did you see the Nvidia logo? If you did, you
should be able to run nvidia-settings either from the menu or alt+F2
enter nvidia-settings. Here you can configure and save to the xorg.conf
file.
ctrl+alt+backspace(twice) to restart the X server.
Now when you configured via sax, have you tried using the inf file off
the monitor cd-rom to set it up? Else just configure as a generic
LCD/CRT monitor (is it an LCD?) to the size etc you want (read the
manual to set the refresh rates etc) and set it that way.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SLED 10 SP2 i586 Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.25-default
up 9:20, 1 user, load average: 0.24, 0.26, 0.54
GPU GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE Version: 173.14.09
Installing the driver from the nvidia download shell script uses a different process than installing from the nvidia repository via YaST or zypper (the one-click uses YaST). I have seen one conflict with the other. Therefore, if the shell script was used to install the driver first, it probably should have been run with the --uninstall option to remove that driver before installing with the one-click method.
@hellina, I don’t know where you are in this now. If you don’t have it working right yet and you used the downloaded script, I would run the script again with the “uninstall” option (run the script with --help for the exact command). Then go into YaST Software Repositories and make sure the nvidia repository has been added (the one-click may have done this, if you used that). If it is not, add it (it’s on the Software Repositories page, link on the “Get It” openSUSE page). In YaST Software Management search on “nvidia” and you should see the “x11-video-nvidiaG01” driver; install (or re-install) it, and make sure the “nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-default” package is also marked for (re)-installation. The driver package will do some of the X server set up for you. You may need to run YaST Graphics Card to configure the driver. Or, this driver package comes with 2 nvidia configuration programs, “nvidia-xconfig” which will generate a new X server configuration for you, and “nvidia-settings” which will give a GUI windows with options including changing the display resolution.
If you cannot get into the GUI now to do this work in YaST, you can add the nvidia repository this way from the command line, as root:
zypper sa http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.0 Nvidia
And you can install the driver from the command line thus:
Hi
So the nvidia driver is there, now I suggest re-running the sax2
command and setting the monitor as 1680x1050 @ 60Hz as recommended in
the manual.
Now if you don’t get that pick the closest to it lower than that, but
from the LCD generic monitors and at 60Hz.
–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SLED 10 SP2 i586 Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.25-default
up 12:48, 1 user, load average: 0.51, 0.97, 0.79
GPU GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE Version: 173.14.09
not sure if this is relevant, but other operating system (win XP) on same machine is running 1680x1050 on DVI port.
rp@linux-g5ch:~> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep NVIDIA
(II) Module glx: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 177.13 Tue Jun 10 17:07:23 PDT 2008
(II) Module nvidia: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 177.13 Tue Jun 10 16:50:39 PDT 2008
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(–) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
() NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (–) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
() NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device DFP-1
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9600 GT (G94) at PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)
(–) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(–) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.94.11.00.65
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(–) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(–) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 9600 GT at PCI:2:0:0:
(–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1
(–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(–) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: Internal Dual Link TMDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-1
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1680x1050”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1600x1024”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1600x1000”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1400x1050”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1280x1024”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1440x900”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1280x960”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1366x768”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1280x800”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1152x864”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1280x768”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1280x720”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1024x768”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1280x600”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “1024x600”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “800x600”; removing.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for “768x576”; removing.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): “640x480”
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device DFP-1’s EDID; cannot compute DPI
(WW) NVIDIA(0): from DFP-1’s EDID.
() NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (53, 53); computed from “DisplaySize” Monitor
() NVIDIA(0): section option
(==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode “640x480”
(II) NVIDIA(0): Built-in logo is bigger than the screen.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option “CalcAlgorithm” is not used
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option “PreferredMode” is not used
rp@linux-g5ch:~>
Hi
So it can’t read the monitor information. it looks like you are running
the nvidia driver from openSUSE and an old one 177.13?? 173.14.09 is in
the repository, so not sure how its that version?
Or did an old one get downloaded? Can you check in Yast to see what
nvidia ones if any are installed (or the command zypper se nvidia )?
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SLED 10 SP2 i586 Kernel 2.6.16.60-0.25-default
up 14:50, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.65, 0.59
GPU GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE Version: 173.14.09
Are you sure you have tried going to Yast-hardware-card&monitor
monitor
ignore your make , select
LCD
and find the size and rate you want
Though there does seem to be a problem in the Nvidia driver from what you report
I think you have the driver installed from the downloaded file (I think we suggested you try that)
But you will probably also have the the Nvidia repo in your software repo??
Check!
You have some options:
Try updating the driver in the repo. There might not be any Updates there, but re-install them (all in nvidia) and I would do xorg too.
Try a different (older) Nvidia installer to run like say: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.09-pkg2.run
It can make a difference
Remember if things get screwed up VESA is is the easy way back to a desktop.
search the forum for you graphics card see if any threads help
The 177.13 is a new beta driver. It was released following 173.14.05, which was causing problems with new 8000/9000 series cards. The nvidia forums have many posts about problems with both these drivers, and for some users, also 173.14.09 (which is the driver in the YaST repository). The nvidia download driver script now on the site is 173.14.05; looks like nvidia has pulled 177.13 back.
I strongly suggest uninstalling 177.13 (which by the way will not show in YaST Software Management) with the installation script’s uninstall option. And then installing 173.14.09 with YaST.
As has already been noted, the xorg.conf monitor dimensions are incorrect. They should be 296 x 474 which is for a 22" with an aspect ratio of 16:10.
but it sounded to me like he needed it the “windows