Install NVIDIA Propriety Driver Help

[leo_mancini]

Hi all,

• My Graphics card is a NVIDIA Geforce 7900 GTX.
• I am running OpenSUSE 11.2.

I have attempted to install the Propriety NVIDIA Drivers (without success). I have added the repository to YAST, then proceeded to install the NVIDIA software.

I then proceeded to reboot my computer into “init 3” mode.

I ran the nvidia-xconfig tool as described in the
openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users site

I then proceeded to type “startx” and it failed to load.

Can someone please assist me in installing the propriety driver. What am I not doing correctly?

Thank you.

[leo_mancini]

I have fixed it,

I noted that when I tried running the "sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia " command…
I received an error message stating that my GeForce 7900 GTX graphics card does not have the necessary external power cables attached.

I have since edited my xorg.conf file and added the line
under the section “Screen” and added
Option “NoPowerConnectorCheck” “true”
Saved the file and it has worked.
Oh yeah, such satisfaction.

[oldcpu]

@leo_mancini

I have fixed it,

I noted that when I tried running the "sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia " command…
I received an error message stating that my GeForce 7900 GTX graphics card does not have the necessary external power cables attached.

I have since edited my xorg.conf file and added the line
under the section “Screen” and added
Option “NoPowerConnectorCheck” “true”
Saved the file and it has worked.

Congratulations on solving this and thankyou for sharing your solution.

I recommend you keep a backup copy of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. It may be useful in future openSUSE versions, as the sax2 wizard (which is no longer maintained) has been depreciated and has been dropped from openSUSE as of version 11.3.