Install the latest NVIDIA driver

Hi of course you can use the Suse NVIDIA repository but this does not provide the most recent driver. So here the HOWTO thanks to “Marius”

Step 1: Via Yast install
gcc
make
kernel source

Step2: Download the nvidia driver from the nvidia website and move it to / (top root directory) makes life easier for operations further down

Step3: Blacklist the nouveau module. Insert “blacklist nouveau” without the quotes at the end of “/etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf”. (save the original config file first, you need to do this as super user)

Step4: Via Yast /etc/sysconfig Editor: system…kernel:
set “NO_KMS_IN_INITRD” to “yes”.

Step5: Reboot the system and when the grub menu comes up, write “nomodeset 3″ (without the quotes) in option field.

Step7: login and become root.

Step8: Install the nvidia driver with “sh NVIDIA-Linux-…….run -q”. (follow the menue prompts)

Step9: Generate a default xorg.conf with “nvidia-xconfig”.

Step8: Run “SuSEconfig”.

Step9: Restart the system.

This procedure worked for me !!

Cheer Otto

I find it more easier to add the the nvidia-opensuseadd repository: ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.3/
The you can skip step1-2 and install the driver with yast (in command line mode) in step 8.