I have a msi ge60-ond-042us which has a Nvidia GeForce GTX 660m for which i was attempting to install the latest driver 325.08 i am running into an issue where x fails to start after installing the drivers. I followed numerous tutorials explaining how to install Nvidia drivers on openSUSE but, I always run into the same issue after Installing either when Nvidia X Server settings says there is no valid Xorg.conf file or x does not start.
errors from log X:
289.245] (WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi” does not exist.
289.248] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
289.258] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: undefined symbol: _glapi_tls_Context
289.258] (EE) Failed to load module “glamoregl” (loader failed, 7)
289.294] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
289.294] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
289.295] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
289.365] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: undefined symbol: _glapi_tls_Context
289.365] (WW) intel(0): glamor not available
289.401] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
i Have also tried the second newest drivers which generated the same error from x.
Those “errors” (except the last of course) are normal. The error about glamor is even caused by the nvidia driver.
But you can just ignore them.
Unfortunately the important stuff is missing. Could you please upload the whole Xorg.0.log to SUSE Paste or similar and post a link?
Maybe you just forgot to prevent the nouveau kernel module from loading?
Add “nomodeset” to your kernel boot options, or create a file /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-blacklist.conf with the following content:
blacklist nouveau
Edit:
Just noticed the line:
289.365] (WW) intel(0): glamor not available
Is this a hybrid system? (intel+nvidia graphics)
Then the standard nvidia driver doesn’t work for you.