Hello there. I’m looking for a NVIDIA 3D driver for openSUSE 11.4. I looked at various wikis and sources on how to install them, but NVIDIA’s repository links are down and no longer working. Using the 1 Click install gives me an error that the repository links aren’t working. Here is my PC specs if you need them.
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz
2 GB Ram.
Most importantly: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
The drivers are running openSUSE’s default 3D drivers (swrast (No 3D Acceleration) (7.10.2)). I need the 3D drivers in order to get desktop effects working. I know I’m running an older openSUSE release; but, that is the best version that will work on my computer. Any help and info would gladly be appreciated. Thanks.
Since 11.4 is already out of support (except for Evergreen, but they don’t provide nvidia drivers, maybe because of legal reasons) for quite some time, you need to install it “the hard way”.
See here: SDB:NVIDIA the hard way - openSUSE Wiki
Hello there. I’m looking for a NVIDIA 3D driver for openSUSE 11.4. I
looked at various wikis and sources on how to install them, but NVIDIA’s
repository links are down and no longer working. Using the 1 Click
install gives me an error that the repository links aren’t working. Here
is my PC specs if you need them.
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz
2 GB Ram.
Most importantly: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
The drivers are running openSUSE’s default 3D drivers (swrast (No 3D
Acceleration) (7.10.2)). I need the 3D drivers in order to get desktop
effects working. I know I’m running an older openSUSE release; but, that
is the best version that will work on my computer. Any help and info
would gladly be appreciated. Thanks.
Hi
You can find the one for your card here (probably down in the archives);
Then add the kernel-source etc, build/install and then run sax2 to
build your xorg.conf.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) Kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop
up 11:34, 3 users, load average: 0.75, 0.32, 0.20
CPU AMD E2-1800@1.70GHz | GPU Radeon HD 7340
You mean your video settings?
Not really, because that’s all auto-configured nowadays.
The worst thing that could happen is that the nvidia driver just doesn’t work.
If you don’t get a graphical system afterwards (which shouldn’t happen if you follow the instructions), just select failsafe mode in the bootmenu and remove the driver again by running “nvidia-installer --uninstall” and deleting the files /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and /etc/X11/xorg.conf if they exist.
Then you should automatically be using the opensource driver again (after a reboot).
On 07/25/2013 07:06 PM, ag2013 wrote:
>
> I’ll give that a try. But, before I begin, is there a way to backup my
> settings in case I mess up?
-=WELCOME=- new poster…
YES there are lots of ways to do a backup of both user data and
‘settings’… most simple is to just copy or rsync the contents of
/home /var and /etc to a safe place (NOT on an ntfs or fat partition,
unless it is all tied up in a (say) tar file–and, i recommend “a
safe place” is NOT on the same machine…
additionally there is a backup means offered inside YaST (i’ve never
used it, so can’t help)…
for certain you should not run a plain openSUSE 11.4 on the net–it
has not received security updates for a long time–instead you should
move it to Evergreen as soon as possible, instructions to do that are
here http://tinyurl.com/4aflkpy…
and, personally i think the ‘desktop effects’ are not worth the
trouble you are going to get them…but, that is your call.
finally, why do you say 11.4 is the latest you can use on your
computer? (your specs are better than mine? 1 GB RAM, 1.8 MHz single
[Atom] CPU)
Although I’m not an experienced Linux user, openSUSE 12.3 requires a slightly better computer than the one I have (which was built in 2007). I pefer to run an older build of openSUSE just to be on the safe side. Trust me, 2 GB of ram isn’t that sufficient to run the latest version of openSUSE today. If my computer was 64 bit, and had more ram, then it’s definitely worth running. Anyways, I finally got the NVIDIA driver to work. The instructions for installing the driver the hard way worked. I also update to Evergreen as you suggested. Thanks to all of you who helped me out. I’ll let you guys know if I need help again.
Well, I have 2GB as well and find it more than enough… And an Athlon64 3000+ 1.8GHz single core. 12.3 runs very nice here, better than 11.4 I would say.
And 32bit does support more than 4 GB, through PAE. Of course the motherboard has to support more RAM as well.
But if your CPU is a E2180 it would be 64bit according to Intel, see malcolmlewis’s link. Or are there different E2180 dual core processors with 2GHz? I don’t think so.
Anyway, it’s your decision, I just wanted to mention that.
On 2013-07-26 02:58, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2013-07-26 01:46, ag2013 wrote:
>>
>> Really? I’ll have to take a close look again. Anyway, thanks for
>> mentioning!
>
> Increasing the RAM makes wonders for Linux
When creating virtual machines under vmware, they take .75GiB, and they
work fine. 1 GiB is enough RAM…
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
