In past months I asked on how to install the official driver for my NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro, thank you to all that tried to help, it’s until this week that I learned the driver doesn’t support newer version of the X-server. Since I fear uninstalling the current version that comes with Suse 11.2 to install an older version of the x-server and all related libs, I prefer to try to make full use with the ‘nv’ driver.
Works, ok, except that it doesn’t supports or has activated the 3d which I need for Blender.
On the settings, the 3d check box appears ‘on’ and ghosted but it’s not active, since Blender won’t load and I installed an OpenGL game from Yast just to see if it’ll run and it doesn’t.
So… how can I activate the 3d on the ‘nv’ driver for my Quadro2 Pro NVidia card ?
It seems I was on the mistake that the ‘nv’ driver was a short name for nouveau.
Is the nouveau a good driver on both 2d and 3d ?
I used the search option on the nvidia website that was done earlier this year as well as asking on this forum and easily determined which official driver supported my nvidia card, which I could install and didn’t knew why until I got a response from nvidia itself about the x-server.
So, which may be better ? downgrade the x-server or install the nouveau driver ?
Why the nouveau driver can’t seem to be possible to uninstall ? I read people having to blacklist the driver and other modification on .conf files.
Message #12 has the most recent version of lnvhw. I suggest you read through it all before you decide what to do. If you go the easy way, you will have things to undo before you decide to load the driver the hard way. Good luck.
Read the links, thank you. Some of them I already read.
Disappointed to see that the only driver that supports 3d is the official which only works with previous versions of x-server.
The nouveau driver doesn’t have stable 3d support.
So, how do I downgrade the x-server ?
You are using old tech with openSUSE 11.2 and 32 bit. I don’t know if your hardware supports it, but openSUSE 11.4 just came out and it might be time to switch to 64 bit. The built-in nVIDIA support is even better, though I just load the proprietary video driver and have supper 2D/3D operation. It is all up to you.
I wish I could upgrade beyond 11.2, I have another un-resolved problem and is an Intuos Serial tablet, yes, it’s old but it’s what I got. The big problem is that it doesn’t work with Suse version past 11.2. I know because in January I installed 11.3 and simply could make it work. The Wacom-project driver simple doesn’t supports it. So I had no other alternative than to switch back to 11.2.
My CPU is 32 bits too, so I always have to use the 32 bits version of the software.
I wish I could upgrade beyond 11.2, I have another un-resolved problem and is an Intuos Serial tablet, yes, it’s old but it’s what I got. The big problem is that it doesn’t work with Suse version past 11.2. I know because in January I installed 11.3 and simply could make it work. The Wacom-project driver simple doesn’t supports it. So I had no other alternative than to switch back to 11.2.
My CPU is 32 bits too, so I always have to use the 32 bits version of the software.
That explains why you can not upgrade. openSUSE 11.2 is still supported and I even have it on my work laptop, but that support will end this year in just a few months. So, a hardware upgrade will be required at some point just as I will need to finally update the software on my laptop. Most fixes, it would seem, are aimed at the newer versions of Linux and so it hard to know what help you might get in that area.
I can say that it is possible to upgrade your kernel to 2.6.37 to see if the built-in support might work any better. You can do this without removing your old kernel and thus check it out and drop back if it does not work. Hopefully you are not almost out of disk space, something you should check out first. To compile a new kernel you need to first:
Open up YaST / Software / Software Management and select the View button on the top left and select Patterns. Now, look down the Pattern tree and check: Base, Kernel and C++ Development and let all of these applications install.
Message #17 has the most recent version of SAKC and Message #22 has the most recent version of KLIST that can help manage your compiled kernels. Keep in mind that that actual bash script file name you use will be sakc and klist. So, compiling a newer kernel upgrades all of the built-in kernel drivers. You would want to try this while all of the support files are still present and before support for openSUSE 11.2 is terminated in the near future.