Nvidia 6200 Issues

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I just installed an Nvidia 6200 video card and have gotten it recognized by Suse 11 but am unable to configure screen resolution. I checked the xorg99 log and some of the entries include the following:

X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
Current Operating System: Linux linux-b5hh 2.6.25.11-0.1-pae #1 SMP 2008-07-13 20:48:28 +0200 i686
Build Date: 28 July 2008 10:14:56PM

and the end of the log is:

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
() NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (–) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
() NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: “nvidia”
(II) UnloadModule: “wfb”
(II) UnloadModule: “fb”
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

I used the 1 click install from this website to load the Nvidia drivers and I presume a new kernal was installed but don’t know which one since two now show up on my boot screen.

Everything else looks fine as the sysinfo recognizes the card and my monitor (Dell 2700)

Thanks.

Kevin

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boot with 3 on the options line. At the login prompt, login as root then run-
sax -r -m 0=nvidia

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Sounds like a possible mismatch between your kernel version and Nvidia driver.

If the above command does not work, you can type

yast

and a truncated version of Yast will start up. Once there you can either uninstall your old driver or try to update the ones you already have online (assuming you have an active internet connection).

If you want to load a generic driver just to get your desktop back, while in text mode and logged in as root run

sax2 -r -m 0=vesa

and then after sax2 is finished type

reboot