I installed this driver successfully and worked with full promotion but only for the first boot. After the second promotion of 3D is away. Can anybody help me? Thanks.
have you disabled kms?
By the way. how did you manage to do that? i download this driver too for my 8400gs: and when i compile this thing i get error message informing me that something went wrong and i have to look in /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
-> done.
-> Kernel module compilation complete.
ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most
frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or
improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs
from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as
rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from
obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or NVIDIA GPU
installed in this system is not supported by this NVIDIA Linux graphics
driver release.
Please see the log entries 'Kernel module load error' and 'Kernel
messages' at the end of the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for
more information.
-> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './kernel/nvidia.ko': -1
No such device
-> Kernel messages:
[96034.139474] NVRM: nvidiafb, or rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership
of
[96034.139475] NVRM: the NVIDIA device(s).
[96034.139478] NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
[96034.139479] NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
[96034.139480] NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
[96034.139481] NVRM: again.
[96034.139483] NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
[96347.471071] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1
device(s).
[96347.471076] NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as nouveau, rivafb,
[96347.471077] NVRM: nvidiafb, or rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership
of
[96347.471078] NVRM: the NVIDIA device(s).
[96347.471081] NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
[96347.471082] NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
[96347.471083] NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
[96347.471084] NVRM: again.
[96347.471086] NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
[96478.092959] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1
device(s).
[96478.092963] NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as nouveau, rivafb,
[96478.092965] NVRM: nvidiafb, or rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership
of
[96478.092966] NVRM: the NVIDIA device(s).
[96478.092969] NVRM: Try unloading the conflicting kernel module (and/or
[96478.092970] NVRM: reconfigure your kernel without the conflicting
[96478.092971] NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
[96478.092972] NVRM: again.
[96478.092974] NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
it looks to me that i have to disable nouveau. how can i accomplish that.
i really want that driver because i want to use the nvidia tool to configure my hardware.
I have the same here (GeForce 9800 GT). The so called âhard wayâ to install NVIDIA drivers doesnât work at all (module canât be loaded). Unfortunatelly SUSE still doesnât provide the 1-click installation as promised.
You should install NVIDIA driver from an official pages of NVIDIA, then install make and gcc from my computer install/remove software. Then use zypper install kernel-source linux-kernel-headers kernel-syms in terminal for installing kernel-source. Then you must add parameter nomodeset in boot/grub/menu.lst . Then init 3, install NVIDIA driver, at the end you neednt allow automatic change of X11, but use modprobe nvidia and at the end rcxdm start. But I dont now, how to disable KMS. Enjoy
Be careful with that. You can pass ânomodesetâ to Grub at boot up, as described. After that youâll be able to install the NVIDIA drivers. BUT - on my system - loading X11 fails and wonât start at all (you can restore the saved configuration file âxorg.conf.installâ to go back to the state before).
I have to say, SUSE 11.3 is one of the worst SUSE update ever. I use SUSE / Linux for long time, but 11.3 is far away form being tested well (first installation as an âupdateâ failed completely, after a fresh installation I had at least a KDE to login in).
Unhapiness I have 5 boot on my PC and I cannot use the original boot menu.
Dear all,
thanks for the hint with the nomodeset. I managed to install 256.35. I need to boot always with nomodeset passed to grube otherwise X does not start.
Question is now: Does this do any harm to the graphics card?
I am using NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT.
At least to me everything looks fine ⌠just would like to know whether I am running a dangerous path when I continue to use 11.3 like this.
Thank you very much for your help,
cheers
Klaus
This wiki page should be stickied.
No harm will come to your hardware as a result of using nomodeset. Setting nomodeset in /boot/grub/menu.lst and disabling KMS in the sysconfig files allowed me to install the proprietary NVIDIA driver. All works well here. Really enjoying openSUSE 11.3, great update. Especially neat is that the desktop effects/KWIN composite stuff work over NX connections now.
Tnank you very much for your advice.