Hey guys, I am relatively new to the world of openSUSE. I am trying to install the graphics card drivers for my Dell D820, using a Nvidia NVS 130 chip. I have tryed the one click install, adding it from the software manager, using the .run files from the nvidia website, to no avail. I have also ran sax2 -r multiple times.
When I try to run startx, it gives me an error, could not open the device file /dev/nvidia0 (I/O error), and returns to the command prompt. It also says (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device PCI:1:0:0.
This might be a bit long if so I apologise.
I am like you a newbie and couldn’t get Nvidia drivers to load.
I got the following to work on 10.2(my main machine)after several attempts, I then d/l 11.0 live cd and installed it on my second comp. I then duplicated the method but found I had to edit one of the lines. So here goes.
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2. openSUSE 11.0-AMD64
It is recommended to use YaST for installation of the NVIDIA
driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it’s
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won’t need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.
Update your Kernel via YOU (YaST Online Update). Use
YaST -> Software -> Software Repositories -> Add
Protocol: HTTP
Server Name: : download.nvidia.com
Directory on Server: /opensuse/11.0 ( **this needs to be altered **)
to add the NVIDIA http server as additional installation source.
Now use
YaST -> Software -> Software Management my line in the SEARCH box type nvidia , click to search
to install the NVIDIA driver. Select the following packages:
x11-video-nvidiaG01
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I found this refused to work, so after playing with it I substituted 11.0 with 10.3. When it gets to the yast2/server and directory panel change 11.0 to 10.3. After this was finished I ended up with 10.3 in the Configured software repositries panel. I then edited it and changed 10.3 to 11.0.
Update.
Since posting my answer, I have had to reinstall 11.0,( playing around with the desktop settings) and to my delight the fresh install loaded the Nvidia drivers. I didn’t get the option during the initial install to upload the updates. On this install it loaded the Nvidia drivers automatically.
Thanks, I will give a new 11.0 install a try. It funny as thats the only thing that doesnt work. I have a few servers with SLES 10.2 on it, and it works great.
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> Thanks, I will give a new 11.0 install a try. It funny as thats the
> only thing that doesnt work. I have a few servers with SLES 10.2 on
> it, and it works great.
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Hi
You might also want to have a read here; http://en.opensuse.org/Nvidia
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> Yeah, I have read all that, and I am still getting no gui love(lol
> that sounds sooo bad). Im new to the linux world, but am quite
> technical. Any ideas
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Hi
So you init 3 the box, run the nvidia installer and then run;
Yeah, I do that. and sax2 runs fine. But when it tries to launch into gdm, it errors out with a failure to initialize NVIDIA. I have tried it after a reboot too. I also tryed to install the driver before the kernel upgrade in YAST, and after. I dont know what is going on