I did another opensuse upgrade and did not realize until after the fact that I had upgraded with 13.2 beta. I had to do the very same process of opening a text terminal and using yast to install an nvidia driver to make it usable, just like my 13.1 install. Since I am now using a beta version of opensuse on this particular drive, would it make sense to follow the same driver install procedure that solved a similar problem in my previous thread (unable to install nvidia 3d driver via 1-click or by compiling the hard way)? I know a final version of 13.2 will be issued soon, however the beta runs very stable for me.
Here is the thread link: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/499160-unable-to-install-nvidia-3d-driver-via-1-click-or-by-compiling-(the-hard-way)
Which version did you install?
There’s Milestone 0, released back in March (I think). And then there are more recent factory snapshots.
The Milestone 0 snapshot used kernel 3.14. A current factory install is using 3.15.
A little over a week ago, I installed a factory snapshot (I think it was 20140620) an a box with an nvidia 6150 LE. The install was fine, and the system actually ran with nouveau, though with problems.
I proceeded to install the nvidia driver 304.121 (the hard way). The install went fine – no problems on building or installing the driver. So I rebooted to begin using it. And the system froze when X began to come up.
Moving this thread to the Beta forum. NNTP users, please do not reply.
Moved from Install/Boot/Login. Open for posting again.
The version is milestone 0. It looks like I may have to wait until the stable release comes out. Just checked and 1 click only supports up to 13.1.
Yes. Nvidia driver packages do not exist for Factory.
You would have to install the driver “the hard way”, and hope that it works (it might not support the latest kernel or Xorg immediately when they get updated in Factory).
Better go back to 13.1 if you want to use the nvidia driver, especially if you are not an experienced user.
The easiest way would be to remove the Factory repo and run “sudo zypper dup”.
But better post your repo list first to get advise whether this would be safe in your case.
13.2 will not be released until November.
wolfi323 wrote:
>
> sailboat57;2653215 Wrote:
>> The version is milestone 0. It looks like I may have to wait until
>> the stable release comes out. Just checked and 1 click only supports
>> up to 13.1.
> Yes. Nvidia driver packages do not exist for Factory.
> You would have to install the driver “the hard way”, and hope that it
> works (it might not support the latest kernel or Xorg immediately when
> they get updated in Factory).
>
> Better go back to 13.1 if you want to use the nvidia driver,
> especially if you are not an experienced user.
> The easiest way would be to remove the Factory repo and run “sudo
> zypper dup”.
> But better post your repo list first to get advise whether this would
> be safe in your case.
>
> 13.2 will not be released until November.
>
I just spent several days using the Nvidia repo and trying to install
the nvidia 331-79 driver on 13.2 (works on 13.1), also tried hardway on
331.79. With no luck. (OS on my 13.2 system is: 3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop)
Went to Nvidia website and found latest driver for my GeForce 8400GS
card was NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.24.run. Downloaded it and installed the
hardway. Works fine on my 13.2 config. On 13.1 I am using 331-79 from
nvidia repo.
Russ
openSUSE 13.1(Linux 3.11.10-17-desktop x86_64|
Intel(R) Quad Core™ i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz|8GB DDR3|
GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.79)|KDE 4.13.2