OpenOffice, google chrome and many applications crash: Possibly Nvidia driver or X are not working properly
I recently installed opensuse-13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) on a pc with following configuration:
intel i7-3960X processor, 32 GB RAM, Nvidia Geforce GTX 580 and total of 4TB storage in two hard-disks.
Earlier, I was unable to install desktop version of opensuse 12.1 and gave up since, I could not get a working desktop. I tried many other distro (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint) but nothing worked at that time. With some help through forums I could manage to see my desktop with some driver manipulations but effectively could not use any application.
I waited for some developments in the source code and now I could install 13.1 version. However, it showed some problem when I included automatic configuration during installation. But, unchecking that option and performing configuration after restart gave me a working KDE desktop. But it is not working efficiently still.
I can use Konqueror (email, youtube etc.).
I can only open Open-office but when I type anything it crashes.
The google chrome never opens and
Firefox opens but when I type some website address, it crashes and at that moment the screen hangs. After some time I see a distorted display with no control eventually.
Then, I installed all the desktop environments from internet, and every environment has some problem:
In Gnome environment there is a distorted display strip at the bottom. Konqueror works but office and firefox do not work like KDE case.
in LXDE environment I can use firefox but problem with openoffice and one visualization software persists there however, this time only applications crash but the display remains responsive and I can start/restart other tasks.
I can put the problems in other desktop environments but I think it will be redundant.
I have a very limited ability to deal with this issue. Please help me to get my computer working. My ultimate aim is to install some visualization software for materials research.
regards,
Vikas