problem configuring the NVIDIA graphic card driver

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I tried to install the NVIDIA graphic card drivers on my laptop XPS 1340, running with opensuse 11.2. There are two graphic cards, the integrated one and the NVIDIA one. I installed the drivers correctly by doing

wget ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...90.36-pkg2.run
su -c ‘sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.36-pkg2.run -q’

but when trying to configure the x-server
su -c ‘sax2 -r -m0=nvidia’

I got the following error message in the /var/log/SaX.log

NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidia0 (Input/output error).

Do you know what the problem can be? Thanks

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Sorry, thought I answered this one last night. There’s no second video card. The Dell has an integrated 9400M G, which is probably not recogized by the driver. Download and install a more recent beta driver (the beta status IMHO is from NVIDIA, runs great on my GT120M.

wget ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/195.30/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.30-pkg2.run

su -c ‘sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.30-pkg2.run’

THEN do not run sax2. openSUSE 11.2 doesn’t need an xorg.conf anymore. So just run the installer as above, and finish with:

su -c ‘init 5 && exit’

Should be working, this beta driver supports your card.

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I missed your previous answer, sorry about that.

Thank you for your instructions. I installed the beta version and it seems to be working. Is there any way to check that is working properly?

Cheers

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Open a console and type as root:
nvidia-xconfig
This will start up your nvidia driver.
After rebooting you can find a “nvidia-settings” icon in Applications / System / Configuration.
Here you can set whatever you want.

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Hi,

I tried the nvidia-xconfig and reboot, but the windows did not start. The file /var/log/Xorg.0.log showed the following error

Primary Device is:
No devices detected

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Curiously, the NVIDIA driver was loaded correctly. What can the problem be now?