Problems getting nvidia drivers to work

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Hi,

First of all, I am new to GNU/Linux.

I have just installed 64bit openSUSE 11.1 on my Dell latitude laptop. The laptop has a NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140m graphics card. I tried to install the NVIDIA drivers by using the 1-click link from this page:
NVIDIA - openSUSE

After the install I clicked “Logout”. KDE closed. The startkde command threw an error message.

sax2 -r wouldn’t work

After trying different things, I finally got KDE-gui to work again, by typing.

init 3
sax2 -r -m 0=nv
init5;exit

inside the gui, in the Terminal, I tried to type:
sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
this opens sax2, but when I test the settings, I get an error: Testing Configuration Failed
For further information, refer to the file /var/log/xorg.99.log

Looking in the log file, I found this:
(II) LoadModule: “nvidia”

(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates//drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor=“NVIDIA Corporation”
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
(EE) NVIDIA: system’s kernel log for additional error messages.
(II) UnloadModule: “nvidia”
(II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/updates//drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module “nvidia” (module-specific error, 0)
(II) LoadModule: “kbd”
…

in the bottom of the file:
Fatal server error:
no screens found

Is there anyone who can tell me what is wrong and how to fix it? Thx :slight_smile:

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Hi
Instead of nv use nvidia in the sax2 command.

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That doesn’t work. When I use nvidia instead of nv, sax2 won’t start at all!

Any suggestions?

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I finally got it to work! The Update Applet suggested about 50 updates, and after successfully installing the them and a reboot, I was able to enable the nvidia drivers by typing sax2 -r in the terminal.

:slight_smile:

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If you use the repo’s check this:
Some NVIDIA Basics - openSUSE Forums
But looks like you need to do it manually::

But my check at nvidia shows only possible is beta
http://thumbnails14.imagebam.com/4472/8ed00044716633.gif](ImageBam)

Look yourself
Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

Remove the drivers installed by the repo, then remove the nvidia repo

follow this:

Alright so here is how to install the nvidia driver manually, in case the one in the repo doesn’t work or u just want to use the latest.
Go to Yast>Software>Software Management
Search for and install if you don’t have these:

make
gcc
kernel-source

Now download the latest Nvidia driver:
Place the file in your /home/username

Now restart and at the boot screen, pause the boot by moving the down button, then move back up and clear any text in the boot arguments by holding backspace. Then just type the number: 3

At the login
Type “root” then enter and then your root password and press enter.
now type

cd /home/username
*Now remember you can use the {TAB} key to auto complete
so type:
sh NVIDIA{TAB}
and the whole file name should auto complete

eg: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg1.run
Follow the installer and let it compile the kernel module for you.
Say Yes to everything
Use TAB to move around
reboot

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[QUOTE=caf4926;2023568]If you use the repo’s check this:
Some NVIDIA Basics - openSUSE Forums
But looks like you need to do it manually::

But my check at nvidia shows only possible is beta
http://thumbnails14.imagebam.com/4472/8ed00044716633.gif](http://www.imagebam.com/image/8ed00044716633/)

Look yourself
Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

Remove the drivers installed by the repo, then remove the nvidia repo

follow this:[/QUOTE]

Thank you for your response, but as I wrote in my last post, I got it to work. The Update Applet installed a lot of updates, and after that, it worked.