I have made a new install of Suse 11.2 KDE window manager and have lost my higher resolution on screen with SuSE 11.1 . (Defaults now to 800x600)
How can I use YaST and set repository for a legacy nVidia card
Help pages give
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openSUSE 11.1-IA32
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/11.1
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I assume this works in SUSE 11.2 as well but YaST add repository will not accept line server name “download.nvidia.com” but demands the DNS numbers .
Can you advise DNS numbers of this site or advise how to fix.
I have :
Motherboard circa 2000 on old HP Pavilion desktop.
Video card: nVidia Corporation
Model: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Current driver is “nv” (per SUSE screen) only gives 800x600 resolution but card and monitor worked at higher resolutions in Suse 11.1.
I have downloaded legacy driver but would prefer it loaded through Yast rather than try command line stuff.
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:06:01 +0000, eionmac wrote:
> I assume this works in SUSE 11.2 as well but YaST add repository will
> not accept line server name “download.nvidia.com” but demands the DNS
> numbers .
Try just adding it from the community repositories in the repository
manager. I upgraded my 64-bit system last night and that’s how I added
the repo, and it worked fine (I had the same issue you did with the
resolution dropping to 800x600 before doing that).
Thanks folks,
However the solution did not work. No link to ‘legacy drivers’ only to current (after GeForce 4) drivers in community repositories.
Driver on nVidia site but unable to get it downloaded and the ‘licence page’ ticked at same time . (If licence is ticked screen does not revert to legacy drivers but locks you out.
However problem solved by changing from one old video card to another to an ATI Radeon RV100 SD 32M ( also knownas RV100 QY)
This card identified by SuSE 11.2 and allows higher resolution, but 1024x…
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:56:01 +0000, eionmac wrote:
> Thanks folks,
> However the solution did not work. No link to ‘legacy drivers’ only to
> current (after GeForce 4) drivers in community repositories.
>
> Driver on nVidia site but unable to get it downloaded and the ‘licence
> page’ ticked at same time . (If licence is ticked screen does not
> revert to legacy drivers but locks you out.
>
> However problem solved by changing from one old video card to another to
> an ATI Radeon RV100 SD 32M ( also knownas RV100 QY)
>
> This card identified by SuSE 11.2 and allows higher resolution, but
> 1024x…
>
>
> Many thanks for help.
Sorry, my bad - I missed out on the ‘legacy’ part of the question.
You’ll have to use “the hard way” (which isn’t too difficult, really) as
documented at http://en.opensuse.org/Nvidia - but I see you switched card
vendor, and that would work as well.
Many thanks to all of you.
As switching cards was easier than a ‘new adventure’. I knew how to switch cards i was unsure of other way.
Lazy me!
Again thank you and a passing comment;
Suse 11.2 with Xfce windows on a circa 2000 built HP machine responds many times faster than either my XP pro 2005 Dell laptop or a 2007 Asus Vista HP laptop.!