the flickering of death ( F o D )

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#1

Well I try suse 11.1 live cd everything was good so I install it. It was flickering like hell, did all the updates then I read the nvidia driver installation did it with yast and it keeps on flickering like HELL. If its any help my pc is gateway AMD Athlon 64 x2 dual core processor 3800+ and my video card its a geforce 6100. If any one can help!!!

#2

If you look in Yast Software Repos
select nvidia

you should be using either the red or yellow combo
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no more no less

#3

well on yast does not show any yellow and red dots I even whent to the ftp page on your image and is till it did not show any dots any other suggestions. And I install susex86_64 if it makes a difference.

#4

The dots are just indicators put there by me LOL.
So you don’t mix and match the wrong way
Give us a screen of the nvidia repo in software management

open a terminal and post result of

uname -a

and of

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#5

LOL I even went to the ftp page on your image LOL

junglelistic@linux-bgos:~> uname -a
Linux linux-bgos 2.6.27.29-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-08-15 17:53:59 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
junglelistic@linux-bgos:~> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

/…/

SaX generated X11 config file

Created on: 2009-08-27T21:47:23-0700.

Version: 8.1

Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005

Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>

Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)

PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!

Section “Files”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/local”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/URW”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Speedo”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/PEX”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/kwintv”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/truetype”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/CID”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/xtest”
FontPath “/opt/kde3/share/fonts”
InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”
EndSection

Section “ServerFlags”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail” “on”
Option “ZapWarning” “on”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “dri”
Load “dbe”
Load “freetype”
Load “extmod”
Load “glx”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “kbd”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
Option “XkbModel” “microsoftpro”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “Sunplus CM1092 Optical Scroller Mouse”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Option “CalcAlgorithm” “XServerPool”
DisplaySize 408 255
HorizSync 30-82
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “LCM-19W4”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1440x900”
VendorName “WDE”
VertRefresh 43-76
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
Modeline “1440x900” 106 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 +hsync -vsync
EndSection

Section “Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1440x900” “1366x768” “1360x768” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1440x900” “1366x768” “1360x768” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1440x900” “1366x768” “1360x768” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1440x900” “1366x768” “1360x768” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSection

Section “Device”
BoardName “GeForce 6100”
Driver “nvidia”
Identifier “Device[0]”
VendorName “NVIDIA”
EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSection

Section “DRI”
Group “video”
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “on”
EndSection

here you go

#6

Try disabling desktop effects. See if it clears up.

The config file looks OK. But I would still like to see a screen of the installed packages in nvidia.

#7

All the effects are turned off and this is the list of drive i try a few but it still continues to do it

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#8

As far as I am aware the two packages you need are as illustrated here:
http://thumbnails16.imagebam.com/4781/c10b4347805980.gif](http://www.imagebam.com/image/c10b4347805980)

Ignore the architecture.

Another option is to remove them all. Then The repo. Then download the driver from nvidia. Place it in your /home/username and then 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-x86-185.18.36-pkg1.run
Follow the installer and let it compile the kernel module for you.
Say Yes to everything
Use TAB to move around
reboot

#9

sorry to sound too noob but i try what you say and i can figure what you mean by “pause the boot by moving the down button” what button the arrow button i tried and nothing happens. i also try different ones but it boots another thing im using x86-64 im going to do a clean install for x86 to see if thats the issue. I guess ill let you know if it is or not.

#10

x86 or _64 The only difference will be you loose the benefit of _64

If you install x86 and have more than 3GB RAM you should use the PAE kernel, which will probably install by default anyway.

What I was refering to about pausing the boot menu is: When you boot a timer runs on the default boot for 8 seconds, to stop the timer counting down you just move the down arrow button. Now you have time to edit the boot argument to just be the number: 3

Something to remember for next time.