Re: [SLE] Best video card, SuSE 9.2

From: Brad Bourn (brad_at_summitrd.com)
Date: 11/18/04

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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:20:27 -0700

    is telinit 3 the same as init 3?

    anyway,

    previous to the SuSE 9.1, I had some trouble that was solved with this
    post.... sorry didn't save who wrote this, but credit is due.

    <quoting someone else>
    I was having the same problems, and here is what i did "

    1) make cloneconfig
    2) export MAKEFLAGS=O=/usr/src/linux-obj/$ARCH/$FLAVOR
    3) sh <nviddia>.run --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux

    and all went fine.

    The MAKEFLAGS also allowed me to build the vmware modules.  Make just needs
    to know where to find the scripts it needs.  This information is located in
    the README.SUSE file in the /usr/src/linux directory, i believe.
    I then read /usr/src/linux/README.SUSE and discovered a package I had not
    known about: kernel-syms. With kernel-syms installed, it is not necessary to
    use Step 1) to install 1.0-6106.

    After installing kernel-syms-2.6.5-7.95, I logged in as root, changed to
    runlevel 3, changed directory to where I had downloaded the nVIDIA installer
    and
    1) Ran
    . ./makeflags-SUSE.README.sh, containing the line:

    export MAKEFLAGS= \
    "-C /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build O=/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build"

    2) Ran
    ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6106-pkg2.run --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux

    The install worked.
    </quoting someone else>

    I ended up writing a couple scripts to do the job for me, they are as follows
    (note: I don't do this anymore since SuSE 9.1, I can just do what was already
    mentioned here, also, you need to change the driver version or add a param
    for that)

    <install.sh>
    cd /usr/src/linux
    make cloneconfig
    cd -
    . ./makeflags.sh default
    sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6111-pkg2.run --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux
    </install.sh>

    <makeflags.sh>
    export MAKEFLAGS="O=/usr/src/linux-obj/`uname -i`/$1"
    </makeflags.sh>

    so, back then I just typed

    sh ./install.sh

    B-)

    On Thursday 18 November 2004 05:29 am, Joe Polk wrote:
    > :( I wish I was in on the joke! <grin> Seriously, guys, I'm doing what you
    >
    > have posted and ain't werkin! I posted my log, though, earlier.
    >
    > --
    > <<JAV>>
    >
    >
    > ---------- Original Message -----------
    > From: Fermin Goiriz <fgoiriz@wanadoo.fr>
    > To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
    > Sent: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:23:10 +0100
    > Subject: Re: [SLE] Best video card, SuSE 9.2
    >
    > > > Nothing difficult about getting Nvidid working with suse you just got
    > > > to do it right ..
    > >
    > > yeah, installing the nvidia drivers was a breeze:
    > >
    > > telinit 3
    > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run
    > > sax2 -m 0=nvidia
    > >
    > > --fg
    > >
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