[SLE] Using the NVIDIA driver in SUSE10

From: Keith Powell (keith_at_keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk)
Date: 10/20/05

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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:56:16 +0100

    I have a peculiar problem with my SUSE10.

    The relevant parts of my set-up are an NVIDIA FX5200 graphics card and a TFT
    monitor.

    After an installation, using the "nv" driver, there is always a broad black
    band each side of the screen. This is normal, for any installation on this
    machine. The picture isn't wide enough. I can increase the width in SAX if I
    need to, but I rarely do it that way.

    Whichever distro I am trying out, the first things I usually do are to install
    any security updates, then download and install the official NVIDIA driver.
    Without altering any settings, the new driver always fills the screen
    correctly.

    This is what I did with SUSE10, using YAST. Logging out and then back in was
    OK, the "official" driver had filled the screen. However, on rebooting, the
    picture had shifted over to the left of the screen, leaving a broad black
    band on the right.

    To cut several hours of experimenting short, it would appear that if there is
    a flash of the NVIDIA splash screen during booting, the picture is OK. If
    there isn't the splash screen, I get the black band and shifted picture.

    So I am wondering if sometimes the NVIDIA driver kicks in, and sometimes it
    doesn't. But I may be wrong.

    I have done this many times and with several distros (including previous
    versions of SUSE), and it has always worked perfectly. There is only the
    problem doing it in SUSE10.

    During my experimenting, I have tried the monitor driver which was initially
    installed, the generic LCD one and the generic VESA one. Just to eliminate
    the drivers. If I alter the screen position settings in SAX, so that there's
    no band, at the next boot it has "gone" again.

    Any ideas will be very gratefully received, as I don't want to have to do
    multiple boots each time, until it decides to work!

    This is rather a long posting, but I hope it's reasonably clear.
     
    Keith 

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