Re: More Nvidia issues on 9.1
From: Charlie D Whitehead III (charlie_at_linuxdragon.net)
Date: 05/10/04
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Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 23:50:45 -0400
> On Mon, 10 May 2004 01:21:04 +0000, JPB wrote:
> OK; I am hoping for some pointers here:
>
> Got my 9.1 Pro Upgrade on Friday. Installed without a hitch; very nice!
> Downloaded the Nvidia driver patch through YOU during install, as well
> as the security kernel patches etc. Downloaded the latest Nvidia driver
> binary (5336) off the website. Switched to init 3; ran the installer;
> ran sax2, configured, went back to init 5 and was presented with the
> splash screen. No problems there.
>
> When I then went to log out of KDE to configure another window manager
> (blackbox - I prefer that one for most tasks), I got a black screen.
> Nothing I could do would produce any result (this is a standalone
> machine). Had to do a hard reboot.
>
> Machine booted up fine (thanks, reiserfs!:-)); logged into blackbox, no
> probs. Logged out - black screen! Repeated the process (hard reboot,
> login into KDE), went to shut down the computer - black screen & machine
> would not shut down. It just sat there.
>
> Looked at my X11config file - could see nothing wrong. Changed the
> driver back from "nvidia" to "nv". Logged out - no problem. Could go
> into Gnome, KDE, or any other window manager I have installed. So, the
> problem must be the driver.
>
> The interesting thing is that I had the same problem on 9.0 and fixed it
> by rolling back to version 4496 of the Nvidia binary. That one worked
> without a flaw. Version 5328 would produce the same problem as 5336 does
> on version 9.1.
>
> So, I think I'd want to use version 4496; problem is I can't, as it is
> not compatible with the 2.6.x kernels. Trying to install it will produce
> an error, where it complains about not being able to find the kernel
> sources files for some reason or other. So for now, it has me beat.
>
> BTW - I run GeForce Ti4200; had no problems at all on 9.0 with the 4496
> binary.
>
> Other than that, 9.1 looks great (on my LCD monitor it looks much better
> than XP in my opinion) and runs really well & fast. Quick to configure
> with no errors; detected my printer & scanner without a glitch. There
> was a high pitched constant noise after first boot into KDE, which I
> fixed by removing the soundcard in YAST & redetecting and reinstalling
> it. Had no problems with that one afterwards.
>
> For some reason it would not allow me to mount my NTFS (XP) partition
> after install, even though I had selected the mount point etc during
> installation, for which I had to manually edit fstab to get it to work,
> but seeing I am finally getting rid of Windows altogether (cannot do so
> here at work, alas!), it really is not important.
>
> So, what can I do with the video drivers?
>
> Regards,
>
> John
For 9.0 and 9.1, I download the NVIDIA driver installer from NVIDIA. Run
it in run level 3, then run sax2. Those are the instruction from SUSE and
NVIDIA. Only thing I've noticed is when selecting the driver in sax2,
don't select the one with the "SE" at the end. It is the one YOU
downloads during it update. I have always tagged the NVIDIA driver as
taboo in YOU.
Never fails, and I'm back to playing EverQuest in minutes after a kernel
upgrade.
May Tux bless you with much uptime.
Charlie
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