Re: Installing Nvidia 6629 drivers for SUSE 9.2 - HOW?

From: David Carter (dcat917_at_att.net)
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:29:23 GMT

Sam wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I'm trying to install the Nvidia 6629 drivers for 9.2 but cannot seem to
> achieve success.
>
> I have followed the instructions on NVidia's website - use YOU and download
> the patch which is a 'fetchnvidia.sh' file.
>
> When, in YOU, I accept the patch it downloads said file and then says it
> has installed it.
>
> How do I know that it has? ie installed the 6629 drivers.
> How can I find the version of the currently installed drivers?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Sam
>
>
>
>

Run Yast/Hardware/Graphics card and let it probe you setup. Make sure
the driver says (nvidia) not nv. Mine shows up as
Card: NVidia GeForce FX5200 (nvidia)

Also look in your Xorg.0.log and you should see something like:

(II) NVIDIA: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
        Unknown TNT2, Vanta, RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64,
        Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400,
        GeForce2 MX 100/200, GeForce2 Go, Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go,
        GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra,

<snip>
        GeForce 6610 XL, 0x0146, 0x0147, 0x0148, 0x0149, 0x014B, 0x014C,

        0x014D, Quadro FX 540, 0x014F, 0x0160, 0x0166
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset GeForce FX 5200 found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
        
I did not find the actual version number in Xorg or dmesg or boot.msg.
Also see my emails in the group dated:

2005-0127 You downloaded my NVidea patch and YAST can't see my 3D
2005-0209 Does anyone have 3D acceleration under the new nVida drives
working?

PS: I never did get my 3D to work with either 6611 or 6629 patches.
Others were succesful

David Carter

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