Re: nvidia suse 9.2

From: Rob (ng4_at_robertcampbell.co.uk)
Date: 02/26/05


Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:26:35 GMT

ik wrote:
> Hi , could anybody tell me the exact procedure for installing the nvidia
> graphic card to suse 9.2. I have downloaded
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run, and now i cant start KDE, im in console
> mode. I have tried sh NVIDIA...., and then init 3, sax2 -m 0=nvidia but then
> i get the error message : the card was detected but the server fails to
> start in spite of the detection.
> THNX!
>
>

try "modprobe nvidia" before running sax2
I always have to do this on 3 different 9.2 machines to get it to work.
This line isn't in the instructions. Don't know why not.



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