Re: Installation of 10.2 with nvidia Geforce card

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:31:58 -0800, Texaner wrote:

Thank you very much for your hints.

I first tried to install Suse with skipping the configuration option.
I was able to boot the system and I was able to add the nvidia driver
download sources. But when I try to configure the graphics card and
press the test button, the system hangs.

So I tried, as described above, to start my system in runlevel 3. I
did this by yast setting the runlevel to 3 and rebooted my system.
When I then typed in "sax2" it results in "-bash -sax2 command not
found". Now I'm caught in runlevel 3 because "init 5" results in the
same error message.

What can I do now?

You can start by giving some real information. Which geforce card do you
have? There are many. You say you've added the nvidia download sources, but
did you d/l the driver? If not, what driver is xorg.conf trying to use to
open X.

We can't see your machine. You can. We need to know what you see, if we
are to help. Sax2 sometimes screws up with some nvidia cards. You may have
to edit xorg.conf directly, with a text editor, to get a usable 2D
desktop, before you can get the 3D driver installed.

First try sax2 again. You have to be logged in as root to run sax2. If it
works, let us know. If not post the information asked for. You will find
xorg.conf at /etc/X11/xorg.conf. You can view it with less, or edit it
with vi.

You don't say how much, if any, experience you have with Linux, so it's
hard to guide you. The more accurate information you give us, the easier
it will be to give you instructions that you can understand, and use.

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