Re: How to install nvidia driver in SuseLinux?
From: os moma (os-moma_at_email.no)
Date: 03/14/04
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:44:36 +0100
Jon Inge wrote:
> How do I install driver for nvidia geforce4 ti4200 in Suse v.9?
> I got a error that it can't fint any screen and a error in nvidia kernel
> modul after installed importent updates.
Is this an update for video driver or your kernel/system ?
>
> I can't get in desktop or any thing else. It works perfect before I download
> updates.
> Jon Inge
>
Just try to re-install the nVidia driver.
Your graphical desktop doesn't work ?
if (true) then :
((A)) Logon in text mode as root-user (CNTL + ALT + F1)
((B)) Use "lynx" (text mode browser) or other means to download a new
nVidia driver.
Run this long download command:
# lynx
http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-5336/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
Press ENTER when download ends. It will save the file in the current folder.
((C)) Make the file executable.
# chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
((D)) Read instructions for SUSE 9.0:
The following text is from
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/nvidia-installer-HOWTO
======================================= BEG
SUSE:
Nvidia Installer HOWTO for SuSE Linux users
-------------------------------------------
This document describes how to use the new nvidia installer for the
installation of the latest nvidia driver, which is available for your
SuSE Linux system.
NOTE: The nvidia installer does not work as long as a Xserver is still
running and the nvidia kernel module is still loaded. Therefore
please boot into runlevel 3 by specifying "3" as kernel boot
option or switch to runlevel 3 ("init 3") and unload the kernel
module ("rmmod nvidia") before running the nvidia installer.
I. SuSE Linux 9.0
II. SuSE Linux 8.2
SuSE Linux Desktop (SLD)
III. SuSE Linux 8.1
United Linux 1.0 (UL1)
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES8)
IV. SuSE Linux 8.0
V. SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 (SLES7)
VI. SuSE Linux 7.1
VII. SuSE Linux 7.0 or earlier
VIII. References
IX. Feedback
I. SuSE Linux 9.0
-----------------
It is recommended to use YOU (YaST Online Update) for (re)installation
of the nvidia driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.
Inside YOU enable "Installable and Installed Patches" for "Show Patch
Category" and select "Download NVIDIA(c) Graphics Driver" from the
patches list (usually at the bottom of the list). Note, that you need
to mark it as "Update" (right mouse click) if you already installed it
before and the driver was uninstalled - for any reason. Proceed as
usual now. After YOU has finished restart your Xserver (i.e. logout
from your Xsession) and you're fine.
People who aren't afraid of recompiling the nvidia kernel module or
even reinstalling the nvidia driver each time the kernel has been
updated and want or need to use the latest and greatest nvidia driver
can use the following steps 1-3. The others should use the
instructions above using YOU and skip the steps below.
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source' package with YaST2. Update it - if not
already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU).
2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-5336.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
3) Configure XFree86 with
sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)
NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already
enabled, when the nvidia driver is running. Ignore the
misleading error message, that 3D support can't be enabled.
This problem will be fixed with SuSE > 9.0 and is related to the
latest nvidia driver release.
II. SuSE Linux 8.2
SuSE Linux Desktop (SLD)
----------------------------
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source' package with YaST2, update it - if not
already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU) and configure it then
with the following commands:
cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig && make dep
2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-5336.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
3) Configure XFree86 with
sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)
NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already
enabled, when the nvidia driver is running. Ignore the
misleading error message, that 3D support can't be enabled.
This problem will be fixed with SuSE > 9.0 and is related to the
latest nvidia driver release.
III. SuSE Linux 8.1
United Linux 1.0 (UL1)
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES8)
-------------------------------------------
1) Download the according 'NVIDIA_GLX' and 'NVIDIA_kernel' RPMs for
1.0-5336 from nvidia ftp server and install these with the following
commands:
rpm --justdb -Uhv NVIDIA_kernel*.rpm
rpm -Uhv NVIDIA_GLX*.rpm
Use "ul1" packages for UL1/SLES8.
2) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source' package with YaST2, update it - if not
already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU) and configure it then
with the following commands:
cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig && make dep
3) Download nvidia installer for 1.0-5336 and extract it with the
following command:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --extract-only
4) Compile and install the nvidia kernel module with the following
commands:
cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1/usr/src/nv
make install
depmod -a
5) Enable 3D support with SaX2.
IV. SuSE Linux 8.0
------------------
1) Download the 'NVIDIA_GLX' and 'NVIDIA_kernel' RPMs for 1.0-5336 for
SuSE 8.0 from nvidia ftp server and install these with the following
commands:
rpm --justdb -Uhv NVIDIA_kernel*.rpm
rpm -Uhv NVIDIA_GLX*.rpm
2) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source' package with YaST2, update it - if not
already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU) and configure it then
with the following commands:
cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig && make dep
3) Download nvidia installer for 1.0-5336 and extract it with the
following command:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --extract-only
4) Compile and install the nvidia kernel module with the following
commands:
cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1/usr/src/nv
make install
depmod -a
5) Enable 3D support with SaX2.
V. SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 (SLES7)
-----------------------------------------
1) Download the 'NVIDIA_GLX' and 'NVIDIA_kernel' RPMs for 1.0-4496 for
SuSE 7.3 from nvidia ftp server and install these with the following
commands:
rpm --justdb -Uhv NVIDIA_kernel*.rpm
rpm -Uhv NVIDIA_GLX*.rpm
2) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source' package with YaST2, update it - if not
already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU) and configure it then
with the following commands:
cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig && make dep
3) Download nvidia installer for 1.0-4496 and extract it with the
following command:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run --extract-only
4) Compile and install the nvidia kernel module with the following
commands:
cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2/usr/src/nv
make install
depmod -a
5) Enable 3D support with SaX2.
VI. SuSE Linux 7.1
------------------
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'linux' package with YaST2, update it - if not already
done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU) and configure it then with the
following commands:
cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig && make dep
2) Try to use the nvidia installer for 1.0-4496.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run
3) Enable 3D support with SaX2.
VII. SuSE Linux 7.0 or earlier
------------------------------
The nvidia driver does not work on SuSE 7.0 or earlier as the driver
needs XFree86 4.0.1 and SuSE 7.0 comes with XFree86 4.0.
VIII. References
----------------
* nVidia driver website
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-5336
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4496
* nvidia installer
http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-5336/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-4496/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run
* nvidia driver RPMs for SuSE Linux
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-5336
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-4496
IX. Feedback
------------
Please use "http://www.suse.de/feedback" for any feedback about this
document.
======================================= END
( See also: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp )
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Good luck
// os moma
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