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From: mjt on 20 Jul 2010 14:07 Yast -> Software Repositories -> "Add" button -> Community Repositories -> "Continue" button -> select NVIDIA Repository -> "OK" button Yast -> Software Management -> Search -> "nvidia" The driver for your video card should be "auto-selected" to be installed - if not, select it. "Accept" button. Yast -> /etc/sysconfig editor _> System -> Kernel and set "NO_KMS_IN_INITRD" to "yes" (if not already) Then, System -> Bootloader, add " nomodeset brokenmodules=nouveau" to "DEFAULT_APPEND" and "XEN_KERNEL_APPEND" Ensure that the file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf has the "Driver "nvidia" entry: Section "Device" Identifier "Default Device" #Driver "radeon" Driver "nvidia" ## Required magic for radeon/radeonhd drivers; output name ## (here: "DVI-0") can be figured out via 'xrandr -q' #Option "monitor-DVI-0" "Default Monitor" EndSection Reboot system. After login, you should be running with the NVIDIA driver. mjt(a)stimpy:~> lsmod | grep nvidia nvidia 10862553 34 mjt(a)stimpy:~> grep NVIDIA /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 17.173] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" [ 17.173] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 195.36.31 Thu Jun 3 08:59:25 PDT 2010 [ 17.194] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" [...] [ 19.985] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete [ 19.985] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia [ 72.607] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select" -- Blessed are they who Go Around in Circles, for they Shall be Known as Wheels. <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>>
From: mjt on 20 Jul 2010 15:19 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:46:05 +0200 houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: > > Ensure that the file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf > > has the "Driver "nvidia" entry: > > I would do it differently. Instead of fiddeling with xorg.conf, I Fiddling? It's a quick edit of a text file :) > would 1) Reboot > 2) At the boot options enter 3 > 3) Log in as root on CLI (1) > 4) Run `nvidia-settings` and configure and save I didn't run "nvidia-settings". The highest resolution was automagically chosen for my 30" monitors and the Desktop Effects / Compositing were auto-selected when I went to KDE -> Desktop Settings. -- "Every time I think I know where it's at, they move it." <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>>
From: Malcolm on 20 Jul 2010 17:22 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:07:43 -0500 mjt <myswtestYOURSHOES(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Yast -> /etc/sysconfig editor _> System -> Kernel > and set "NO_KMS_IN_INITRD" to "yes" (if not already) > Hi This is done by the rpm install..... sed -i 's/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD.*/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD="yes"/g' /etc/sysconfig/kernel mkinitrd -- Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.34-12-desktop up 2:03, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.19, 0.58 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 256.35
From: mjt on 20 Jul 2010 18:04 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:22:22 -0500 Malcolm <malcolm_nospamlewis(a)bellsouth.net> wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:07:43 -0500 > mjt <myswtestYOURSHOES(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Yast -> /etc/sysconfig editor _> System -> Kernel > > and set "NO_KMS_IN_INITRD" to "yes" (if not already) > > > Hi > This is done by the rpm install..... > sed -i > 's/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD.*/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD="yes"/g' /etc/sysconfig/kernel > mkinitrd "and set "NO_KMS_IN_INITRD" to "yes" *** (if not already) **** :) I mention to check it, just in case. -- Lazlo's Chinese Relativity Axiom: No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats -- approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less. <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>>
From: Christian Schweingruber on 21 Jul 2010 05:57
Hi mjt schrieb: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:46:05 +0200 > houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote: > >>> Ensure that the file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf >>> has the "Driver "nvidia" entry: >> I would do it differently. Instead of fiddeling with xorg.conf, I > > Fiddling? It's a quick edit of a text file :) > >> would 1) Reboot >> 2) At the boot options enter 3 >> 3) Log in as root on CLI (1) >> 4) Run `nvidia-settings` and configure and save > > I didn't run "nvidia-settings". The highest resolution > was automagically chosen for my 30" monitors and the > Desktop Effects / Compositing were auto-selected when > I went to KDE -> Desktop Settings. > I installed the NVIDIA driver too (without disabling KMS , with success (KDE composit working) but io have not found a possibility to torn on compiz-effects. Error is: Xgl not present. What i have to do to turn compiz on? greetings Chrigu |