[ale] Suse 8.1 & Nvidia drivers

Dow Hurst dhurst at kennesaw.edu
Mon Apr 28 11:48:09 EDT 2003


Drew,
To make sure that nvidia's drivers work, you have to totally switch from 
the installed SuSE nv driver set.  I used the rpm drivers  from nvidia 
and have Tux working fine under 8.1.  I'll check my configuration and 
get back with you tonight.
Dow


ChangingLINKS.com wrote:

>Does anyone have Suse 8.1 working with the Nvidia drivers.
>
>1. I have rtfmed, but get the government runaround - nvidia says use drivers 
>from Suse. Suse says download drivers from Nvidia
>
>2. I was able to untar and install 4191 drivers AND even get the Nvidia splash 
>screen, but when I try to play TuxRacer, an error message says that 3D 
>support is not enabled. Attempting to enable is futile. Moreover, the system 
>is not stable (locks up completely like Win) and I just re-install.
>
>3. I have never gotten nvidia rpm drivers to work, but have used tars on RH 
>7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0 successfully. Used the same techniques with Suse 
>unsuccessfully. There is no Suse support for drivers to date - and I do not 
>have Suse 8.2 yet. (Besides, I LOVE 8.1 - except for this driver problem - 
>and their funny directory tree).
>  
>

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