[ale] suse 10.1 login problem

[W. Keith Miller]

Agreed. One quick & dirty way to fix this is vi /etc/x11/xorg.conf and
change the instance of "nvidia" in the driver section to "nv".  This
will bring the 2D open source driver back and at least be able get you X
back.

K

Dow_Hurst wrote:
> Mike,
> James probably nailed the problem with the nvidia suggestion.  If you upgraded and had not used a rpm of the nvidia driver then this is definitely a problem.
>
> You can totally fix this by adding the correct nvidia repository to Yast2.  An example of how to tweak opensuse is below. 
>
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT7527984757.html
>
> http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/60
>
>
> The 10.1 nvidia repository is the ftp://download.nvidia.com/novell/  which will add an nvidia rpm for the kernel version used in novell's enterprise suse 10 and opensuse 10.1.  I prefer this method if your not changing kernels.  All kernel security updates won't break the nvidia kernel module when this method is used.  I just installed 10.2 on my laptop and so far am enjoying it.  Seems to run as well or better than 10.1.  
> Best wishes,
> Dow
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>   
>> From: mike barnes <mdb3624 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Feb 4, 2007 9:32 PM
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> Subject: [ale] suse 10.1 login problem
>>
>> Hi, I need some help with my daughters system. I upgraded to 10.1 suse a
>> while ago and when I did the upgrade the graphical side of the system has
>> stopped working including using the graphical login. I can login using the
>> text based suse, but since my daughter does not understand Linux, I need to
>> get X working properly.
>>
>> What happens when I go to the graphic side is that the keyboard and mouse
>> stop responding forceing me to boot to the text side. Since, I consider
>> myself a novice administrator (been working on *unix platforms for years as
>> a developer) I am not sure what would be causing this issue. BTW, my system
>> has an NVIDIA graphics card on it which is being used.
>>
>> Thanks for any help of documents which can help.
>>
>>
>> Mike Barnes
>>     
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