Rajko M. wrote: > On Sunday 24 June 2007 12:12, Dave Howorth wrote: >> I recently installed Suse 10.2 and added the nvidia repository. It has >> definitely installed and is running an nvidia driver, because I see an >> nvidia splash screen. But YaST tells me that what I have installed is >> >> nvidia-gfx-kmp-default 1.0.9631_2.6.18.2_34-0.1 and it says >> 1.0.9639_2.6.18.8_0.3-0.1 is available. nvidia-settings tells me I have >> 1.0-9631 too. I've just now discovered that it is a 'legacy' driver. >> >> But I have a GeForce 6200, which according to the nvidia link above is >> supported by the current 100.14.11 driver. It doesn't need a legacy >> driver. >> >> So why has YaST installed the legacy driver from the nvidia repository? >> >> How do I get it to install the current driver? Do I just use YaST to >> select the G01 flavours instead, or is there more to it? >> >> Cheers, Dave > > http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/ > is the place where YaST is looking for precompiled drivers.
Yes, that is the repository that YaST has downloaded the driver from. Specifically, I believe it has installed a slightly earlier version of: ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/x86_64/nvidia-gfx-kmp-default-1.0.9639_2.6.18.8_0.3-0.1.x86_64.rpm My question is why it has not installed and does not now suggest updating to the appropriate one for my card: ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/x86_64/nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-default-100.14.09_2.6.18.8_0.3-1.1.x86_64.rpm And failing the above, how do I manually tell it which driver it should be using in such a way that the driver continues working when the kernel is updated? > You can download newest driver and install it using instructions in: > http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA > section "The hard way" Yes, that's how I've had to do it before and it is a real pain to have to manually recompile every time there is a kernel update. That's why I was very glad to see that Suse and Nvidia support the repository in 10.2 that enables automatic installation and maintenance. And it's why I'm disappointed that it doesn't seem to be installing the correct driver and why I'd like to know what I need to do to get it to work automatically as it is supposed to. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
