On Sunday 07 October 2007, haz zah wrote: > I have tried everything. Just through sheer bloody mindedness I have > done some clean installs and performed all the variations. Nothing > works. > > If I perform the NVIDIA repository update whilst in X (using a working > nv driver) then immediately after (that staying in that x session) > sax2 works i.e. finds the 3d nvidia driver and the test is successful > - I then save the config. Next time I try to start X it crashes. Also > from that point running "sax2 -r" stand alone causes the same crash. > > I am guessing it is a library linking/symbolic link problem but what > do I know. I am guessing that because there are a set of circumstances > when sax2 does work (but only after a repository update.) > > All I know I went to the effort to try it in 10.3 RC1 and it worked. I > then made the commitment to 10.3. > > Thanks for the suggestions so far. > > Pieter
Hi .. Have you tried the only way i have ever used and noty had a failure yet .. Alt+F1 to a prompt log in as root init 3 cd to location of Nvidia driver downloaded from Nvidia site ./ Nvidia-driver-blah-blah-blah answer questions that appear normally yes when all finished modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf to change the drivers section to suit ie nv to nvidia by hand not using sax /etc/X11/xorg.conf sections below Section "Module" Load "freetype" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "v4l" Load "glx" Load "extmod" EndSection Section "Device" BoardName "your video card" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Screen 0 VendorName "NVidia" EndSection then init 5 all shoulg work ok then , this as i say has never failed for me I have never had any other way of updating the Nvidia driver work they are all total failures . PS you will need the FULL kernel sources installed to match your kernel sources modules obj ... HTH Pete . -- SuSE Linux 10.3-Alpha3. (Linux is like a wigwam - no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
