On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 10:54 +0100, Peter Harmsen wrote: > To install the NVIDIA driver you press "alt+F1" and while in console > you enter "init 3". This disables some processes such as the desktop > manager (kdm, gdm, etc ..). Now the actual install is straightforward. > "sh NVIDIA-.run" or in case you have choosen to unpack the driver to > the current directory with "sh NVIDIA-..run -x" then the install > procedure is somewhat > different: "./nvidia-installer" > > Another scenario is having installed multiple kernels. In which case > you only have to > compile another kernel module aka: "sh NVIDIA-.run -K" or > "./nvidia-installer -K"
Thank you for answer. Is there also a way to install the Nvidia driver (nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-default) through the yast Nvidia repositories ( http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.3 )? This would make the install/upgrade/remove process a lot cleaner. > Compiling a kernel on OpenSUSE is simply: > > 1) cd /usr/src/path/to/kernel/source > 2) make menuconfig > 3)make rpm > 4) rpm -ivh /usr/src/packages/x86/kernel-*.rpm > 5) mkinitrd (makes again all needed initramfs images) > 6) via YAST edit grub or any other bootloader > 7) reboot > > Thereis no need actually to manually influence symlinks unless you know > what you are doing. > Why is that? Does these commands automatically change the symlinks? -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
