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the above link states that the shell script is designed for suse8.2
also. They have used a script to make it simple for everyone to
upgrade. Nice...
On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 16:21, Paul Sutton wrote:
> >From what I read they either suse or nvidia suggest using yast and the
> actual suse archive
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Ogden" <zemned@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [LUG] suse 8.2
>
>
> > nvidia has a universal linux driver package (unified architecture
> > apparently) on its website. http://www.nvidia.com. If you are trying
> > to uninstall from this package, you do a :
> >
> > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4349.run --uninstall
> >
> > as root.
> >
> > install being
> >
> > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4349.run
> >
> > its really user friendly.
> >
> >
> > Whenever I'm messing around with video, I tend to alter the runlevel in
> > /etc/inittab so X doesn't boot by default. Once the new drivers are
> > intalled, it is then simply a matter of modifying the file again to
> > allow your system to boot X on startup (although you can test from the
> > command line using startx. I run Redhat, I assume that suse uses the
> > inittab also. Good luck ;).
> >
> > James.
> >
> > On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 11:36, Paul Sutton wrote:
> > > I think the nvidia drivers, are version specific, I upgraded from 8.0
> to
> > > 8.1 and there were issues with the cd devices, (fixed now). I assume
> > > however they have fixed the update utility, im 8.2 as 8.1 said there was
> > > nothing to upgrade. It should also be possible to upgrade kde, open
> office,
> > > etc, with out having to upgrade the entire system, not sure if you can
> > > update individual packages from the 8.2 cdrom. Open office is
> integrated
> > > quite well.
> > >
> > > anyway I am off to figure out how to remove my nvidia drivers, set X to
> > > default VGA so I can install the Nvidia drivers, without having nv in
> the
> > > XF86Config file, then reinstall the nvidia drivers and hopefully have X
> > > working with 3d accelaration. wish me luck
> > >
> > > paul
> > >
> > >
> > > From: "Keith Lawford" <klsb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:50 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] suse 8.2
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear David
> > > >
> > > > Is the offer of Suse 8.2 open to all. At the moment I am using 8.00
> and
> > > > find it to be the best of all the distributions I have tried. However,
> I
> > > > would like to update my versions of KDE, Gnome, Evolution. Does 8.2
> > > > offer better integration of OpenOffice? My machine is 500amd 256Ram.
> > > > Would it be possible to upgrade from 8 to 8.2 without needing to
> > > > reinstall the necessary Nvidia drivers?
> > > >
> > > > One more question. The print quality when I use Linux is mucher poorer
> > > > than when I use windows. I have tried to get cups to work but nothing
> > > > happens. My printer is an acient HP deskjet portable.
> > > >
> > > > All the best
> > > >
> > > > Keith Lawford
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 21:10, David Johnson wrote:
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> > > > > Paul Sutton wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >Anyone planning to get suse 8.2 when it's released?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >paul
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > Already got it if you would like a copy...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > David.
> > > > >
> > > > > - --
> > > > > Running Windows on a Pentium is like having a brand new Porsche but
> only
> > > being able to drive backwards with the handbrake on.
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