Re: [LUG] SUSE 8,2 and Nvidia installer

[Neil Stone <Neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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paul wrote:
| If all the various utils are the correct version would this work on suse
| 8.1?
|
| Paul
|
|>
|>klsb wrote:
|>| Dear All
|>|
|>| I have installed SuSe 8.2 (which a member kindly sent me) however I
|>cannot
|>| work out how to use the nvidia installer for the necessary graphics
|>drivers.
|>| My main problem is that I do not know how to turn the x server on and
|>off.
|>|
|>| Has anyone expereince of using the installer?
|>|
|>| I am not too clever when it comes to linux so please treat me as
|>stupid when
|>| it comes to replying
|>|
|>
|>Nothing wrong with being "fresh to linux" we all were at some point.
|>
|>Regarding the nv installer what I do is as follows....
|>
|>1. Bring the machine to single user mode ("init 1" as root)
|>2. Type "sh" followed by the name of the installer executable file
|>3. Follow the on screen prompts
|>4. Once it has all been done, reboot...
|>
|>Quite simple really
|>
|>HTH
|>
|>Neil

This has worked on every distro i have used...
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