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OOPS Ignore my previous mail. The screensaver just kicked in and the 3D now longer functions. I think I'll forget Nvidia and get a graphics card from another manufacturer that doesn't involve so much hassle under Linux. Any suggestions (cheap)? Keith On Thursday 08 January 2004 3:32 pm, you wrote:
Finally got the an NVIDIA driver installed on SuSE 8.2 after the kernel security update. The old Nvidia 4496 wouldn't install so I downloaded the latest driver (5328) and followed the nvidia-installer-HOWTO on SuSE's site. For those that are interested the procedure I used is as follows.. CTRL-ALT-F1 log into root init 3 nvidia-installer --uninstall (removes old driver) rmmod nvidia (just to be on the safe side) cd /tmp (or wherever you put the downloaded driver pakage) sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5329-pkg1.run sax2 -m 0=nvidia When sax2 opens click change config. Make sure resolutions are still correct. and then finalize. Ignore error messages. Restart X Easy enough for those have some knowledge but can you imagine an ordinary user attempting this? We just shouldn't have to do all this after a security update. Linux will never become a user's OS until this sort of procedure is eliminated. Keith
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