Hi all......
I need ur help.
I have suse 9.2 with kernel 2.6.8 on my machine.
I am getting problems installing nvidia 64 bit graphics card drivers. Is it because of my kerenl version or any other problem.
Do i have to update my kernel.
If yes, can anybody tell me the procedure for that.
I found one procedure on the net, but that uses LILO as boot loader. Is there any other method.
Waiting for ur answers....
........ iamjaideep80........................
with SuSE you can upgrade your kernel via YAST (software install), normaly it should do the bootloader entry, too.
You can take a lock at the file /boot/grup/menu.lst
after installing a new kernel you can lock there if the path to your kernel is right. (normaly /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.x )
Can you please state more precisely what happens when you prepare to install the driver ? (any error messages ?) Have you the kernel-source for your kernel version installed ? (if not do it via yast)
If yes, go there in a console as root (/usr/src/linux) and type
make oldconfig
greetings
With all Novell distributions (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Linux Desktop, SuSE Linux Professional) there's an optional script available via YOU (YaST Online Update) for installing NVIDIA 3D drivers. The package listed in YOU is called "Download NVIDIA drivers" and once installed will automatically fetch and install the NVIDIA driver for your graphics card. This is far easier than using the old method of going into init 3 (run level 3), logging in as root (Administrator) and installing the driver. This is actually recommended both by Novell and NVIDIA on NVIDIA's driver download page link for SuSE Linux users.
since suse 7.0 i got problems to do this (even in 9.0).I often read about that this feature just works every now and then. (often because of problems with the nvidia ftp)
Does it work credible now in 9.2 ?
With SuSE Linux Professional 9.1 I noticed on some systems that the driver wouldn't enable properly so manual installation of the driver was at times necessary. Though this hasn't been an issue for systems I've updated to SuSE Linux Professional 9.2. If you're someone that wants the latest driver from NVIDIA, doesn't mind spending time manually installing drivers (especially after a kernel update) then the auto-install script isn't for you. Though if you consider your time valuable and have more than one workstation/server then using the auto-install script is a better option. As with most Linux distributions you have the option to either choose the default installation or tailor it to meet your needs.