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I find myself retelling how to manually install the NVIDIA 3D drivers an awful lot. Here's a short tutorial that shocould work on any distro, but is tailored in spots for SuSE... Installing the drivers 1. Make sure you haveKernel-Sources,GccAndMakePackages installed.
2. download the latest driver from NVIDIA's site.
3. Go into runlevel 3 (no GUI). This can be acheived several ways:
A) by typing CTRL + ALT + F1 (or F2-F6), then logging in as root and typingInit 3
B) by typing a 3 at the grub boot prompt.
C) by editing your/etc/inittab. See below for details. D) Debian users may be need to use/etc/init. d/gestation stop instead.
4. log in as root user, if you aren't already.
5. Find the driver you just downloaded and run it using something likeSh NVIDIA-1.0.8174.run
6. If it gives you an errorRivafbSupport, ignore it.
7. Stay logged in as root and typeModprobe NVIDIA
Note: As of version 8174 of the NVIDIA driver, you no longer need to manually edit your Xorg. conf file. skip steps 8 and 9 if you are installing this version or newer.
8. Edit your/etc/X11/Xorg. conf in the section marked "devices" that looks something like this: Section "Device"
Identifier "Nvidia Geforce 2"
Driver "nv" 9. Change the "NV" line to "NVIDIA"
Note: Some Distributions use xfree86 instead of x.org. The steps are the same, you're simply editing a different file:/Etc/X11/XF86Config-4 File.
10. log out as root, and back in as a regular user, then typeStartx
11. if you see the NVIDIA logo flash then you're one. if not your X Windows will error out. start a thread, post the errors, and we'll try and help you from there.
**Editing your/etc/inittab**
Some Distributions require you to edit your/Etc/inittabFile in order to boot in to non-graphical mode, which is required in order to install the NVIDIA drivers. Here is how you do it:
1. log in as root user from a console window by typingSuAnd your root (Administrator) password when it prompts you.
2. Open up your/Etc/inittabFile with a simple text editor. Any one will do but I like Pico, so for example purposes that's what I'll use: pico /etc/inittab 3. Look for a line that looks something like this: id:5:initdefault 4. Change5To3
5. Save the file and reboot.
6. Once Linux goes through its regular boot screens you shoshould be greeted with a simple text login screen. Continue from step 4 abve |
