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Im an new to Linux. A friend told me try out openSuse 10.2 and so I did. I got everything working pretty good then decided to take the plunge to ...
  1. 08-04-2007 #1
    Culejoe
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    Error with graphics

    Im an new to Linux. A friend told me try out openSuse 10.2 and so I did. I got everything working pretty good then decided to take the plunge to update my video driver from default to the nvidia one.. well thats where my problems started. Apparently I upgraded in Yast but when i did i guess i missed the kernel update first? Thats my guess anyway. I upgraded the video driver and then reset the machine. Then it came up with an Xserver error talking about Gdm. So i tried the command to get it back to vesa but that didnt work. Xserver fails to start back up. I know that partly the problem could lie with my graphics card as it is the Nvidia Geforce GO 7600... and I hear that a lot of the GO graphics have some sort of issue. If anyone could help me asap I would appreciate it!
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  2. 08-05-2007 #2
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    It appears the newest NVIDIA driver does not support GO. The Yast method installs the latest driver.

    Log on to the console as root

    run

    sax2 -r -m 0=vesa (0 is a digit, not a letter!)

    then start X with

    init 5

    Install the kernel source, gcc, and make

    select the driver recommended for your card from NVIDIA site. Follow the second method from the SUse instruction on the site.
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