nvidia problems

[scrarfussi]

i use opensuse 10.3 and have nvidia fx5200 now i have tried installing the nvidia driver through 1 click install and i get this error

#### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2008-02-07 19:04:16 ####

x11-video-nvidiaG01 cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
There are no installable providers of nvidia-gfxG01-kmp for x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository]
=== x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] ===
x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] will be installed by another application. (ApplLow/ApplHigh)
xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-75.i586 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (libX11.so.6)
gtk2-2.12.0-5.i586 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0)
12 more...
xorg-x11-libXext-7.2-65.i586 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (libXext.so.6)
glib2-2.14.1-4.i586 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
glibc-2.6.1-18.i686 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1))
AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i486 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (libgcc_s.so.1)
zlib-1.2.3-75.i586 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (libz.so.1)
atk-1.20.0-5.i586 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (libatk-1.0.so.0)
pango-1.18.2-4.i586 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (libpango-1.0.so.0)
bash-3.2-61.i586 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (/bin/sh)
3ddiag-0.740-85.i586 is needed by x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] (3ddiag == 0.740-85)
x11-video-nvidiaG01-169.09-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] is needed by (libnvidia-tls.so.1)
nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-default-169.09_2.6.22.16_0.1-0.1.i586[NVIDIA Repository] provides nvidia-gfxG01-kmp == 169.09_2.6.22.16_0.1, but it is not installable. Try installing it on its own for more details.
(null)
Conflict Resolution:
( ) do not install x11-video-nvidiaG01
( ) Ignore this requirement just here

#### YaST2 conflicts list END ###

so tried compiling it manually everything goes well i even see the nvidia logo on startup but then i get this error when i select nvidia configuration settings

You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server. i've tried that but to no avail i'm stumped

[scrarfussi]

this is a section of my xorg.conf

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVidia"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5200 DH"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Device "Device[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"

[daark.child]

You could try installing the nvidia driver using the packages at the nvidia website. I've never had any problems using those.

[gogalthorp]

Didn't you change the default kernel. The one click stuff has to assume you are using the standard kernel.

That cutting edge will bleed you every time

[scrarfussi]

the one click problem i,ve had sinse i started using 10.3 before changing my kernel i had to compile it manually i was wondering is there any way i can delete the driver i installed and complie again from scratch because everytime i recompile i get this where it installs over the old driver

[daark.child]

Whenever you install or recompile a kernel you have to recompile the nvidia driver (and other drivers for things like wireless etc) as well or get an updated version from that was compiled for the newer kernel. If you can't find a distro specific package, you can simply uninstall the old driver that was supplied by the distro and compile from source.

[scrarfussi]

I downloaded the driver from nvidia site and did it manually and configured sax with the command provided and when i boot up i get the nvidia logo but when i try click nvidia configuration settings thats when i get the error that i'm not using the nvidia driver and should type nvidia-xconfig and restart x so i was wondering if i could delete this driver that i've installed and try recompile again instead of over it

[daark.child]

Run the command

grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

If nv is listed, then you are using the opensource nvidia driver. If nvidia is listed, then your system is using the official nvidia driver.

[scrarfussi]

Thanx will try that when i get home