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hey all, first of all, i'm not a native speaker. so please be patient with me and my english the second thing i would mention is that I use SuseLinux ...
  1. 04-09-2008 #1
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    Install the right driver

    hey all,

    first of all, i'm not a native speaker. so please be patient with me and my english the second thing i would mention is that I use SuseLinux since a few days and never used it before. so i joined your forum to ask some questions about it and to improve my english additionally

    So, here is my first question:

    I would like to install the right video driver for my graphics card, because linux supports only 2D for my graphics card and says that there is no support for 3D. that has to be changed... but i don't know how to. can you help me please?

    i have got the geforce 6800GS...
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    Hi and Welcome !

    Which version of SuSe are you using? Follow instructions from here to install Driver.
    It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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    Nvidia has official drivers for Linux. You can install them several different ways. Here is one method:

    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...d-drivers.html
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    Ok, thanks a lot! I will take a look and try to install the right driver...

    @devils casper: I'm using SuSuLinux 10,3
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    Okk ! I would suggest you to follow instructions from the link I posted in last post. 1-Click-Install is the easiest way to install Nvidia Driver.
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    Ok, I just klicked on that button on nvidia website. I started the installation. So far, so good. But now the installation is still running. It installs the package "kernel-default-2.6.22.17-0.1.i586.rpm" since more then 15 minutes, but it is already since 15 minutes at 100%. what to do now?
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    Use what is called the "hard method"

    Go to Welcome to NVIDIA - World Leader in Visual Computing Technologies go to download drivers select your chip set and Linux type. note you will need to know if you installed the 32bit or 64bit version of Suse.

    This will take you to the download page. download the driver and read the instruction for Suse. ( there is a link)

    Via Yast-software-software managment install gcc (the c compiler) and kernel-source.

    follow the instructions for the "hard" install from the Suse site.
    accept all the default answers.

    It really is not hard
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