No picture with openSUSE 11

[Flaw]

Hi there!
Just finished installing opensuse 11 on my G1Sn laptop and I don't get a picture after booting it. The resolution etc should be fine as I see my mouse cursor and can move it and all. I can boot the failsafe no problem, but the same problem occurs if I try to change the resolution with sax 2. Any ideas?

[gogalthorp]

What video chip does that notebook use??

[Flaw]

A Geforce 9500M GS.

[gogalthorp]

That's a NVIDIA chip.

Try this log in as root

Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file

find the line driver = "nv"

replace with "vesa"

save and try to start the gui

init 5

[Flaw]

Aye, already got picture with su -> sax2 -r -m 0=vesa

The next problem being that I can't get the nvidia driver working.
X server won't start with the nvidia driver.

FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
Failed to load the nvidia kernel module!

That's a NVIDIA chip.

Try this log in as root

Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file

find the line driver = "nv"

replace with "vesa"

save and try to start the gui

init 5

[gogalthorp]

Install the video driver with the download from NVIDIA not through Yast. You will need the gcc compiler installed and the kernel_source also. Do that through Yast.

Note you will need to reinstall the driver after every Kernel update So keep the install file handy in case you need it again.

[Flaw]

Install the video driver with the download from NVIDIA not through Yast. You will need the gcc compiler installed and the kernel_source also. Do that through Yast.

Note you will need to reinstall the driver after every Kernel update So keep the install file handy in case you need it again.

I'll do that. Thanks a bunch.

EDIT:
Doesn't work. The installer fails with "Unable to load the kernel module nvidia.ko".
Got past that with 'sh NVIDIA-blahblah.run -k $(uname -r)' but then the x server fails to start with the same old error message about loading the kernel module.

Again, any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[gogalthorp]

Just to be sure

You downloaded the NVIDIA driver for your chipset.
You installed kernel-source
You installed the gcc compiler

You shut down the GUI by pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 and logged in as root and ran init 3

ran the NVIDIA installer

[Flaw]

Yes, that's right.
Well, actually I logged in with my user and then did su and then ran the installer.

[Flaw]

Nnngh... Damned lag, sorry about the double post.