Lost Gui When Installing Nvidia Software Suse 10.2

[yedidyah]

I went to NVIDIA - openSUSE and followed the directions for installing: x11-video-nvidia and nvidia-gfx-kmp-default and when I rebooted I lost my gui.

I tried

Ctrl-Alt-F3
Log in as root.
Type vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
press insert
In the section Device, replace the driver (Driver "xxx") with Driver "vesa"
press Esc
Type :wq! and reboot.

My computer "started" but shut the monitor off during booting.

I retraced my steps and put NVidia back in the place of the Driver instead of vesa and Esc -> :wq! now I am back to the command line.

I have never installed any software for NVidia prior to this I have a GeForce 5200.

[gogalthorp]

OK did you do it the easy way??

You need to go to the NVIDIA site download the version for your card and use the hard way on the page you mentioned. Installing the pre-compiled version is hit or miss. Seems that some cards are not supported by the latest driver. So you must get the recommended version for your card and compile the driver to link with your kernel. You will need the kernel source, gcc, make installed!!!!

To get back the GUI (less 3D)
as root

sax2 -r -m 0=vesa (0 is a zero)

startx
or
init 5
will restart the GUI

[Storm Rider]

I've had the same problem in the past. To get back to square one, uninstall x11-video-nvidia and nvidia-gfx-kmp-default and reboot.

Then add the Nvidia repo to Yast-Sources.

download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2/

The beauty of doing it it this way is that you won't have to rebuild the Nvidia driver if you ever upgrade the Linmux kernel.

Next, follow these instructions: Yast - Software
Search for nvidia and mark the following packages for installation:

* nvidia-gfx-kmp-default
* x11-video-nvidia

Click Accept or skip down to the next appropriate heading to install more packages. You may be asked to agree to a license; you know the drill here.

Now open a Konsole terminal by going to your chameleon main menu, then clicking on Applications, then System, then Terminal (you may have to scroll down the list a little to see it), then Terminal Program (Konsole). A Konsole window will come up. In it, type this command to switch to root permissions:

su -

(The dash after the su command gives you the root user's environment path). Once you type in your root password, type in this command to load the module you just built (restarting your computer will do this automatically):

modprobe nvidia

Close all open programs, then press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart the X.org server. You should now have hardware 3D acceleration.

Note - instructions are from the Jem Report site. It's not my work.

[yedidyah]

I really appreciate your help. I have decided to temporarily return to suse 10.0 as I can't seem to run suse 10.2 without getting myself into trouble. Again I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP!

Yedidyah