prblem installaing nvidia xfree drivers under suse linux 8.1
This is a discussion about prblem installaing nvidia xfree drivers under suse linux 8.1 in the Linux Hardware category; hiho @ all, i wanted to install a newer nvidia driver on my suse 8. 1 sys, so i downloaded: NVIDIA_kernel-1. 0-4191. suse81. i586. rpm NVIDIA_GLX-1. 0-4191. suse81. i586. rpm $ rpm -Uvh NVIDIA_kernel.
hiho @ all,
i wanted to install a newer nvidia driver on my suse 8.1 sys, so i
downloaded:
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.suse81.i586.rpm
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.suse81.i586.rpm
$ rpm -Uvh NVIDIA_kernel.i386.rpm
$ rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX
$ rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX.i386.rpm
according to these commands i installed the downloaded packages, but the
x-server won't start and quits with following message:
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to feedback@suse.de.
ps: please note that i'm a newbie to linux, so dont flame me plz
thx in advance,
i wanted to install a newer nvidia driver on my suse 8.1 sys, so i
downloaded:
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.suse81.i586.rpm
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.suse81.i586.rpm
$ rpm -Uvh NVIDIA_kernel.i386.rpm
$ rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX
$ rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX.i386.rpm
according to these commands i installed the downloaded packages, but the
x-server won't start and quits with following message:
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to feedback@suse.de.
ps: please note that i'm a newbie to linux, so dont flame me plz
thx in advance,
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Did you edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file to change your video adapter from "nv" to "nvidia"???
