[olug] Configuring nvidia card in open SuSE 11.2

[Thomas D. Williamson]

Apparently, the service was loaded and started after I restrarted  
Linux. The resolution made it difficult to read or write so I booted  
to Windows and when I came back to Linux the nvidia driver configured  
itself.

Thanks for the information, I would have had somewhere to go if it had  
not done it on its own.


Tom Williamson

Quoting "T. J. Brumfield" <enderandrew at gmail.com>:

> That is correct. With openSUSE 11.2, there is no xorg.conf file by default.
>
> sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
>
> might create one. Otherwise, there might be a means within
> nvidia-config to create an initial config file. However, with newer
> versions of X.org, in theory the best settings are auto-detected.
>
> -- T. J.
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 7:51 AM,  <dave at roweware.com> wrote:
>> I think in some later versions of X.org (at least with Arch) there   
>> isn't a xorg.conf file.  It builds it in the fly using HAL.  So,   
>> you may just need to create a barebones file that lists the nvidia   
>> driver and some basic settings.
>>
>> -Dave
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Thomas D. Williamson
>> Sender: olug-bounces at olug.org
>> To: Omaha Linux User Group
>> ReplyTo: Omaha Linux User Group
>> Subject: [olug] Configuring nvidia card in open SuSE 11.2
>> Sent: Nov 16, 2009 7:24 AM
>>
>> I installed openSuSE 11.2 on my laptop. Everything went fine. I went
>> back to get the driver and other files needed for the nvidia card. It
>> told me those were installed. When I tried to adjust the
>> configuration, there were no options. When I went back to the openSuSE
>> site, it gave instructions on what needs to be done to get it working.
>> I followed the instructions by entering:
>>
>> nvidia-xconfig
>>
>> These warnings are given:
>>
>> Unable to locate/open x configuration file.
>>
>> Unable to parse X.Org version string.
>>
>> I remember doing something with sax, but I am not finding that utility
>> as easily now, and that was a couple of versions ago. It looks like I
>> need to start the Xserver for the nvidia card, but I am not sure how
>> to do that with the responses I am getting.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Tom Williamson
>>
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