Novell Suse Linux part 2 - Nvidia Graphic Drivers
okey, now we will explain how to install Nvidia graphic drivers. I will not explain it for ATI graphic cards because I don't have one, so...Installing Nvidia drivers can be easily done in 3 steps:
- downloading
- switching to init 3 mode in console
- installing & returning to system & restarting the computer
First start by downloading drivers from nvidia.com site for your computer. You can download it in 2 easy ways, we'll explain them both. First is to download directly from net using your Internet Browser/Download Menager such as Opera
Here are direct links:
- Nvidia graphic drivers for 32-bit machines
- Nvidia graphic drivers for 64-bit Intel machines
- Nvidia graphic drivers for 64-bit AMD machines
Other way to download is to use wget in shell. Now we are going to run shell (konsole), with START->Run Application... & enter konsole & press ENTER
when you open console enter "su" (superuser mode) and press ENTER, and type password of root.
Enter: init 3 (to switch to init 3 mode - screen will turn off and turn on, and switch to text graphics interface, where you will logon as root)
username: root
password:
then locate your self into folder where is your installation package with "cd" (change directory) command:
linux:~ # cd /
linux:/ # cd home
linux:/home # cd mujko
linux:/home/mujko # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run
final line -> when you are at your folder where package is(/home/username) then enter: sh NameOfThePackage.run
With arrows (left and right) navigate to "Accept" button and press enter. Then installation will start and you just sit back and relax, when it is finished, it will return back to text graphic user interface, where you will login as root, and enter: "init 5" To switch back to full graphic user interface
When you have done that, open console, again and login as root, and copy/paste or rewrite these two rows:
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
sed -i 's/"nv"/"nvidia"/g' /etc/X11/xorg.conf
first line creates backup of xorg configuration file
second line changes xorg.conf file using sed interactive text editor
Restart your computer and you will be able to play games and use other programs that require 3D acceleration.
You can also go into SAX2 program where you can configure position of screen, resolution and stuff. You can find it at: Start -> System -> Configuration -> Sax2
thats for today, tomorrow i will explain basic console(shell) commands...
for issue of using KDE or GNOME i will not explain (you should play with it to figure stuff out, it is not difficult)
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