if you register with Novell, then the nvidia drivers will be automagically added to yast download sources, however if you don't register with novell then you need to do the following:-
start up yast by
* click on Computer/More applications/System/yast
now that you are in the yast tool (enter the root password when prompted)
* click on 'Software' and then 'Installation Source', then click on 'Add'
Make a note of your kernel as next we want to get the nvidia drivers, so
* click on 'Software Management'
and search for the following
Quote:x11-video-nvidia
once found, select it by putting a 'check' mark in the empty box beside it
next search for the following
Quote:nvidia-gfx-kmp-
Yast will probably list three kernels, choose the one that corresponds to the results from uname -r above (so in my case I chose the SMP kernel)
Select it, and click accept, then accept the nvidia license.
Once done, restart X (ctrl/alt/backspace) and notice any difference ? you can try and enable XGL now but remember to read the following first from [/url][url=http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl_Troubleshooting...er_.22nvidia.22]http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl_Troubleshooting...er_.22nvidia.22
Quote:NVIDIA / proprietary driver "nvidia"
* OpenGL acceleration does not work well with Composite being active. This option in /etc/X11/xorg.conf should be disabled if it had been enabled before. Note: Xgl supports Composite anyway, even if it is disabled in xorg.conf. FBO's can be used with this driver instead of pbuffers for XVideo acceleration. Enable this by changing
DISPLAYMANAGER_XGL_OPTS="-accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:pbuffer" to
DISPLAYMANAGER_XGL_OPTS="-accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:fbo" in /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager. (The Desktop Effects tool sets this option by default.)
see below :-) running xgl with Nvidia Geforce 6800GT and its so smooth :)
Well I got a Sony DSC-W30 a few weeks ago and I knew most sony's will be seen as like sd? drives in linux. So using 2.6.15 I plug it in and it sees the camera just not the card.
So how did i fix it.. well i looked at the kernel changelog and found its supported in 2.6.17 so if you have issues with getting the camera to work in linux.. run 2.6.17 and you should be good to go
Code:
Aug 17 09:07:12 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295876.741000] usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
Aug 17 09:07:12 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295876.858000] usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
Aug 17 09:07:12 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295876.927000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Aug 17 09:07:12 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295876.927000] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Aug 17 09:07:12 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295876.927000] usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
Aug 17 09:07:12 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295876.927000] USB Mass Storage support registered.
Aug 17 09:07:17 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295881.931000] Vendor: Sony Model: Sony DSC Rev: 6.00
Aug 17 09:07:17 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295881.931000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Aug 17 09:07:17 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295881.934000] SCSI device sdb: 1947648 512-byte hdwr sectors (997 MB)
Aug 17 09:07:17 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295881.935000] sdb: Write Protect is off
Aug 17 09:07:17 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295881.946000] SCSI device sdb: 1947648 512-byte hdwr sectors (997 MB)
Aug 17 09:07:17 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295881.947000] sdb: Write Protect is off
Aug 17 09:07:17 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295881.947000] sdb: sdb1
Aug 17 09:07:17 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295881.950000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
Aug 17 09:07:17 mzup-desktop kernel: [4295881.950000] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
I'm fairly new to this, so would appreciate any advice or help that anyone has to offer.
Right, my setup is as follows...
I'm running a dual-boot setup, with windows on a SATA raid array (Nvidia motherboard controller), and SUSE 10.1 on a SCSI disc (Adaptec PCI card controller), plus an IDE disk in NTFS that windows uses as an extra storage/scratch disk. On the other channel of the MOBO's IDE controller are a DVD drive and a CD rewriter.
And my problem are these...
part 1.
I can't access either windows disk, from root, or as a standard user. I can see them in both, but I'm always told that I don't have permission.
part 2.
When I use GNOME, the cd drives automount. When I use KDE not only does neither drive automount, I can't even do it manually! CD in drive, check. Lights on front of drive, and wires in the back, check. Hippy types the magic words into the superuser console, superuser console gives Hippy the finger, laughing as it does so.
part 3.
Not really as major as the 1st two, but when I try to start Firefox as a normal user, the eggtimer icon and the loading bar appear in the bottom panel, as if all were normal and firefox were about to start. It is, as it turns out, a lie. When the eggtimer dissappears, so does the bar from the bottom panel. Nothing further happens. Runs fine as root, just not as a normal user.
I've had a look in previous posts on here and searched for the answers out in the ether, but have just confused myself.
I stumbled across this forum today, liked it, so joined it. it looks like Simple , Serious Pros are here. I am Using Linux RHLE4 alongwith Win-XP (Dual boot). It was a failure on first time but second time it was Installed. The following are my problems.
(1) My KDE desktop environment doesn't get started, it says not enough disk space or failed to write..., Whereas Sufficient space is there as well as I operate as root and have all 'r', 'w', and 'x' permissions granted.
(2) In GNOME Desktop environment unable to Log-In as any user other than root. But in Console mode able to Log-In as both root and any user. Reason given for inability to Log-In in GNOME Desktop is "unable to write to file as not having authorization", in this case why is it able to Log-In in Console mode?.
(3) How can we Transfer folders and files between Windows and Linux Partitions without using Floppies and CD-Writers? That is a Direct Transfer from within the Hard disk from one Partition to Another? It is a different issue whether those files are of which type.
Thanx
(BTW -The Title Editing is not possible in this forum)
I'm running Ubuntu 5.04 and I'm probably missing something obvious. I have added a user (call it user 2) and want this user to be part of my group so we can share common interest work files. I have:
home/odyssey
and
home/user2
so it appears to me that user2 is not in my group. No?
When user2 signs in, they cannot see the folder on my desktop that we both need to be able to access and I want it to show on the desktop of user2. Try as I might I cannot "re-assign" user2 to my group.
Ubuntu is the only distro I have tried to do anything with, so groups maybe are not something that is common to all distros?
I've been using screen + irssi for a while now (ssh from work to home :)), but in the last weeks I have had to deal with some power outages. So I have been wondering a couple of things
1. how do I start screen and irssi as a certain user on boot.
2. how do I configure that the pc starts back up when the poser returns (prolly A bios option but don't wanna reboot it (great uptime now :P))
I don't want to go out and buy something to later find that it won't work or i'll have many driver issues :(
I've heard Orinoco are good, but does anyone use them?
Also, at a later stage, i'm going to be buying a pda. I know you can get pdas with slots for wireless cards. I'd like to buy a wireless card that will work both in the laptop and pda if possible?
Many thanks, any help will be greatly appreciated! :):)
