6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

Hello,

I have an MSI 6150... SUSE was installed with the BIOS "OnChip VGA Frame Buffer Size [16MB]" and "OnChip VGA Trap Enable [Enable]".

Single core, with 2.6.18.2-34-default kernel.

I installed x11-video-nvidia and nvidia-gfx-kmp-default packages via YAST. Re-started X.

VESA Framebuffer is still my only video option. sax2 log says:

FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/updates/nvidia.ko): No such device
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Similar error after a init 3 modprobe attempt.

The nvidia.ko file does exist at that location. Any thoughts?

Just getting back into linux, after a few years off... please be kind. I would rather not "do it the hard way", so posting a nvidia-installer.log is not an option now... I'm hoping someone ran into the same trouble with 10.2 (searched, with no luck)? Thanks.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

By that, I mean I am trying to get the drivers installed without using one of the official .run installers... that should be possible with SUSE 10.2.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/updates/nvidia.ko): No such device

Please check the output of `dmesg` for 'NVRM' messages at the time of the failure.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

From dmesg, after init 3 modprobe nvidia:

nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as rivafb, nvidiafb or
NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership of the NVIDIA
NVRM: device(s).
NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or rivatv kernel module
NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without rivafb/nvidiafb
NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module again.
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!

So after:
init 3
modprobe -r nvidiafb
modprobe -r rivafb
modprobe -r rivatv

And then: modprobe nvidia, same result.

Thanks for taking an interest in this problem... perhaps it is better suited for the SUSE forums, but there has been good support here for the 6150, so I figured this was a good place to start.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

FYI, I encountered the exact same problem with the drivers installed via yast. I know that you don't want to use the drivers from nVidia's website, but they did get everything working for me.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

That is certainly good to know I have an out. One of the reasons I was coming back to GNU/Linux was the fact that (supposedly) a kernel update or the like wasn't going to FUBAR your video settings/drivers, etc. But perhaps SUSE isn't quite there yet.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

The nvidia kernel module is always built against a specific kernel version (as are nearly all kernel modules). This is part of the kernel module architecture, and isn't SuSE specific.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

I was speaking of the YaST update method, which would be SUSE specific.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

OK. I compiled. After the first run of sax2 stuck me at a refresh rate of 53 for my CRT?!?... I am now up and running fine.

Please don't waste valuable time trying to fix this, but if anyone does know how to get the drivers installed in SUSE 10.2 with YaST (on a 6150), please post here.

Thanks.

EDIT: I see there is still some issue with the refresh rate... sax2 listed it correctly at 85 (and it looks like 85), but in configure desktop->display, the list has 50-59 as my choices. Hmmmm.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

nvkrudl3r: See the README documentation on the "DynamicTwinView" option.

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

:)

Wow... I wasn't even looking for help on that problem, and here you guys go and point me towards the solution before I have time to even start... Thanks!

Regarding the OT, I did find some mention of a "tiny-nvidia-installer" that simplified the process somewhat in SUSE 10.1/2...

http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=...aphics_Drivers

But it was later removed...

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-f.../msg00049.html

Re: 6150 + SUSE 10.2 - YAST install of nvidia driver(s) not working
 

I dir 3 /5 install the same way : Yast
3 went thru good
1 wenr bad : but other hardware was bad too
1 went bad : and that was on two fields diffrent hardware
1/ amd 64 x2 proc + PCI e bus
all otherw ere 32 bit amd + agp video bus