Difference between revisions of "SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop using XGL with NVidia"

From Blue-IT.org Wiki

 
(3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 29: Line 29:
 
  modprobe nvidia
 
  modprobe nvidia
  
Now you can start sax2
+
Now you can start sax2 to configure your xserver:
 
  sax2 -m 0=nvidia
 
  sax2 -m 0=nvidia
  
After you finished
+
After you finished start your xserver by switching back to runlevel five:
 
  init 5
 
  init 5
 +
 
===Configure XGL as default Desktop===
 
===Configure XGL as default Desktop===
 
Look at
 
Look at
 
*[http://de.opensuse.org/Xgl_unter_%C3%A4lteren_Versionen_von_SUSE_Linux_verwenden XGL under older SuSE]
 
*[http://de.opensuse.org/Xgl_unter_%C3%A4lteren_Versionen_von_SUSE_Linux_verwenden XGL under older SuSE]
 
how to configure the sysconfig files.
 
how to configure the sysconfig files.
Using YaSR, you have to look at the bottom in the sysconfig editor to find the appropriate field.
+
 
 +
Using YaST, you have to look at the bottom in the sysconfig editor to find the appropriate field.
 +
 
 +
[[Category:Opensuse]]

Latest revision as of 20:01, 8 January 2012

Troubleshooting

To activate Xgl you have to follow a few aspects. Additional Informations you find at Xgl unter SUSE Linux verwenden from which these instructions here were gathered.

Download Novell NVidia Packages

From

for NVidia.

Install these rpm packages.

Download NVidia driver

Go to your favorite nvidia website and look into the driver archives. Download the appropriate (!) driver version according to

  1. your pc architecture / kernel
  2. the corresponding driver version

Consider the downloaded rpm's above.

Go into a shell (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and switch to runlevel three:

init 3

Then install the NVidia driver

modprobe -r nvidia
sh NVIDIA_XYZ.run -a -n

Using the parameter -a -n avoids the question about licence and matching online binary drivers. We don't need them because we are compiling the kernel ourselves.

Then - if everything went o.k. load the module:

modprobe nvidia

Now you can start sax2 to configure your xserver:

sax2 -m 0=nvidia

After you finished start your xserver by switching back to runlevel five:

init 5

Configure XGL as default Desktop

Look at

how to configure the sysconfig files.

Using YaST, you have to look at the bottom in the sysconfig editor to find the appropriate field.