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R3d · 03-03-2005, 07:31 AM

thanks guys.. i just ended up reinstalling.. i picked the wrong damn monitor driver.. bah *smacks head*

now my next problem is getting the vid card drivers installed.. running a nvidia 5900ultra.. running in 2d more! ooooooo.. but yea.. cant get the runlevel 3 shit to come up like it says on the nvidia site

from the site

This document describes how to use the new nvidia installer for the
installation of the latest nvidia driver, which is available for your
SuSE Linux system.

NOTE: The nvidia installer does not work as long as a Xserver is still
running and the nvidia kernel module is still loaded. Therefore
please boot into runlevel 3 by specifying "3" as kernel boot
option or switch to runlevel 3 ("init 3") and unload the kernel
module ("rmmod nvidia") before running the nvidia installer.

SuSE Linux 9.0-AMD64

1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source' package with YaST2, update it - if not
already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU).

2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-6629.

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2.run -q

3) Configure XFree86 with

sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)

NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already
enabled, when the nvidia driver is running. Ignore the
misleading error message, that 3D support can't be enabled.

03-03-2005, 07:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
R3d Insane Location: Sask, Canada	thanks guys.. i just ended up reinstalling.. i picked the wrong damn monitor driver.. bah smacks head now my next problem is getting the vid card drivers installed.. running a nvidia 5900ultra.. running in 2d more! ooooooo.. but yea.. cant get the runlevel 3 shit to come up like it says on the nvidia site from the site This document describes how to use the new nvidia installer for the installation of the latest nvidia driver, which is available for your SuSE Linux system. NOTE: The nvidia installer does not work as long as a Xserver is still running and the nvidia kernel module is still loaded. Therefore please boot into runlevel 3 by specifying "3" as kernel boot option or switch to runlevel 3 ("init 3") and unload the kernel module ("rmmod nvidia") before running the nvidia installer. SuSE Linux 9.0-AMD64 1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means installing the 'kernel-source' package with YaST2, update it - if not already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU). 2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-6629. sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2.run -q 3) Configure XFree86 with sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!) NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already enabled, when the nvidia driver is running. Ignore the misleading error message, that 3D support can't be enabled.