On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:06:05PM -0500, Bob Stia wrote:
>
>> Hello Sluggers,
>>
>> I'm having nvidia driver problems.
>>
>> Running SuSE 10.3 64 bit. I have two active kernels that I can choose
>> from at
>> boot-up. I can install the latest nvidia driver on one kernel but not the
>> other. (using the nvidia-installer) I can then install the driver on
>> the "other" but it uninstalls it on the first kernel. How is this possible?
>> There is only one xorg.conf file and either of the kernels should use that
>> one xorg.conf.
>>
>> I must be missing something here or not understanding what is going on.
>
> Although draeath explained the situation adequately, I would add that
> there is an "nv" driver which comes with X which is older but adequate
> for most uses. I got tired of fighting with the NVidia installer some
> time back, and decided to try the built-in nv driver. It has worked fine
> for me. If it works fine for your purposes, it could save you the hassle
> of dealing with the NVidia installer.
I found that every time I rebooted, the nvidia driver would have to be
reinstalled. I recently traced this to something loading an out-of-date
"nvidia" module, so all I really have to do is "rmmod nvidia" and X
will start. I think it's part of some non-free modules package. It's
odd that that works at all since I have a custom kernel built from
non-patched source. I haven't tracked down the loading to find out what's
doing it.
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