[ltp] Confirmed: Default nv driver with openSUSE 10.3 just doesn't work on the T61p

[Jay C Vollmer]

On Wednesday 10 October 2007, Benjamin Thompson wrote:
> I'm brand new to this list; hello everyone!
>
> I tried installing twice. The default nv driver that comes with openSUSE
> 10.3 only gets you a blank screen if you're using a T61p with a Quadro FX
> 570M video card.
>
> Even attempting to run sax2 or the Display module of YaST in text mode
> locks up X and you'll be lucky if you can get back to a command prompt.
>
> I had to go into xorg.conf and manually switch the driver from "nv" to
> "vesa" and now I at least have a desktop. The strange thing is that
> neither the wallpaper or icons are showing up in the desktop area. I have
> the toolbar and all the widgets in it, and Firefox works fine, so I'm not
> sure what the issue is in that.
>
> When I get home from work tonight I'll install the driver from nvidia.
> I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> -Ben

Hi Ben.

After following some of the commets on this list and on hte opensuse list I 
decided to download the latest NVIDIA .run file and have it ready following 
an install of the latest openSUSE (10.3)  Having encountered the identical 
situation to yours following a fresh install, I simply ran the .run file 
while in runlevel 3 and was greeted by all the cool new openSUSE stuff 
following a reboot.

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JAY VOLLMER        JVOLLMER@VISI.COM