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

[Aaron Mulder]

I haven't tried 10.3, but in previous releases it was possible to
install 32-bit Firefox on the 64-bit OS so all the plugins worked.
(That said, I'd expect 64-bit Java to work in 64-bit Firefox, though
there was no 64-bit Flash at the time I tried.)  In the YaST software
selection dialog, you had to look carefully at one of the tabs at the
bottom for each piece of software, and it had radio buttons for i586
and x86_64, so you could go to Firefox, Java, etc. and make sure to
select the correct bittedness for each.  It definitely needed some
manual intervention because they were all a mixed bag out of the box.

Thanks,
       Aaron

On 10/11/07, Benjamin Thompson <bjt@rabidquill.com> wrote:
> Hi Jay.
>
> I installed the driver packages through YaST, with the same successful
> result. All is well now, except Compiz doesn't want to run for some reason.
> It claims my video card is not in its list of supported hardware, although I
> know the drivers are working fine.
>
> I think my real problem is that I'm running in 64-bit. There are just too
> many unsupported things. Java and Flash don't work in Firefox, two things I
> very much need. I run my podcast using a Java app and I use YouTube a lot.
>
> I'm considering stepping back down to 32-bit and just settling for half my
> CPU performance, but I want to edit video later and I'd rather keep 64-bit
> mode.
>
> Does anyone know an easy way to get the 32-bit plugins working under Firefox
> in a 64-bit environment? I'd really like to avoid doing a reinstall.
>
> -Ben
>
>
> On 10/10/07, Jay C Vollmer <jvollmer@visi.com> wrote:
> > 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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