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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] New NVIDIA drivers available
From:       Basil Chupin <blchupin () iinet ! net ! au>
Date:       2014-01-31 5:02:40
Message-ID: 52EB2E70.6030508 () iinet ! net ! au
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On 28/01/14 22:54, Amuraritei Andrei wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 January 2014 22:27:24 Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 28/01/14 19:23, Rodney Baker wrote:
>>> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:34:01 Markus Ko�mann wrote:
>>>> Am Dienstag, 21. Januar 2014, 19:07:31 schrieb Amuraritei Andrei:
>>>>> Short procedure for installing 331.38 is:
>>>>>
>>>>> Get the 331.38.run install file.
>>>>>
>>>>> 0. Boot with kernel param 3 or in terminal as root do systemctl stop
>>>>> xdm.
>>>>> 1. sh NVIDIA...331.38.run -x to extract.
>>>>> 2. cp nvidia_3.13_kernel.patch to NVIDIA...331.38 folder
>>>>> 3. Apply patch with patch -p 1 -i ./nvidia_3.13_kernel.patch for
>>>>> example.
>>>>> 4. ./nvidia-installer -a
>>>>> 5. Reboot.
>>>>> 6. Profit.
>>>> Just one addition : Don't delete the unpacked nvidia driver sources after
>>>> installation. If you install a new kernel version,  you can run
>>>> ./nvidia-installer -aK -k <new kernel version>
>>>> to build the nvidia kernel driver  module for the new kernel version
>>>> before
>>>> booting the new kernel.
>>>> No need to boot into textmode first to reinstall the nvidia drivers any
>>>> more.
>>> Or, install DKMS, run the Nvidia install script and allow it to register
>>> with DKMS. No more manually building kernel modules after kernel updates.
>>> Works for Nvidia and VirtualBox drivers here. :-)
>> "Nvidia install script" - do you mean 'sh nvidia........." or the
>> "./nvidia-installer" thingie?
>>
>> BC
> He means nvidia-installer and to be sure use the --dkms option on it. Also
> have dkms installed and enabled( systemctl enable dkms).
>
> Deiu

Thanks for that.

All worked except for the bit about enabling dkms (systemctl enable 
dkms): this produced the error message that this command is unrecognised 
(and to go back and get my act together :-) .) Running 
'./nividia-installer --dkms' worked perfectly.

BC

-- 
A civilisation is judged by how it treats the most vulnerable.

        Lauren Smith - 30 January 2014


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