Bug 112619

Summary:	YOU nvidia install script doesn't work for NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 64
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Jason Wallwork <dsp6q3t02>
Component:	X11 3rd Party	Assignee:	Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	jeremiah.flerchinger
Version:	Beta 2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i686
OS:	All
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Description Jason Wallwork 2005-08-24 06:55:11 UTC

Tried installing nvidia drivers via YOU both during the install and after. In 
both cases, X wouldn't work. This script worked fine in 9.3 on this same 
machine two months ago when I installed it. Is it a different script? Can 
provide info but not sure what logs you need or if there's any point since 
this might be an nvidia issue.

Comment 1 Stefan Dirsch 2005-08-24 07:10:55 UTC

Yes, it's a different script. TNT2 is no longer supported by the current   
NVIDIA driver which is used now for 10.0. Therefore the driver is neither   
downloaded nor installed and "nv" driver is used for X configuration instead.   
   
For details see:  
   
http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html  
http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html#19

Comment 2 Jason Wallwork 2005-08-25 05:02:29 UTC

Gotcha. Thanks for the info. Are there plans on putting a warning in YOU? This 
could freak out a lot of newbies especially without a forced X check.

Comment 3 Stefan Dirsch 2005-08-25 06:16:47 UTC

Unfortunately this is not possible. This is a limitation in YOU.

Comment 4 Jeremiah Flerchinger 2006-02-17 16:46:20 UTC

A big warning could be placed in the patch file of the update directory
( /i386/update/10.0/patches/fetchnvidia.sh-52454 ). Try adding "NON-LEGACY ONLY" or "CHECK SUPPORTED CHIPSETS BEFORE INSTALL" or "GeForce3 to GeForce7" to the short description and list the non-supported chipsets in the long description.

I would be happy if the online update had different updates for different chipsets. It would still be very easy to install drivers and they would actually work.  Good support of video card drivers is why I moved to SUSE in the 1st place.  I'm sure plenty other people will be upset if it leaves.