Nvidia Installer HOWTO for openSUSE users
Last Update: Wed Aug 14 11:15:10 CEST 2013
IMPORTANT: This document is no longer maintained and completely outdated.
The only reason it still exists, is that it is still referenced
by the NVIDIA driver download page. openSUSE users, please add the
NVIDIA repository, wich is listed in the Community repos, via YaST2.
The appropriate driver should be autoselected for installaion then.
See https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers
for more details.
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This document describes how to use the nvidia installer for the
installation of the latest nvidia driver, which is available for your
openSUSE system.
NOTE: The nvidia installer does not work as long as a Xserver is still
running and the nvidia kernel module is still loaded. Therefore
please boot into runlevel 3 by specifying "3" as kernel boot
option or switch to runlevel 3 ("init 3") and unload the kernel
module ("rmmod nvidia") before running the nvidia installer.
Since openSUSE 11.3 use "nomodeset" as additional kernel boot
option.
Contents
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openSUSE 12.1-IA32
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openSUSE 12.1-AMD64
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openSUSE 11.4-IA32
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openSUSE 11.4-AMD64
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openSUSE 11.3-IA32
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openSUSE 11.3-AMD64
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Support for legacy GPUs
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References
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Support
It is recommended to use YaST for installation of the NVIDIA
driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.
Update your Kernel via YOU (YaST Online Update). Use
YaST -> Software -> Software Repositories -> Add
Protocol: HTTP
Server Name: : download.nvidia.com
Directory on Server: /opensuse/12.1
to add the NVIDIA http server as additional installation source.
Now use
YaST -> Software -> Software Management
to install the NVIDIA driver. The appropriate NVIDIA packages will be
autoselected, if your card is supported. These are either
a) x11-video-nvidia + nvidia-gfx-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
b) x11-video-nvidiaG01 + nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
c) x11-video-nvidiaG02 + nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
If no additional packages are autoselected, your card is not supported
by the driver (RPMs) at the moment. It needs to be mentioned that 'xen'
is excluded from the kernel flavors supported by the Nvidia drivers.
People who aren't afraid of recompiling the nvidia kernel module or
even reinstalling the nvidia driver each time the kernel has been
updated and want or need to use the latest and greatest nvidia driver
can use the following steps 1-4. The others should use the
instructions above using YaST and skip the steps below.
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
2) Run the following commands
echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
# recreate initrd without KMS, if the use of KMS is enabled in initrd
if grep -q NO_KMS_IN_INITRD=\"no\" /etc/sysconfig/kernel; then
sed -i 's/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD.*/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD="yes"/g' /etc/sysconfig/kernel
mkinitrd
fi
3) Reboot your machine.
4) Use the nvidia installer for 290.10.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-290.10.run -q
IMPORTANT: You need to recompile and install the nvidia kernel module
after each kernel update.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-290.10.run -K
It is recommended to use YaST for installation of the NVIDIA
driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.
Update your Kernel via YOU (YaST Online Update). Use
YaST -> Software -> Software Repositories -> Add
Protocol: HTTP
Server Name: : download.nvidia.com
Directory on Server: /opensuse/12.1
to add the NVIDIA http server as additional installation source.
Now use
YaST -> Software -> Software Management
to install the NVIDIA driver. The appropriate NVIDIA packages will be
autoselected, if your card is supported. These are either
a) x11-video-nvidia + nvidia-gfx-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
b) x11-video-nvidiaG01 + nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
c) x11-video-nvidiaG02 + nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
If no additional packages are autoselected, your card is not supported
by the driver (RPMs) at the moment. It needs to be mentioned that 'xen'
is excluded from the kernel flavors supported by the Nvidia drivers.
People who aren't afraid of recompiling the nvidia kernel module or
even reinstalling the nvidia driver each time the kernel has been
updated and want or need to use the latest and greatest nvidia driver
can use the following steps 1-4. The others should use the
instructions above using YaST and skip the steps below.
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
2) Run the following commands
echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
# recreate initrd without KMS, if the use of KMS is enabled in initrd
if grep -q NO_KMS_IN_INITRD=\"no\" /etc/sysconfig/kernel; then
sed -i 's/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD.*/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD="yes"/g' /etc/sysconfig/kernel
mkinitrd
fi
3) Reboot your machine.
4) Use the nvidia installer for 290.10.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run -q
IMPORTANT: You need to recompile and install the nvidia kernel module
after each kernel update.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run -K
It is recommended to use YaST for installation of the NVIDIA
driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.
Update your Kernel via YOU (YaST Online Update). Use
YaST -> Software -> Software Repositories -> Add
Protocol: HTTP
Server Name: : download.nvidia.com
Directory on Server: /opensuse/11.4
to add the NVIDIA http server as additional installation source.
Now use
YaST -> Software -> Software Management
to install the NVIDIA driver. The appropriate NVIDIA packages will be
autoselected, if your card is supported. These are either
a) x11-video-nvidia + nvidia-gfx-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
b) x11-video-nvidiaG01 + nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
c) x11-video-nvidiaG02 + nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
If no additional packages are autoselected, your card is not supported
by the driver (RPMs) at the moment. It needs to be mentioned that 'xen'
is excluded from the kernel flavors supported by the Nvidia drivers.
People who aren't afraid of recompiling the nvidia kernel module or
even reinstalling the nvidia driver each time the kernel has been
updated and want or need to use the latest and greatest nvidia driver
can use the following steps 1-4. The others should use the
instructions above using YaST and skip the steps below.
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
2) Run the following commands
echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
# recreate initrd without KMS, if the use of KMS is enabled in initrd
if grep -q NO_KMS_IN_INITRD=\"no\" /etc/sysconfig/kernel; then
sed -i 's/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD.*/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD="yes"/g' /etc/sysconfig/kernel
mkinitrd
fi
3) Reboot your machine.
4) Use the nvidia installer for 290.10.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-290.10.run -q
IMPORTANT: You need to recompile and install the nvidia kernel module
after each kernel update.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-290.10.run -K
It is recommended to use YaST for installation of the NVIDIA
driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.
Update your Kernel via YOU (YaST Online Update). Use
YaST -> Software -> Software Repositories -> Add
Protocol: HTTP
Server Name: : download.nvidia.com
Directory on Server: /opensuse/11.4
to add the NVIDIA http server as additional installation source.
Now use
YaST -> Software -> Software Management
to install the NVIDIA driver. The appropriate NVIDIA packages will be
autoselected, if your card is supported. These are either
a) x11-video-nvidia + nvidia-gfx-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
b) x11-video-nvidiaG01 + nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
c) x11-video-nvidiaG02 + nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
If no additional packages are autoselected, your card is not supported
by the driver (RPMs) at the moment. It needs to be mentioned that 'xen'
is excluded from the kernel flavors supported by the Nvidia drivers.
People who aren't afraid of recompiling the nvidia kernel module or
even reinstalling the nvidia driver each time the kernel has been
updated and want or need to use the latest and greatest nvidia driver
can use the following steps 1-4. The others should use the
instructions above using YaST and skip the steps below.
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
2) Run the following commands
echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
# recreate initrd without KMS, if the use of KMS is enabled in initrd
if grep -q NO_KMS_IN_INITRD=\"no\" /etc/sysconfig/kernel; then
sed -i 's/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD.*/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD="yes"/g' /etc/sysconfig/kernel
mkinitrd
fi
3) Reboot your machine.
4) Use the nvidia installer for 290.10.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run -q
IMPORTANT: You need to recompile and install the nvidia kernel module
after each kernel update.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run -K
It is recommended to use YaST for installation of the NVIDIA
driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.
Update your Kernel via YOU (YaST Online Update). Use
YaST -> Software -> Software Repositories -> Add
Protocol: HTTP
Server Name: : download.nvidia.com
Directory on Server: /opensuse/11.3
to add the NVIDIA http server as additional installation source.
Now use
YaST -> Software -> Software Management
to install the NVIDIA driver. The appropriate NVIDIA packages will be
autoselected, if your card is supported. These are either
a) x11-video-nvidia + nvidia-gfx-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
b) x11-video-nvidiaG01 + nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
c) x11-video-nvidiaG02 + nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
If no additional packages are autoselected, your card is not supported
by the driver (RPMs) at the moment. It needs to be mentioned that 'xen'
is excluded from the kernel flavors supported by the Nvidia drivers.
People who aren't afraid of recompiling the nvidia kernel module or
even reinstalling the nvidia driver each time the kernel has been
updated and want or need to use the latest and greatest nvidia driver
can use the following steps 1-4. The others should use the
instructions above using YaST and skip the steps below.
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
2) Run the following commands
echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
# recreate initrd without KMS, if the use of KMS is enabled in initrd
if grep -q NO_KMS_IN_INITRD=\"no\" /etc/sysconfig/kernel; then
sed -i 's/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD.*/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD="yes"/g' /etc/sysconfig/kernel
mkinitrd
fi
3) Reboot your machine.
4) Use the nvidia installer for 290.10.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-290.10.run -q
IMPORTANT: You need to recompile and install the nvidia kernel module
after each kernel update.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-290.10.run -K
It is recommended to use YaST for installation of the NVIDIA
driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it's
simple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need to
recompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.
Update your Kernel via YOU (YaST Online Update). Use
YaST -> Software -> Software Repositories -> Add
Protocol: HTTP
Server Name: : download.nvidia.com
Directory on Server: /opensuse/11.3
to add the NVIDIA http server as additional installation source.
Now use
YaST -> Software -> Software Management
to install the NVIDIA driver. The appropriate NVIDIA packages will be
autoselected, if your card is supported. These are either
a) x11-video-nvidia + nvidia-gfx-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
b) x11-video-nvidiaG01 + nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
or
c) x11-video-nvidiaG02 + nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-(kernel_flavor)
If no additional packages are autoselected, your card is not supported
by the driver (RPMs) at the moment. It needs to be mentioned that 'xen'
is excluded from the kernel flavors supported by the Nvidia drivers.
People who aren't afraid of recompiling the nvidia kernel module or
even reinstalling the nvidia driver each time the kernel has been
updated and want or need to use the latest and greatest nvidia driver
can use the following steps 1-4. The others should use the
instructions above using YaST and skip the steps below.
1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2.
2) Run the following commands
echo "blacklist nouveau" > /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
# recreate initrd without KMS, if the use of KMS is enabled in initrd
if grep -q NO_KMS_IN_INITRD=\"no\" /etc/sysconfig/kernel; then
sed -i 's/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD.*/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD="yes"/g' /etc/sysconfig/kernel
mkinitrd
fi
3) Reboot your machine.
4) Use the nvidia installer for 290.10.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run -q
IMPORTANT: You need to recompile and install the nvidia kernel module
after each kernel update.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run -K
Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the
290.10 driver. These GPUs will continue to be maintained
through the special legacy NVIDIA GPU driver releases.
The 173.14.xx driver supports the following set of GPUs:
NVIDIA GPU product Device PCI ID
---------------------------------------------
GeForce PCX 5750 0x00FA
GeForce PCX 5900 0x00FB
Quadro FX 330/GeForce PCX 5300 0x00FC
Quadro FX 330/Quadro NVS 280 PCI-E 0x00FD
Quadro FX 1300 0x00FE
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra 0x0301
GeForce FX 5800 0x0302
Quadro FX 2000 0x0308
Quadro FX 1000 0x0309
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 0x0311
GeForce FX 5600 0x0312
GeForce FX 5600XT 0x0314
GeForce FX Go5600 0x031A
GeForce FX Go5650 0x031B
Quadro FX Go700 0x031C
GeForce FX 5200 0x0320
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 0x0321
GeForce FX 5200 0x0322
GeForce FX 5200LE 0x0323
GeForce FX Go5200 0x0324
GeForce FX Go5250 0x0325
GeForce FX 5500 0x0326
GeForce FX 5100 0x0327
GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M 0x0328
Quadro NVS 55/280 PCI 0x032A
Quadro FX 500/FX 600 0x032B
GeForce FX Go53xx 0x032C
GeForce FX Go5100 0x032D
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 0x0330
GeForce FX 5900 0x0331
GeForce FX 5900XT 0x0332
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 0x0333
GeForce FX 5900ZT 0x0334
Quadro FX 3000 0x0338
Quadro FX 700 0x033F
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 0x0341
GeForce FX 5700 0x0342
GeForce FX 5700LE 0x0343
GeForce FX 5700VE 0x0344
GeForce FX Go5700 0x0347
GeForce FX Go5700 0x0348
Quadro FX Go1000 0x034C
Quadro FX 1100 0x034E
The 96.43.xx driver supports the following set of GPUs:
NVIDIA GPU product Device PCI ID
---------------------------------------------
GeForce2 MX/MX 400 0x0110
GeForce2 MX 100/200 0x0111
GeForce2 Go 0x0112
Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go 0x0113
GeForce4 MX 460 0x0170
GeForce4 MX 440 0x0171
GeForce4 MX 420 0x0172
GeForce4 MX 440-SE 0x0173
GeForce4 440 Go 0x0174
GeForce4 420 Go 0x0175
GeForce4 420 Go 32M 0x0176
GeForce4 460 Go 0x0177
Quadro4 550 XGL 0x0178
GeForce4 440 Go 64M 0x0179
Quadro NVS 400 0x017A
Quadro4 500 GoGL 0x017C
GeForce4 410 Go 16M 0x017D
GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X 0x0181
GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X 0x0182
GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X 0x0183
GeForce4 MX 4000 0x0185
Quadro4 580 XGL 0x0188
Quadro NVS 280 SD 0x018A
Quadro4 380 XGL 0x018B
Quadro NVS 50 PCI 0x018C
GeForce2 Integrated GPU 0x01A0
GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU 0x01F0
GeForce3 0x0200
GeForce3 Ti 200 0x0201
GeForce3 Ti 500 0x0202
Quadro DCC 0x0203
GeForce4 Ti 4600 0x0250
GeForce4 Ti 4400 0x0251
GeForce4 Ti 4200 0x0253
Quadro4 900 XGL 0x0258
Quadro4 750 XGL 0x0259
Quadro4 700 XGL 0x025B
GeForce4 Ti 4800 0x0280
GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X 0x0281
GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE 0x0282
GeForce4 4200 Go 0x0286
Quadro4 980 XGL 0x0288
Quadro4 780 XGL 0x0289
Quadro4 700 GoGL 0x028C
The 71.86.xx driver supports the following set of GPUs:
NVIDIA GPU product Device PCI ID
---------------------------------------------
RIVA TNT 0x0020
RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 0x0028
RIVA TNT2 Ultra 0x0029
Vanta/Vanta LT 0x002C
RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro 0x002D
Aladdin TNT2 0x00A0
GeForce 256 0x0100
GeForce DDR 0x0101
Quadro 0x0103
GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 0x0150
GeForce2 Ti 0x0151
GeForce2 Ultra 0x0152
Quadro2 Pro 0x0153
* nVidia driver installers
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-290.10-driver.html
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.28/ (legacy 173.14.xx)
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/96.43.19/ (legacy 96.43.xx)
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-71.86.14-driver.html (legacy 71.86.xx)
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-290.10-driver.html
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/173.14.28/ (legacy 173.14.xx)
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/96.43.19/ (legacy 96.43.xx)
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-71.86.14-driver.html (legacy 71.86.xx)
* Suspend NVidia HOWTO
http://old-en.opensuse.org/NVidia_Suspend_HOWTO
* Ukraine translation of this web page (by http://softdroid.net)
http://softdroid.net/nvidia-installer-HOWTO
If you have any questions or problems, please check the linux discussion
forum (https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/98/linux/).
If you don't find an answer to your question there, you can send email
(in English) to linux-bugs@nvidia.com.
When emailing linux-bugs@nvidia.com, please attach an nvidia-bug-report.log,
which is generated by running "nvidia-bug-report.sh".
For developers with GPU programming questions, please use the NVIDIA
developer web site
http://developer.nvidia.com
and the NVIDIA developer support email alias
SDKFeedback@nvidia.com