SuSE Linux: Version 7.0
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XFree86: Version 4.0
You are using a graphic card with an nVidia chip like Riva TNT or GeForce. During the configuration with sax 2 or by launching some programs, like xmms or the configuration of the screen saver, the GUI turns black or the system hangs completely.
grep "NVIDIA Corporation" /var/log/XFree86.0.logIf there output looks like this:
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"all is configured correctly.
In case there is no line with "glx" the 3D acceleration is not configured. If that happens you have to add
Load "glx"to the file /etc/X11/XF86Config at the section "Module". The section should look like this afterwards:
Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "speedo" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" EndSectionIf that leads to no solution get the update from our FTP server:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/x3d2/nvdriver.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/x3d2/nv_glx.rpm
Please install these packages by using yast1 It is described in the chapter 2.4 "Yast - yet another setup tool". You have to select "Install packages" there.
You can also use the rpm command as root:
rpm -hUv --force nvdriver.rpm rpm -hUv --force nv_glx.rpmIf these commands are executed with no error messages, the modules are ready for working.