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Disclaimer:
The procedure is for Suse 9.0 i386 only. This have worked for me but i cannot garantee it will work for you. Proceed with caution and make sure you copy this post for offline reading if something unexpected happens (print it if you can). In case of a major screwup, make sure you have your Suse 9.0 CDs/DVDs at hand for system rescue. Also, this procedure is NOT recomended for the weak of heart or linux newbies (in that case, you should wait for Suse 10 or whatever its going to be called). For further assistance, you should have basic knowlodge in understanding kernel messages.
Don't be afraid because of the lenght of this "simple guide". Im only trying to make it a very clear procedure. :wink:
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Considerations:
The packages listed above are for reference. Get them from your closest Suse mirror and keep in mind the versions may change at any time without notice, rendering the above links useless. Now on to the caveats:
* This procedure is aimed at upgrading to the 2.6.2 kernel . The RPMs for 2.6.3 currently breaks some drivers, notably proprietary Video drivers. I also believe XFree86 needs some tweaks in order to work properly with this kernel. If you really need 2.6.3, proceed with manual compilation. Tutorials avaiable at http://www.kerneltrap.org. Also keep in mind these are experimental builds and older versions are NOT kept online, so make sure you have local backups of older kernels provided by that ftp address. A mirror for the 2.6.2 kernel package is avaiable in the Installing/Updating section.
** udev is required for the 2.6 series linux kernel. Its an implementation of devfs for user space. Devices are listed in /sys .
*** modutils from Suse 9.0 is able to work with 2.4 as well as 2.6 kernels. If you plan to keep both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, you must have this package. If you plan to keep only the 2.6 kernel, you will be better off with module-init-tools for long term compatibility (ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/suse/people/kraxel…pre9-2.i586.rpm). module-init-tools is a substitute for modutils.
**** If you are currently using LVM on 2.4 , you must upgrade to lvm2 for 2.6.x or you risk not being able to boot later. If you do not use LVM, you may safely ignore this upgrade, but it wont hurt to do it anyway.
***** lvm2 depends on it.
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For NVIDIA closed source driver users:
If you are using the NVidia video drivers, make sure you uninstall them or disable it. You will need the new drivers with support for the 2.6 kernel. If you do not wish to use the 5336 version (latest as of 02-03-2004) you can patch your old ones as instructed in www.minion.de .
In order to uninstall the drivers, you must find where your NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-????-pkg?.run file is. It is usually at /usr/share/doc/nvidia/. But keep in mind this procedure is done on Runlevel 3 instead of 5. To go to runlevel 3, save all your work and logout from your kde/gnome session if necessary, hit CTRL+ALT+F3 , login as root and ...
[code:1]# init 3 'you will see the output of some services being terminated. so your X session will be terminated. You cannot play with video drivers while X11 is running. If you dont receive a prompt, you can press ENTER and that should do the trick.
# cd /usr/share/doc/nvidia
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-????-pkg?.run --uninstall
# sax2 -m 0=nv 'here you will set your video driver to the default open source nv driver. This one works with kernel 2.6 with no problems so the next time you boot on 2.6, you should be able to use KDE/Gnome right away. Save your settings and exit.
# init 5 'optional.. but good to do so you know the NV driver is working as expected. The lack of the nvidia logo shows you're not using it anymore. At this point, you're thrown back at F7. CTRL+ALT+F3 to go back to your prompt in case something goes wrong. Do a init 3 again, check if you didnt miss anything. Rinse, repeat.[/code:1]
But if you want to do it the dirty way, use your preferred text editor to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config . Find the line Load "glx" and comment this line by adding a # in front of it. Now find the Section "Device" section, where you see Driver "nvidia" change to Driver "nv" . Save the file.
Now hit CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to restart XFree86. The Nvidia logo should not appear here either.
The next time you run NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg?.run to install the 2.6 kernel compatible drivers (of course, after booted on 2.6), it will remove the old drivers automatically.
It can be downloaded from http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux…0-5336-pkg1.run
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For NVIDIA closed source driver users:
Now you are ready for the new NVIDIA video drivers.
[code:1]# init 3
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run 'follow all the steps
# sax2 -m 0=nvidia 'dont bother about setting 3d acceleration. it will work anyway
# init 5[/code:1]
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