SuSE Linux: Version 7.3
You want to install the original 3D NVIDIA driver instead of the dummy driver. However, the download with YaST Online Update (YOU) takes too long or cannot be completed. For example, the manual installation of the driver aborts with the error message:
linux:/tmp # rpm -Uvh NVIDIA_*.rpm error: NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.suse81.i586.rpm cannot be installed NVIDIA_kernel #########################################
Verify the md5 check sum of the packages downloaded from the NVIDIA FTP by way of the command
md5sum PACKAGE_NAME
If the output differs from the information available at NVIDIA's download page, the download of the package is very likely to have failed.
In this case, download the package from NVIDIA's home page again:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
The check sums of the drivers 1.0-3123 are:
linux:/tmp # md5sum NVIDIA_* 78d60cf49a2a0a093eb8bf632cd68d4e NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.suse81.i586 8c0e60e3b3772cf6b7af3ffba1d4fc7c NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.suse81.i586
Consult the README during the driver installation. It is available at the download page or, once the packages have been installed, under:
/usr/share/doc/packages/nv_glx/README