Driver Installation for NVIDIA nForce Chipsets

Support knowledgebase (nforce7x)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 7.1

Situation

You want to use NVIDIA nForce drivers. These drivers are required to use the network chipset on your mainboard.

Please note that the installation of these drivers exceeds the scope of the free-of-charge installation support. Should any problems arise during the installation of the package or with the driver itself, please contact NVIDIA. Some helpful information is available at http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=nforce_linux_v1.0-0233

Procedure

SuSE 7.0:

There are no drivers available for SuSE 7.0.

SuSE 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.2

The compiled RPM can be found at /usr/src/linux/packages/RPMS/i386/. Install it by executing the command


rpm -Uvh /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386/NVIDIA_nforce*.rpm

SuSE 8.1

Download the nForce driver from the NVIDIA website


http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

and install the package with


rpm -Uhv NVIDIA_nforce*.rpm


Keywords: NFORCE, NVIDIA, DRIVER

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