# nvidia hardway method can't find the kernel source path **URL:** \ **Category:** SLED Configure-Administer\ **Created:** [March 27, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvidia-hardway-method-cant-find-the-kernel-source-path/22432 "2012-03-27T03:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ofvergara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/df788c/32.png) [@ofvergara](https://forums.suse.com/u/ofvergara)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvidia-hardway-method-cant-find-the-kernel-source-path/22432/1 "2012-03-27T03:36:20Z")
hello guys, the nvidia nouveau built-in driver for sled11sp2 is not working properly with my computer. the 1024x768 resolution doesn’t show correctly in my screen. i had opensuse 11.2 last week and it worked like a charm with the proprietary nvidia driver. after the new installation to sled11sp2, i can’t find a way to install the proprietary nvidia driver. when installing, it says that the driver can’t find the kernel-source-path (for kernel.h or something like that). and that’s kind of weird as i have already installed gcc, make, kernel-devel-pae, kernel-source, etc. i tried re-reading from [http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Nvidia\_the\_hard\_way](http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Nvidia_the_hard_way) and i still can’t get it to work/install. any help from you guys to solve this issue is highly appreciated. warm regards, Omar ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvidia-hardway-method-cant-find-the-kernel-source-path/22432/2 "2012-03-27T04:51:14Z")
[QUOTE=ofvergara] hello guys, the nvidia nouveau built-in driver for sled11sp2 is not working properly with my computer. the 1024x768 resolution doesn’t show correctly in my screen. i had opensuse 11.2 last week and it worked like a charm with the proprietary nvidia driver. after the new installation to sled11sp2, i can’t find a way to install the proprietary nvidia driver. when installing, it says that the driver can’t find the kernel-source-path (for kernel.h or something like that). and that’s kind of weird as i have already installed gcc, make, kernel-devel-pae, kernel-source, etc. i tried re-reading from [http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Nvidia\_the\_hard\_way](http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Nvidia_the_hard_way) and i still can’t get it to work/install. any help from you guys to solve this issue is highly appreciated. warm regards, Omar [/QUOTE] Hi I upgraded my desktop from SP1 to SP2 last week and all is fine in nvidia world… Normally I grab the one direct from nvidia. Then; ```auto su - init 3 sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.33.run -aq In your case run; sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia init 5 && exit ``` ## You may need to blacklist nouveau. Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default up 1 day 7:53, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![ofvergara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/df788c/32.png) [@ofvergara](https://forums.suse.com/u/ofvergara)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvidia-hardway-method-cant-find-the-kernel-source-path/22432/3 "2012-03-27T16:24:53Z")
thank you malcolm for your quick reply. :rolleyes: after viewing your message i realized i was installing an old/outdated version of the nvidia driver. after downloading/installing the newest one with the steps above, everything works beautifully again. SLED11SP2 is a very polished distro. i LOVE it. they have system sounds back (great!). now off-topic: if i want to install other rpms for programs/games, which rpm version should i use? (the ones from opensuse12.1, 11.4, 11.3,11.2?) which one qualifies for SLED11sp2 in order not to break things or have dependency problems? thanks again! Omar ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/nvidia-hardway-method-cant-find-the-kernel-source-path/22432/4 "2012-03-27T16:55:26Z")
> [@ofvergara](#): > > now off-topic: if i want to install other rpms for programs/games, > which rpm version should i use? (the ones from opensuse12.1, 11.4, > 11.3,11.2?) > which one qualifies for SLED11sp2 in order not to break things or have > dependency problems? > > thanks again! > Omar Hi Only ones for either SP1 or SP2 😉 Add the SDK as well… Are there some specific rpms, do you use the Open Build Service and or packman? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default up 1 day 19:58, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.04, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU