My system is:
Asus A8N-VM
Venice 3200+
2x512 Corsair TwinX
eVga 7300GS
Suse 10.2 64 bit

My problem is:
the resolution is locked at 1280x1024; not an issue, but i think lowering the resolution would be some of the suggestions i'll recieve. Just throwing it out there.

regardless of fullscreen or windowed, any window will scroll incredibly slowly. I'm not sure why, I know that the card in the system is not a high end one, but having a video card, even at that resolution should not produce the slowness that i am experiencing. The best comparison I can make is if you've got a clean install of windows with no video driver, everything is jumpy and and scrolls terribly slowly; my system is behaving like that. The system is built primarily to run Folding@Home, and will eventually be running an x2 or Opteron chip to fold in SMP, hence the need for the 64 bit OS.

If this is a known issue with either 10.2 or 64 bit version of Suse, then it is not well documented (half an hour with various phrasings in google before posting). I'm hoping that installing the nVidia drivers may fix the problem, but I'm hesitant because of the 'my system won't boot correctly' posts on these forums after installing the nv driver. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I have no issues with the combination. The easiest way for me to install them is to download from nvidia.com and go into the console logon (init 3 - because the drivers have to have xorg off before they will install) and install them. Afterward just reboot and things should be good for you.

I'm assuming the instructions Here are correct, but they do not mention runlevel 3. When i installed nv drivers on suse 9.something way back when, i remember using init 3 but i believe it was for a specific part of the installl. I've installed the driver using Yast, and encountered no issues, but sax2 still locks me out of changing the resolution and color quality. The problem also still exists.

I get the latest (9755) from nvidia directly. These have to be run from a command line login, and as root. These will generate a new xorg.conf file for you, without going through sax2.

Are you sure that you are using the correct drivers? 32-bit or 64-bit.

These are the drivers that you should be using:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-9755.html

As for changing the resolution and color, have you tried the nvidia-settings? (for me APPLICATIONS->SYSTEM->MORE PROGRAMS)

I'm having the same problem and except I'm using an ATI video card, what would I need to do to fix it? Would I just be able to install the Nvidia drivers or do I need the ATI ones.

u sure need to find the ATI drivers.

check this link http://en.opensuse.org/ATI_Driver_HOWTO and make sure to follow the instructions depending on ur architecture. It won´t be easy but be patient and u´ll do it!!!

regards, Petros

I downloaded and applied the driver you link as root using init 3, saw no difference upon restart, and then figured i'd try nVidia's recommended method which is to install the driver via Yast. Neither method has fixed the problem, and the only noticeable change is that the nvidia menu item that you describe was added when installing the driver using yast. that nvidia-settings item gives me 5 checkboxes: enable tooltips, display status bar, slider text entries, include x display names in config file, show 'really quit' dialog. this doesn't seem like it's doing anything about the display.

Did you see a splash screen when rebooting? It really sounds like the drivers aren't loading.