SuSE Linux: Version 7.3
Kernel: Version 2.4.10
The drivers for Kyro graphics cards can be downloaded at:
http://www.powervr.com/Downloads.asp
When doing this, select the file source RPM or source TGZ.
A list of the available mirror servers for download purposes can be found at:
http://www.pvrdev.com/driver/index.htm
The driver sources can be found at:
http://www.pvrdev.com/driver/index.htmMake sure that the packages autoconf, automake, and kernel-source are installed on your system in order to compile this source.
Unpack the package with the following command as described in the article "Installing Applications under SuSE Linux 8.0" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_packageinst.html)
tar xvfz package_name
Then change as root user to the newly-created directory and execute the command
make install
Finally, start SaX2 to configure X.
To compile the source rpm, proceed as follows:
Start SaX2 to configure X. For further information on the driver compilation, refer to the corresponding README at:
http://www.powervr.com/Drivers/Linux/README.txtStart SaX2 with the following options:
sax2 -b /var/opt/sax/profile/kyro -m 0=powervr
If the screen remains black and the system hangs when starting SaX2 under SuSE Linux 7.3, please refer to the following article from our support database:
http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_noapic.html