the kernel has now been released too and will be on the mirrors in 1 or some more hours

It happened again.

Package nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-default-173.14.05_2.6.22.18_0.2-1.1
And no kernel 2.6.22.18 available.

I don know who takes care about the nvidia repo, but is it so hard to wait the new kernel??

I just have dozens of clients with no graphical interface just because someone can't wait to upload a package to the ftp?

The older nvidia driver packages should be kept in the repo until the new kernel is released.  It would solve this stupid problem...

Sorry for my bad mood, but it's frustrating to see the same problem again and again...

excuse me, but does it work or not?

the numbers do not say much

No, the X server is not working on these machines.
I can send you the /var/log/Xorg.0.log  but is it suposed to work on a different kernel version? 

All of these machines have a GForce 6200 (NV44A).
Didn't have time to check if this problem occur on different video cards.

What's the output of 'hwinfo --gfxcard'?

Here's the output:
======================================
admcpd:~ # hwinfo --gfxcard
32: PCI(AGP) 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
  [Created at pci.301]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_221
  Unique ID: VCu0.ibq__f6D+aC
  Parent ID: vSkL.CP+qXDDqow8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
  Hardware Class: graphics card
  Model: "XFX Pine GeForce 6200 (0x0221)"
  Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x0221 "GeForce 6200 (0x0221)"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1682 "XFX Pine Group Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x2152
  Revision: 0xa1
  Memory Range: 0xce000000-0xceffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xb0000000-0xbfffffff (rw,prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xcd000000-0xcdffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xcfee0000-0xcfefffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 11 (no events)
  I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000221sv00001682sd00002152bc03sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #17 (PCI bridge)

Primary display adapter: #32
==========================================

Right now we're using the "nv" driver

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 372085 ***

reopen.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 390272 ***

I guess something went wrong here:
Bug 357366 has been marked as duplicate of this bug but it is due to wrong
kernel version - It is built on kernel 2.6.22.18 that was not released yet.

I do not have any of the symptons above.  The only problem is that the X server
do not work with this kernel module.  I do not have any decrease in
performance.  The X server just don't start.

The problem occur on OpenSuse 10.3 on all machines that have a Geforce 6200
(0x0221). And this gpu is officially supported by the latest driver:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/173.14.09/README/appendix-a.html

I guess bug 357366 this has nothing to do with 390272.

Could you please check that?

well, the 2.6.22.18 kernel is still in our internal QA.

however I thought the KMP handling would cope with a module even wiuth a newer kernel version.

(we did not change the kabi)

Well, the machines only start the X server with the nv driver now...
I can try to install the driver with the nvidia installer program later to confirm that is a problem with the package built for 2.6.22.18.

This has nothing to do with any kernel change. The support for this device has been intentionally removed from the kernel module, which is the reason why I closed it as duplicate of Bug #390272. For now you need to install the driver manually. I'm sorry.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 390272 ***

But is it necessary for opensuse 10.3 to?
Bug 390272 is about 11.0...

Yes, I think so.

*** Bug 401762 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***