OpenSUSE 11.1 - OpenGL problem after nVIDIA driver update

I upgraded the nVIDIA video driver on my desktop PC (OpenSUSE 11.1) to the latest available version (version 180.29) at this time and started having OpenGL issues because of that. The OpenGL test app glxgears was running at a measly 3 frames per second.

After browsing the OpenSUSE forums for a few minutes I figured out that there were others having the same issue with this driver version. So, I downgraded the driver to the next level and the issue was resolved.

So, if you are having similar issues on your OpenSUSE 11.1 installation, you can try the steps given below:

<Open Terminal>
# wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/180.22/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1.run
# chmod 755 NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1.run
# init 3
# su
<enter password>
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1.run
<go through the process>
# sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
<go through the process>
# reboot

For your convenience, nVIDIA Video Driver version 180.22 is also available here (right click and save target).