Re: [SLE] Toshiba Satellite 5205-S503

From: LinuxWorld999 (linuxworld999_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 11/08/03

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    On Saturday 08 November 2003 05:11, George H. Griffin wrote:
    > Has anybody ever got linux to run properly on this model? I am
    > currently trying to get SuSE 9.0 up and running on one without success,
    > the problem seems to be with the Nvidia graphics card (GeForce4 460 Go).
    >
    > I've checked the support db, linux-on-laptops, and google without
    > finding anything that has worked. When I did the initial install I
    > downloaded the latest nvidia driver during the installation process and
    > got into KDE ok, but the display did not fill the screen (1024 x 780
    > resolution, in windows the screen is filled at this resolution).
    >
    > Every time I tried to change any of the settings in Yast (even mouse
    > settings) I'd get a garbled screen when I tested the settings and had to
    > kill the X server with Ctrl-alt-backspace.
    >
    > I just removed the 4496 driver and replaced it with the 4363 driver and
    > now every time I test the settings in Sax2 the screen is garbled--even
    > using settings that worked with the newer driver so all I have is a
    > consol now.
    >
    > Possibly related, whenever I'd try to shut the machine down from KDE
    > when it was working it would hang with a garbled screen and never did
    > shutdown, although it would reboot OK when that choice was selected in
    > the shutdown menu.
    >
    > I'd really like to get SuSE running on this machine so any suggestions
    > are welcome.
    >

    Have you tried to switch off ACPI? When the boot screen comes up, type
    "ACPI=OFF" on the parameter line, without the quotes. See if this solves
    your problem.

    SuSE 9 installed without any problems on Toshiba Satellite 2450-201 with
    nVidia GeForce4 420 Go with 32MB of ram.

    LW999 

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