Re: Can Nobody Help Me?
From: Big Daddy (DontBother_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 07/27/03
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:12:48 -0400
nikoli wrote:
>>Secondly, make sure your onboard graphics are turned off in the BIOS when
>>you have an AGP graphics card installed. That goes for sound and LAN too,
>>that you have onboard but are overriding with a PCI card.
>>
>>
> mkay daddy... read my previous post then
I cannot find anywhere where you've said you've done that.
You:
"I'm just gonna list the things I've tried.
disable ACPI in BIOS... didn't work
typed vga=normal in boot options field (at the suggestion of Suse email
support)... didn't work
tried every boot option on the screen (manual mode, safe mode, text
only...) nothing worked
tried install CD #2 with all the above as well"
Didn't say anywhere that you turned off the onboard graphics in BIOS. You
disabled ACPI, but not onboard video.
You again:
"I have 256 MB of SDRAM... and my video card is an AGP and has 64 MB... I
guess there is onboard graphics that I'm not using.
Here's the specs for the mobo:
FX41
Form Factor : Small Form Factor
CPU Socket : AMD Socket A, support 266/200MHz FSB CPU
Chipsets : North bridge-VIA KM266, South bridge-VIA 8235
Memory : Spoort DDR 266/200 * 2
On Board VGA : VIA Savage8, 8-32 MB VGA share memory
On Board Audio : Realtek ALC650 support 5.1 channel audio, Support Digital
SPDIF In/Out
Expansion Slot : PCI * 1, AGP * 1
IDE interface : ATA-133"
Again, nowhere do you indicate that you went into BIOS and actually made
sure that onboard graphics are disabled, if you are indeed running an AGP
video card. You have indicated that you have the onboard video, but not
that your BIOS says it's disabled. So, which is it? Do you have an add-in
AGP card? Is the onboard stuff turned off in BIOS? Or are you running with
onboard video?
If the last case is indeed your situation, often you'll have to hunt down
drivers for the onboard video and install them during the SuSE
installation.
If the other case is your situation, and you are running an aftermarket AGP
video card, you must make sure to turn off your onboard stuff in BIOS. You
can't just put the card in and run with it.
It sounds to me, that you have the situation described above, where you have
an AGP video card installed and the monitor connected to it, but the
onboard video is still active in the BIOS. I could be wrong, but that's all
I can see possibly being the case. If you do have it disabled in BIOS, then
try installing with the AGP card removed and onboard video enabled.
Other than these couple of possiblilities, I can't see how it's not working.
SuSE Linux is installed on VIA chipset AMD boards all the time without a
hitch.
Lastly, when someone offers a suggestion to you, even if it was what you've
already done, don't be a smartass. We're not there looking at your computer
with access to every BIOS setting and hardware configuration you could
possibly try. We can only go off of the information you give us. If you
want help, be polite to those that attempt to help you.
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