Re: Display Problems
- From: Valentin Guillen <usenet1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:23:56 -0700
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:55:27 +0000, Ash wrote:
> i have just installed a fresh copy of SUSE 10.0 on an old 10 gig hdd. the
> logon screen, aswell as the installer displayed perfectly, however, once
> the OS has loaded it is obvious that there is some issue with the video
> card, as everything on the screen is barely ledgeble. its not the monitor,
> as i tried an old one lying around which gave the same result.
> from what ive read of other postings the nvidia-geforce-fx6600-gt card i
> have should be more than compatible?
> should i give up on old suse, or is there someway i can fix the problem?
When you turn on the computer, let the POST text messages pass. When the
SuSE boot menu appears on the screen, type init 3 and hit enter. The
box will then do what appears to be a normal bootup, except that at the
end, you'll end up at a text window (console) instead of the usual attempt
to go directly into the GUI.
Type in: cd /etc/X11 and hit enter
Then type in /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgcfg and hit enter. This will cause
the Xorg configuration tool, which is based upon a GUI, to start. This
should allow you to use the utility to create a configuration, and because
you are STILL in the directory called /etc/X11, you'll then be able to
simply tell the program to save the file, and it will save it in the
correct location.
If on the other hand, you did the above, and the utility locks up, or
can't create a GUI to run in, then you can use another utility to do the
same thing. If the above utility locks up, or can't run, remember that
*usually* you can use the key sequence Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the GUI,
or the attempt to enter the GUI. If it locks up anyway, you may be able
to use the key sequence Ctrl-Alt-F2 or other FKey to enter one of the
other six consoles running, and log in. Then issue the command:
init 6 and hit enter, or simply issue a reboot command, which is reboot
Then start over. Once again tell the SuSE boot up screen to boot into
init 3 as above. When you get to the console at the end of bootup, once
again issue:
cd /etc/X11 and hit enter. Then attempt to use the text-base Xorg
configuration tool, by issuing this command:
/usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig and hit enter. This will run a text based
configuration utility. At the end of the process, have the utility save
the config file, as you are still in the correct directory to simply save
the file.
Once you have successfully created and saved an Xorg config file, you'll
find yourself back at a text console. Then merely issue this command:
init 5 and hit enter. This will cause you to boot directly into your
correctly configured GUI of choice.
Regards,
vg
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