Re: SUSe10.2 and ATI driver Computer does not start anymore

On 2007-01-31 14:23, Matze wrote:
"houghi" <houghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:slrnes141f.4td.houghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Matze wrote:
If you want an answer nad some help from me, don't toppost.

houghi
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Thanks houghi for the quick answer.
[CTRL][ALT][F1] does not function as I have no access by any keyboard entry.
I have to switch the computer of by the button on the computer.
The computer is a AMD ATHLON 64 3200+, ATI RADEON 9600, 1GB RAM and I
installed the 32 BIT version of SUSe 10,2 (beside WINXP).



....:-)

I have a machine very like yours but with 3800+ , and got the same problems.

No keyboard, no mouse, no network, no screen, but the system was alive, and
all cron jobs was running in time (saw that on the disk led)

I had to power off, reboot to level 1 (press 1 when grub ask for options)

I moved /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.save

(mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf{,.save} )

and copied xorg.conf.install
( cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf{.install,} )

Then init 5 , and got a vesa desktop, so I could google.

I installed the latest ATI drivers, and it was working perfect until
I started some 3D game, then the X server died.

Went back to the xorg.conf.install for a week, then ATI released a new driver,
so I tested that one, and the X server crashed.

Back to xorg.conf.install , poweroff, went to the store and got a nvidia card,
installed it and the nvidia drivers.
When it was up, I broke the ATI card and put it in the waste basket.

I will never again buy any ATI products, unless they someday get smarter and
release the specs to the opensource and free software teams.
(I still think they can put their secrets in firmware on the card instead of
the operating system)

ATI can graphics , but for sure, they can't write kernel modules.

/birre
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