kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Hi ALL As if my trips into Gimp 2.0 yesterday wene't enough.Decide to install Suse 9.0 by 1.00 am in the morning had 3 yes 3 Installs that didn't work Each one ended up with a black screen STARING back at me.So reinstalled Xandros 2.0 Tried a 4th install this morning realizing it chose the wrong monitor so change to the Daytek D 77A. So far so good BUT NO WAY Still that Black Screen looking at meSo ON Goes Xandros again Thank you Xandros for saving my skin A little screen that popped up was to do with NVidia Drivers and how suse had change AFTER Suse 8.2Back to SQUARE One we are with Suse :'( Colin Quote
b2cm Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 There's something in your hardware mix that many Linux distros and LiveCDs don't like. Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 Yep B2cmAnd that seems to be nVidiaHope I can find another nVidia FRIENDLY distro like XandrosColin Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Hi ColinGlad you started a new thread about this . . . . . . so let us try to focus:I want to know what the "little screen" exactly said . . . . . and what the options are when you press F1 before the install begins . . ( cheatcodes ) How come you had no problem with nViudia in SUSE 8.2 . . . . and now suddenly in SUSE 9.0 you have ?? Does not make sense . . .As long as the "real" nVidia drivers are not installed it should use generic ones . . Bruno Quote
diska Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 There's something in your hardware mix that many Linux distros and LiveCDs don't like.I have to agree with b2cm. You have a problem with your hardware. Probably with your video card or memory from all of the problems that you have been having. Try changing your video card to a plain jane video card and see what happens. Try to find a non [Nvidia] non [Radeon} card just for testing purposes and to see if that is what the problem is. As I recall you are using a MB with the Nforce Chipset. Is the video built in? What type of memory?Mel ;)PS I am using someone else's computer thats why it says Diska forgot to log on as myself. Oh well!!! Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Good call Mel . . . . Welcome to the forum !! ;) Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 Yeah Mel WELCOME And yes i have an ASUS MB with onboard nVidia Sound and VideoAnd it only recently become noticeable that liveCD's and now Suse 9.0 seems to stop after finalizing the installDidn't think it was possible to change the Video Card on the motherboard though Colin Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 BrunoA little screen was one of suse Information screens that said Suse had changed the way nVidia was handles after Suse 8.2Colin Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Hi ColinThat sould not mean you could not use cheatcodes . . . . SUSE can not exclude nVidia video card from their distro . . :)On the other video card . . if you get a simple PCI one you can probably disable the onboard in the BIOS. Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 Brunohere's a little of Suse's How to-->>>NOTE: The nvidia installer does not work as long as a Xserver is still running and the nvidia kernel module is still loaded. Therefore please boot into runlevel 3 by specifying "3" as kernel boot option or switch to runlevel 3 ("init 3") and unload the kernel module ("rmmod nvidia") before running the nvidia installer.It is recommended to use YOU (YaST Online Update) for (re)installationof the nvidia driver. There are several reasons for this. First, it'ssimple. Second, and this is the most important one, you won't need torecompile the nvidia kernel module after a kernel update.Inside YOU enable "Installable and Installed Patches" for "Show PatchCategory" and select "Download NVIDIA© Graphics Driver" from thepatches list (usually at the bottom of the list). Note, that you needto mark it as "Update" (right mouse click) if you already installed itbefore and the driver was uninstalled - for any reason. Proceed asusual now. After YOU has finished restart your Xserver (i.e. logoutfrom your Xsession) and you're fine.Colin Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 OUCH . . . Colin . . can you handle that ?? Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Decide to install Suse 9.0 by 1.00 am in the morning had 3 yes 3 Installs that didn't work Each one ended up with a black screen STARING back at meFirst, that is NOT a good time to do a SUSE install Colin !!!Second . . . did the black screen have a "prompt" ??? Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 NO BrunoAfter the finalize the install I waited and waited and waited and JUST the BLACK empty screenColin Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Hi ColinEither we need somebody with SUSE 9.0 to tell us if there are cheatcodes for the install so we can avoid the nVidia drivers and do the install with generic drivers . . . . Or there must be an option during the install where you can set up ( AND TEST ) the generic drivers for your card. Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 yeah BrunoDid NOT see anything to Test the drivers. Thought I'd missed your post I had 8 different programs going and the screen froze even CTRL/ALT/DEL froze and had tyo do a Cold rebootColin Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 ColinI am going to change the title of the thread so we attract more SUSE 9.0 users . . :angry2: Bruno Quote
ross549 Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Hmm.... <stops>Did I just smell cookies??? :PWhat do you guys need? Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 Well if you're changed the thread MUST mean I'm HOOKED and STITCHED up BUT Cookies where did they come from Ross Colin Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Adam . . . . . no cookies here, but we need help !Cheatcodes for a SUSE install on nVidia Graphic card . . . or a way to set alternative vidio modes ( AND test them ) during the install . . . Colin . . I only changed the title :angry2: Bruno Quote
ross549 Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Hmm..... I really don't know of any off the top of my head.... am digging around in suse.com right now. Will try rebooting with the install discs and see if there is anything listed there. Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 Yeah GOT a KICK out of it Bruno Colin Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 Heck THANKX RossI have enough trouble witcd gimpwithout trying to follow all those instructions and wasn't that for Suse 6.0That reminded me thats what Suse 9.0 identified my Moitor as a VESA Colin Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Adam . . we have to keep it simple . . this is even harder then the nVidia driver story posted above by Colin . . . . I was thinking of a simple cheatcode before the install in combination with a test of the video settings during the install . . Bruno Quote
striker Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/12/wess..._blackinst.htmlmaybe this can steer you in the right direction? Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 thanks Striker Can't remember if there was an opportunity in the suse 9.0 Install to use vga=normalColin Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 Good one Striker !! Thanks . . . . Colin do you use Lilo or grub to boot ?? Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted February 29, 2004 Author Posted February 29, 2004 HECK thats a good Q BrunoThink Xandros is using lilo and think Suse uses grubWith Xandros it sees all installed systems.Colin Quote
Bruno Posted February 29, 2004 Posted February 29, 2004 How do you boot SUSE ?? . . With Xandros Lilo ?? . . If so we have to add a line in that Lilo . . . If you use SUSE's grub:Can you reach the SUSE "/boot/grub/menu.lst" from Xandros ?? . . In that case change vga=788 to vga=normal . . . Bruno Quote
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