11.4 new install, only get cursor on black screen

[georgeinacton]

Things are progressing well here I think. I used the one click updater you recommended with success. It did not ask me to pick a driver so I did not get to pick 270.41.19 but the display looks different (different font?) now after a restart and the blacking out of the screen is no longer happening so I guess I have the Nvidia driver. How can I tell which display driver I am using?

Another question please: the 11.4 display is currently 1024x768 and I do not have a larger option. On the 11.3 system using the same CRT but possibly a different display card, I have a 1280xsomething option. How can I get a finer display on the new system. I am accessing display settings using "Configure Desktop" off the Start menu.

Martin, at the reference you sent me, I notice that there is a potential crashing problem with the Nvidia driver 260+ and KDE 4.5+. How can I tell which KDE I have?

Thanks again, George

[martin_helm]

To see what driver is in use you can simply open a terminal and type

glxinfo | grep NVIDIA

it should show you something similar to that

server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06

as output, in the version string you see the driver version.
KDE in 11.4 is 4.6.0.
You can check that by

rpm -q libkde4

in the terminal, which shows something like
libkde4-4.6.0-6.15.1.x86_64

For your resolution problem, I think it is somehow related to your monitor, I hope someone else has an idea about this. It is too long ago I used CRTs.

[martin_helm]

Tthe 11.4 display is currently 1024x768 and I do not have a larger option. On the 11.3 system using the same CRT but possibly a different display card, I have a 1280xsomething option. How can I get a finer display on the new system. I am accessing display settings using "Configure Desktop" off the Start menu.

You should open a new thread with a good title in the multimedia forum about that detail to get the attention of the real multimedia gurus.

[martin_helm]

Ah, one last thought. You should have now a program nvidia-settings (you can start it with that name from a terminal).
In the X Server Display Configuration (menu at the left side) it should show you a resolution selector in the right window. Can you select there a higher resolution?

[georgeinacton]

Thank you. I get the same results as you except that you have the 64 bit version of KDE 6, mine is the 32 bit.

Yes, CRTs are so old fashioned aren't they? According to Viewsonic, my fine old GS90fb has a maximum of 1920x1440 so the problem is not the monitor. I cannot find the place in SUSE where the default monitor is shown.

[martin_helm]

According to Viewsonic, my fine old GS90fb has a maximum of 1920x1440 so the problem is not the monitor. I cannot find the place in SUSE where the default monitor is shown.

You misunderstood me, with the monitor being the problem I mean: The new openSUSE does obviously not recognize the monitor in the correct way and has no clue how to deal with it and that this is the problem (not the hardware itself).
The X server display configuration in the program nvidia-settings shows you the model of the recognized monitor (maybe you see something like "unknown" there or a wrong model which is not your monitor?

[georgeinacton]

Sorry Martin, just a lame joke.

I did find the NVIDIA XServer Settings in my recently installed programs but I cannot find any way to change the monitor? It shows only as CRT-1.

[oldcpu]

Some general information to try to assist those helping in this thread:

My experience is it is best to look at the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file in order to get a better handle as to what is happening with one's graphics. I concede that file can be difficult to follow, but if one desires help in interpretting the file, then copy and paste the file contents to a site such as http://susepase.org and post here the corresponding URL/address where the file contents are posted. Then the monitor guru's can look at the file and discover what the hiccup may be.

deano_ferrari is one of our resident expert on tuning monitor settings. I think please_try_again is also pretty good at that.

[martin_helm]

Sorry Martin, just a lame joke.

I did find the NVIDIA XServer Settings in my recently installed programs but I cannot find any way to change the monitor? It shows only as CRT-1.

That just means it cannot find it (I was not sure what it shows in that case, the CRT-1 seems to just say: I know it is CRT but no more). No you can not adjust that there it is only giving you information.

Open a new thread, I know there are very clever people in the multimedia or hardware forum, they will know better than me what you can do to adjust your settings for your Monitor and I guess most of them will not look here at the install/boot/login forum.
Post there all related info about your monitor/driver version/graphics card, what nvidia-settings shows you and a reference to this thread, I am sure they can and will help.

[georgeinacton]

Thank you Martin for all your help. I have followed your suggestion here: 11.4 - Higher display resolution?