hello
i m quite new to linux. when i installed suse 11.1 on my acer aspire 5738z(intel gma 4500m), it shows blank screen in normal mode. although it runs on Failsafe mode but display is 1024X768 and no 3d accelration. i think its driver’s problem. Can anybody tell me how to fix it?
… hmmm … I recall some Linux versions had problems with the Intel GMA 4500M.
IMHO you may be better off moving to openSUSE-11.2 where I think the 2.6.31 kernel has been addressed for that problem.
I can suggest something to try, but I suspect it won’t work.
You could try booting direct to run level 3 (please do that by pressing a “3” (no quotes) when the grub boot menu appears, so that in the options line, next to the entry (with a space between) there appears a “3” ). Then select a regular boot. That will take you to a text log in. Log in as a regular user. Type “su” to switch users to root (administrator).
Then backup your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with:
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.mybackup
Then try running sax2 with the intel driver (this may not work - may freeze PC):
sax2 -r -m 0=intel
where that is zero equals intel. If that works, then exit sax2, and restart your PC with “shutdown -r now”
or if it does not work, you could try tuning the VESA driver better with:
sax2 -r -m 0=vesa
Where that is zero equals vesa, and if you do not like the resolution proposed, select a better resolution.
But as noted, I’m skeptical wrt this Intel graphic device. When I went to purchase my Dell Studio 1537 laptop last year, that Intel graphic device was one of the choices I had for graphics, and I deliberately did NOT select it because of known problems at the time with it and all Linux distributions.
thanks for ur suggestions
it didn’t work for 0=intel but pc didn’t freeze.
but when i tried for 0=vesa, this hapens
**SaX: initialinzing please wait
SaX: yout current configuration will not be read in
SaX: no X-server is running
SaX: will start its own server
SPP: prepare device [0] profile:virtual
SPP: including prepared profiles(s)…
SPP: prepare device [0] profile:
SPP: including prepared profile(s)…
SaX: startup
xc: sorry couldn’t start configuration server
xc: for details refer to log file
/var/log/SaX.log
xc: abort**
nothing happened afterwards
ok. and what does the SaX.log file say? You can copy its contents to pastebin - Type, paste, share. and post the URL here.
You could also look at:
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
and also post its output on a separate pastebin - Type, paste, share. page (providing here the URL).
But as noted, I think you may be better off with openSUSE-11.2.
Thanks i installed 11.2
it runs smooth
but anyways thanks for ur advise.