Black Screen When X starts!SaX2 Doesn't Help!

English Install/Boot/Login
#1

Hey, guys!Little Help Here?
Before a few days i tried to install OpenSuSE 11.1 via GNOME Live CD.So when live CD tried to run X my monitor turned off.I entered text mode and used “SaX2 -r”.It worked!I installed OpenSuSE and after restart same thing happened!Now SaX2 doesn’t help.This is how my xorg.conf looks like now:

/…/

SaX generated X11 config file

Created on: 2009-08-12T21:11:39+0300.

Version: 8.1

Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005

Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>

Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)

PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!

Section “Files”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/local”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/URW”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Speedo”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/PEX”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/kwintv”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/truetype”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/CID”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/xtest”
FontPath “/opt/kde3/share/fonts”
InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”
EndSection

Section “ServerFlags”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail” “on”
Option “ZapWarning” “on”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “glx”
Load “dbe”
Load “extmod”
Load “freetype”
Load “dri”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “kbd”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “us,bg”
Option “XkbModel” “microsoftpro”
Option “XkbOptions” “grp:alt_shift_toggle”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
Option “XkbVariant” “basic,basic”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “9”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 30-83
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “B17-2”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1280x1024”
VendorName “FUS”
VertRefresh 43-76
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
Modeline “1280x1024” 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
EndSection

Section “Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1280x1024” “1280x960” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
Virtual 3840 1200
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1280x1024” “1280x960” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
Virtual 3840 1200
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1280x1024” “1280x960” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
Virtual 3840 1200
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1280x1024” “1280x960” “1280x800” “1152x864” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
Virtual 3840 1200
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSection

Section “Device”
BoardName “RV350 AS”
Driver “radeon”
Identifier “Device[0]”
Option “AGPFastWrite” “true”
Option “AGPMode” “4”
Screen 0
VendorName “ATI”
EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSection

Section “DRI”
Group “video”
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
EndSection

In Section “Device” Option looked different before, i edit it and now when X starts my PC restarts :frowning:
btw I’m with ATI RADEON 9550 256mb VRAM
Please, tell me how to edin xorg.conf! :frowning:

#2

Follow this:

Pause the boot by moving the down arrow, then back up to the default boot. But now press backspace, it should delete any text where you can see VGA=…etc

Remove all text and now type just the number:
3
and hit enter

at the login type your user name and then password
now type:
su
then the root password

now type this:
sax2 -r -m 0=vesa
(N.B. the 0 is a zero not a letter)

now reboot: type: reboot

if you don’t get a gui login
login as user at cli and try this at the cli
startx

#3

awesome, dude!Thanks for the fast reply :slight_smile:

#4

sorry for double posting but i have new problem… i installed fglrx and again it shows black screen but monitor dont turn off… what to do now??? please help :frowning:

#5

Ops another problem so far! >:(
I did what caf4926 said and started x with vesa.Than i tried to install ATI Radeon Driver (fglrx) and followed the instructions on the Suse web site. So i typed SaX2 -r -m 0=fglrx and than it shows me black screen but monitor still on…
I tried to go back to vesa (SaX2 -r -m 0=vesa) but nothing happens :S Can anyone please help me?How to make fglrx driver or go back to vesa? :frowning:

#6

Couple of comments:
ATI’s fglrx setup docs suggest not running sax2, just aticonfig or amdcccle

The use of xorg.conf is diminishing these days. ATI in particular is relying more on /etc/ati/amdpcsdb. And sax2 adds a lot of extraneous entries, things like module names, font paths and mode lines, that are generated automatically anyway. Check out /var/log/Xorg.0.log for details.

There is a longrunning discussion of xorg.conf settings on the compiz forums; it is worth a look: Setup an ATI card with the new FGLRX drivers for Compiz-Fusion - Compiz Community Forums

Try reloading ATI’s fglrx driver. Just download the blahblah.run file, make it executable. Stop X, run the .run file, accepting all defaults. The do

aticonfig --initial

, and reboot. No sax2. Take a look at /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log, see if any problems.

HTH