After installing the latest version of opensuse I have it up and running, except that the display goes black about every 30 seconds for a moment and then comes back again.
I am guessing it is because I don’t have enough ram for this OS? I am using a HP tower and I think it only has at most 512mb ram right now.
Can someone tell me if this is the issue or anything else I might try in the meantime?
Thanks
This isn’t be caused of RAM size, either in the video card or the CPU.
If you boot in safe mode do you have the same problem?
Is your monitor cable correctly connected? Does this happen with another monitor? Can you set another frequency in the video settings (i.e., change 60 Hz to 50 Hz or such, if available)?
It is more probably a video driver issue. What video card and driver are you using?
Read the stickies (like this) and guides (like that).
Good luck!
The issue is not present when I boot in safe mode.
It is not an issue with the cable. I only have 60hz refresh rate available.
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80c0
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64]
Capabilities: [40] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-nvidia
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80c0
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80c0
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80c0
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80c0
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80c0
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [48] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80ad
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at ec00 [size=32]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80ad
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at fe900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80ad
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at fea00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80ad
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at feb00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [44] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=0080
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard onboard nForce2 Ethernet
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at fe800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
I/O ports at e880 [size=8]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
I/O ports at ef00 [size=128]
Memory at fe600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fb700000-fb8fffff
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80ad
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80af
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at fe500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2]
Memory at fe400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
Memory behind bridge: fb900000-fdafffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: eb400000-f35fffff
01:08.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems LT WinModem (rev 02)
Subsystem: Agere Systems LT WinModem
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 255
Memory at fb800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=8]
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Capabilities: [f8] Power Management version 2
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 80c0
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64]
Memory at f3500000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512]
Expansion ROM at fda00000 [disabled] [size=128]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
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solved it…
Added the nvidia repositories through yast>software repositories>add>community repositories
Installed nvidia driver for my card and it is fixed now.
Thanks
On 03/17/2011 01:36 AM, creighton1 wrote:
>
> solved it…
>
> Added the nvidia repositories through yast>software
> repositories>add>community repositories
>
> Installed nvidia driver for my card and it is fixed now.
I was going to tell you to add ‘nomodeset’ to the boot line to prevent nouveau
from loading. That driver is very much a WIP. Usually it works or fails totally.
Yours is the first instance of an intermittent problem that I have seen.