I’m attempting to install a new ATI video card. I was following the instructions on en.opensuse.org/Ati for SuSE 10.3. The last step indicated perform a control alt backspace. After performing this linux boots into terminal mode, with no X-windows.
The boot up text indicates that runlevel 5 services have been disabled.
Any help would be appreciated.
Parthenolide wrote:
> I’m attempting to install a new ATI video card. I was following the
> instructions on en.opensuse.org/Ati for SuSE 10.3. The last step
> indicated perform a control alt backspace. After performing this linux
> boots into terminal mode, with no X-windows.
>
> The boot up text indicates that runlevel 5 services have been
> disabled.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
It sounds like X didn’t restart. Try ‘startx’ after logging in.
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startx yields:
(EE) No devices detected
Fatal server error
no screens found
Sounds like something has gone wrong or you’ve missed steps.
Is there any reason why you didn’t want to use the one-click install at the very top?
But firstly lets get the gui back /me hopes this is correct
sax2 -r -m 0=vesa
zero not o
vesa will work but iirc radeon in place of vesa may to. Then if you’ve not tried I would try the one clicks, or add the ati repo.
Parthenolide wrote:
> (EE) No devices detected
> Fatal server error
> no screens found
Okay. Make sure the new ati module is loaded. Run ‘hwinfo --gfxcard’, and
see what module your graphics card is expecting to run or supports. Then
run ‘lsmod | grep -i $module_name’ including the module name reported in
the hwinfo output to see if the module is actually loading. Assuming it to
be loading, then run ‘sax2 -r’ and configure the display based on your
preferences.
Let me know what happens…
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“Unity and humility is the lesson all of history teaches.”
Re: One clink install → Yes, this is what I did.
Re:
lsmod | grep -i radeon, no info
lsmod | grep -i nvidia
lists the nvidia driver, and other info.
The new radeon video card installed is PCI based.
The old nvidia card is AGP based.
Both cards are physically installed. I’ve used the bios setting to select PCI vs. AGP.
hwinfo --gfxcard shows info on both cards
This kind of looks like the nvidia card settings haven’t entirely gone away, and the radeon card setting aren’t fully installed.
re; sax2 -r -m 0-vesa results:
SaX: wrong module syntax
SaX: syntax -m CardNr=CardModule…]
You need to tell it what card think you need change the sax command to 1 is a way of getting the info back.
Think sax -p will list them then you change 0 to 1 I suspect before setting it up.
Edit
Think sax2 -r -m 1=fglrx is correct but unsure been a while since used sax and even longer with ati, and never had 2 graphic cards in one machine 
re: sax2 -r -m 0=radeon
SaX: initialing please wait …
your current configuration will not be read in
no X-Server is running
will start own server if needed
SPP: prepare device [0] profile: Depth24
prepare device [0] profile: NVidia
calling device [0] profile script: NVidia
including prepared profile(s)…
SaX: startup
xc: sorry could not start configuration server
for details refer to the log file:
/var/log/SaX.log
abortPost sax2 -p
If the above suggestion doesn’t work. You’re telling sax to configure the agp with 0 but you need to tell it to configure the pci 1.
I also tried
sax2 -r -m 1=fglrx
this set the profile to “FireGL” which aborted
sax2 -r -m 1=radeon profiled radeon, aborted
sax2 -r -m 0=ati profiled Nvidia, aborted
sax2 -r -m 1=ati failed to profile
FeatherMonkey wrote:
> ‘ATI Radeon Xpress - openSUSE’
> (http://en.opensuse.org/ATI_Radeon_Xpress)
>
> Does this page help?
And what driver was actually installed? Which was meant to be installed?
In this thread, we’ve mentioned ATI and nVidia. Which is it?
If it’s the ATI, is it the firegl driver? Try running aticonfig.
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Unfortunately the page did not help. The command “sax2 -r -m 0=radeon” did not generate a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. (BTW it was good advice to backup the original.)
Since I can’t use both graphics cards at the same time, I am considering removing the AGP card, and trying these commands again.
You can use both but as mentioned earlier you need to use the correct commands and you keep using 0 though I told you this is the agp.
Use sax -p to check which chipset is which and that sax is picking up the both. Also the suggestion to use aticonfig is recommended frequently.
Also how new, what card and what driver? I noticed on the ati page it says a couple of things related to some cards working with the older driver. May even be worth posting the details of xorg in case it does have remnants of nvidia in.
I have come to the conclusion that there is no Linux support for this video card.
BTW
sax2 -r -m 0= <— points to AGP
sax2 -r -m 1= <— points to PCI
sax2 -r -m 1=radeon aborts, in going through the error log at /var/log/SaX.log I’ve found the following.
sax2 locates the PCI card, which identifies itself as “Radeon Mobility 7500”.
running cat SaX.log | grep 7500 yields the point where the card is queried, and two drivers
ATI Radeon 7500 QW, and
ATI Radeon 7500 QX.
There appears to be no Linux driver for the Mobility 7500 card.
I also checked the ati website, and the card manufacturer, and got disappointing results. Looks like I wasted about $35 USD, and several hours.
Thanks for all the help. If I run into problems installing the old card, I will start a new post. Thanks again for the help.
If I’m not mistaken.
On any ati card later then the 9200 series now require the Legecy Drivers in Linux, these older cards aren’t even supported anymore in windows.
Unless the Legecy Drivers are used.
Now the XPress Serires Cards are supported on Linux as well as Windows with all the Newer Drivers.
I’m in the process of putting 10.3 on a Dell Vostro Laptop that has the ATI XPress 1150 card and it’s supported.
I don’t know if that might help with your trying to upgrade, But it’s food for thought.