hp installation problem

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#1

Hi all!
I have hp pavilion dv6 1386et notebook with windows 7 home premium package. I tried to install suse. But there is something wrong.First I have tried to istall suse 10.3 but installation screen did not appear.Then I tried it with suse 11.2, it was hopeful than 10.3. Installation screen opened and after first rebooting screen have got frozen.So I reboot it manual.Installation only continued with failsave. It has finished, I heard sound of opening system but screen was black.
Can anyone help me?

#2

Does this machine have an ATI video chip??

#3

It looks like it has an ATI Radeon HD 4650 :frowning:

#4

Boot to the command line by pressing 3 at the boot menu.

log in as root

type

sax2 -r -m 0=vesa (note: zero not capital o)

type
init 5
this should start the GUI

#5

yes it has ATI Radeon HD 4650.

gogalthorp, I will try your advices tonight.

#6

hi again.
what do you think cause this problem?
graphic card, suse or hp?

#7

There are major problems with ATI cards with 11.2. There are lots of threads here devoted to the problem.

#8

Hi slmrcn, here is some basic information on openSUSE graphic drivers, to help you understand any recommendations that you may get from this thread: openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users - openSUSE Forums

#9

slmrcn if it was me with the problem, I would boot to run level 3 (the link I provided above describes how) and then try removing any /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (if there is any) and reboot. Chances are there is no such file.

If there is no such file, then I would try the radeonhd driver and reboot. If that did not work I would try the radeon driver and reboot. If that did not work I would try the vesa driver.

If I did not like what I got from the radeon driver and/or the radeonhd driver, I would update my graphic driver to a cutting edge version, cross my fingers, and try that.

More specifically, if you are willing to take a chance, you could try the latest very cutting edge open source drivers unofficially packaged for openSUSE for ATI hardware. ie … some openSUSE-11.2 users with “legacy” ATI hardware have found they get better behaviour on openSUSE-11.2 from the open source radeon and radeonhd drivers if they use the updates from the X11 : XOrg repository. That repository is here:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.2/

… and the rpms that some of us found gave better behaviour are these apps:

  • mesa
  • xorg-x11-driver-input
  • xorg-x11-driver-video
  • xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd
    and possibly ( ? ) others for a 64-bit openSUSE ? … (I tried them on a 32-bit PC). One caution - that tends to be a cutting edge repository, so there is always a risk it will make things worse when a cutting edge release has a bug.

Also, note, because that repository is so cutting edge, I recommend it be added, the rpms installed, and the repository removed. Do NOT leave that repository enabled 1 update longer than necessary.

If you need any guidance on how to add respositories or install rpms via yast please advise.

Note I will be going away for 2 weeks in around 24-hours, so others may need to pick up the ball and help you if you have difficulties.

#10

I have installed catalyst it did not solve problem.and also I have applied your advices. The default session of suse 11.2 does not open, I logged two or three times with failsafe session but I could not achieved any succes.What do you recommend me to do now?
thanks…