screen goes blank after installing opensuse 11

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#1

I tried to install opensuse 11 using the DVD which i got with linux for you on my laptop.

The installation completed successfully and after booting in to suse, the screen went blank

I tried once again and this time I selected manual configuration for Yast. At the beginning Yast configuration, it says GUI cannot be loaded because the graphics card is not supported. so going in to text mode.

I have a Dell studio 1530 laptop with the following configuration

Intel core 2 Duo 8100, 3 GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD3450

plz help

I had the same problem while installing mandriva 2008 also…

#2

Hi,
Try sax2 -r (this will re-init the graphic card).
Choose VESA with 1024x768. SAVE but DON"T press TEST (many time it will freeze the X server). Reboot the computer.
If everything is working fine take a backup of your xorg.conf file
#cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/yourusername/xorg.conf.working
Go to this link ATI - openSUSE and follow the instructions how to install ATI video drivers.
Please let me know if is working…

#3

k… I’ll try this at home today and let you know…

#4

I’ve tried something else which I found in this forum and the problem was solved… but still having some problems…

the windows filesystem is not getting mounted automatically… even if i mount it manually, I can’t access the files using my user-id

#5

Hi,
You have to modify the /etc/fstab file (as root).
Please post the /etc/fstab file and the fdisk -l /dev/sd# (where # is the letter of the hardrive where the windows partition resides on).
Or you can use the partition manager from Yast.