SUSE knocked out by upgrades

English Install/Boot/Login
#21

Thanks; however, this gives same result. Is there another that you would like for me to try?

#22

I made a mistake associated with not noticing the second drive sdb and thinking Suse was on sda instead. Here’s a corrected form:

# Swerdna's entry to boot the openSUSE installation on /dev/sdb6 by symlinks
title openSUSE 11.1 (on /dev/sdb6) by symlinks
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb6
initrd /boot/initrd
savedefault
boot
#23

Thanks again. Several screens of text scrolled down the screen culminating with login and password and then the prompt
arch@linux-ge03:~>
Is there a command I need to enter here to get to the GUI?

#24

When I type startx at the Linux prompt, it says no screen has a usable configuration - fatal server error.

#25

From the command prompt:

su (to become root)
sax2 -r

If that fails, try

sax2 -r -m 0=vesa (zero=)

to setup basic video driver. When done you should be able start your desktop, with

startx

Then from a working desktop, it should be possible to download the correct driver for your graphics hardware.

#26

Whatever it was that knocked out your booting also knocked out your GUI access. These are two different issues. The booting issue is solved. The GUI issue is next:

Do you have either ATI or Nvidia drivers?
and

As root (su to root or log in as root) run this to goto init 3:

init 3

Then run these, one at a time until one of them works, in an attempt to get an elementary GUI:
sax2 first then when it stops run startx
if that fails run this: sax2 -m 0=vesa (then startx)
if that fails run this: sax2 -a (then startx)
if that fails run this: sax2 -l (then startx)

But the question about ati/nvidia is important, please answer it too.

#27

I am having trouble configuring the n-vidia settings. I used the one-click method and it said installed successfully, but when I enter nvidia-settings at terminal mode hoping to set resolution, it brings up the settings panel but says something about configuring my x-config file. At the moment I can hardly read the text on the desktop. I checked the X box which was unchecked and saved but no change is evident.

#28

I think I got it now. Once I reduced the resolution to 640 by 480 instead of 800 by 600 I could read what it was saying and do what I had to do.Now I have it reset to 1024 by 768 at 85 hz which are my preferred settings. I wonder what caused all this. Thanks so much for getting me back in!:slight_smile: