saw a few things that got me interested with OpenSuse 11 so decided to give it a go.
My specs currently are:
Core 2 duo overclocked @ 3GHz
2 Nvidia GT 7900 ( With SLI bridge doesnt make a diff ] )
4 GB Ram
300GB HDD
600w PowerSupply
Gigabite Motherboard
WestingHouse 19" Widescreen Monitor Model: L1975NW
So, i install OpenSuse and installation goes by smoothly. I reboot and try to start X and it errors out. So i try to download the Drivers and it errors out saying that the ymp file doesnt specify any actions. After this, i try to start x again, and it says it does not detect any screens…any suggestions/help appreciated. Thank you.
Chaosbringer:
saw a few things that got me interested with OpenSuse 11 so decided to give it a go.
My specs currently are:
Core 2 duo overclocked @ 3GHz
2 Nvidia GT 7900 ( With SLI bridge doesnt make a diff ] )
4 GB Ram
300GB HDD
600w PowerSupply
Gigabite Motherboard
WestingHouse 19" Widescreen Monitor Model: L1975NW
So, i install OpenSuse and installation goes by smoothly. I reboot and try to start X and it errors out. So i try to download the Drivers and it errors out saying that the ymp file doesnt specify any actions. After this, i try to start x again, and it says it does not detect any screens…any suggestions/help appreciated. Thank you.
At the bootsplash, type" “3” which will boot you to runlevel 3 and the command line.
login as “root” & password
type: “sax2 -m 0=vesa” which is a crappy driver but should get you up.
setup & test
save
reboot
then when you are up, you can setup the repros in Yast and get the drivers for your system.
With Nvidia I have found the latest “beta” driver from NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Advanced Search works best – recommended. look at the howto for openSUSE.
Good luck:)
Hmmm…didnt work. I get a bunch of output in the terminal after i do the sax2 thing, but then it does nothing. i reboot and nothing happens.
So nothing? I tried other linux distro’s such as fedora core 9 and mandriva 2008 and they seem to work fine after an install. i wanted to try Opensuse b/c i want to run KDE4 and compiz fusion on my comp and it seems easier to set up on suse, plus it looks well put together and very slick, but if there is no X then there is no point. any help please?
oldcpu
July 7, 2008, 12:44pm
#5
Then it should be possible to get this to run under openSUSE. Do you have a copy of those functional xorg.conf files (from the other distributions that you say work)?
Currently (early-July-2008) KDE-4 is buggy and not as stable as 3.5.9. You may be in for a disappointment.
However KDE-3.5.9 is IMHO pretty good on 11.0.
Take a look here, where in addition to “sax2 -r -m 0=vesa” there are some other possibilities proposed:
SDB:Black screen after boot - openSUSE
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Ok, so i booted in failsafe and x starts, but when i login normally it doesnt work :S
this is what i get when i type in sax2 in failsafe ( gui running )
linux-gry1:/home/chaosbringer # sax2
SaX: initializing please wait...
SaX: your current configuration will not be read in
SaX: access to your display has been granted
*** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/sbin/sysp terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib64/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x7f208abb33f7]
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x7f208abb11a0]
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x7f208abaff8d]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x433e83]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x43420a]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x4240d9]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x41a2ed]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x40932f]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x409ca7]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x7f208aae9436]
/usr/sbin/sysp(__gxx_personality_v0+0xf9)[0x404c69]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00448000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 670223 /usr/sbin/sysp
00647000-00648000 r--p 00047000 08:07 670223 /usr/sbin/sysp
00648000-00649000 rw-p 00048000 08:07 670223 /usr/sbin/sysp
00649000-00d02000 rw-p 00649000 00:00 0 [heap]
7f2089a47000-7f2089a49000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 646837 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f2089a49000-7f2089c48000 ---p 00002000 08:07 646837 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f2089c48000-7f2089c49000 r--p 00001000 08:07 646837 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f2089c49000-7f2089c4a000 rw-p 00002000 08:07 646837 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f2089c4a000-7f2089c4e000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 579366 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7f2089c4e000-7f2089e4d000 ---p 00004000 08:07 579366 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7f2089e4d000-7f2089e4e000 r--p 00003000 08:07 579366 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7f2089e4e000-7f2089e4f000 rw-p 00004000 08:07 579366 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7f2089e4f000-7f2089e58000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 647040 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7f2089e58000-7f208a057000 ---p 00009000 08:07 647040 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7f208a057000-7f208a058000 r--p 00008000 08:07 647040 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7f208a058000-7f208a059000 rw-p 00009000 08:07 647040 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7f208a059000-7f208a06a000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 646879 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f208a06a000-7f208a269000 ---p 00011000 08:07 646879 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f208a269000-7f208a26a000 r--p 00010000 08:07 646879 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f208a26a000-7f208a26b000 rw-p 00011000 08:07 646879 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f208a26b000-7f208a26d000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 579374 /lib64/libdl-2.8.so
7f208a26d000-7f208a46d000 ---p 00002000 08:07 579374 /lib64/libdl-2.8.so
7f208a46d000-7f208a46e000 r--p 00002000 08:07 579374 /lib64/libdl-2.8.so
7f208a46e000-7f208a46f000 rw-p 00003000 08:07 579374 /lib64/libdl-2.8.so
7f208a46f000-7f208a48a000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 646880 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7f208a48a000-7f208a689000 ---p 0001b000 08:07 646880 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7f208a689000-7f208a68a000 r--p 0001a000 08:07 646880 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7f208a68a000-7f208a68b000 rw-p 0001b000 08:07 646880 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7f208a68b000-7f208a68c000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 646915 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7f208a68c000-7f208a88b000 ---p 00001000 08:07 646915 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7f208a88b000-7f208a88c000 r--p 00000000 08:07 646915 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7f208a88c000-7f208a88d000 rw-p 00001000 08:07 646915 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7f208a88d000-7f208a8c9000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 579480 /lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7f208a8c9000-7f208aac9000 ---p 0003c000 08:07 579480 /lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7f208aac9000-7f208aaca000 r--p 0003c000 08:07 579480 /lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7f208aaca000-7f208aacb000 rw-p 0003d000 08:07 579480 /lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7f208aacb000-7f208ac1a000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 579464 /lib64/libc-2.8.so
7f208ac1a000-7f208ae1a000 ---p 0014f000 08:07 579464 /lib64/libc-2.8.so
7f208ae1a000-7f208ae1e000 r--p 0014f000 08:07 579464 /lib64/libc-2.8.so
7f208ae1e000-7f208ae1f000 rw-p 00153000 08:07 579464 /lib64/libc-2.8.so
7f208ae1f000-7f208ae24000 rw-p 7f208ae1f000 00:00 0
7f208ae24000-7f208ae3a000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 579389 /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
7f208ae3a000-7f208b039000 ---p 00016000 08:07 579389 /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
7f208b039000-7f208b03a000 r--p 00015000 08:07 579389 /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
7f208b03a000-7f208b03b000 rw-p 00016000 08:07 579389 /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
7f208b03b000-7f208b090000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 579463 /lib64/libm-2.8.so
7f208b090000-7f208b28f000 ---p 00055000 08:07 579463 /lib64/libm-2.8.so
7f208b28f000-7f208b290000 r--p 00054000 08:07 579463 /lib64/libm-2.8.so
7f208b290000-7f208b291000 rw-p 00055000 08:07 579463 /lib64/libm-2.8.so
7f208b291000-7f208b294000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 647007 /usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0
7f208b294000-7f208b493000 ---p 00003000 08:07 647007 /usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0
7f208b493000-7f208b494000 r--p 00002000 08:07 647007 /usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0
7f208b494000-7f208b495000 rw-p 00003000 08:07 647007 /usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0
7f208b495000-7f208b4a5000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 646821 /usr/lib64/libhal.so.1.0.0
7f208b4a5000-7f208b6a4000 ---p 00010000 08:07 646821 /usr/lib64/libhal.so.1.0.0
7f208b6a4000-7f208b6a5000 r--p 0000f000 08:07 646821 /usr/lib64/libhal.so.1.0.0
7f208b6a5000-7f208b6a6000 rw-p 00010000 08:07 646821 /usr/lib64/libhal.so.1.0.0
7f208b6a6000-7f208b6ad000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 647062 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7f208b6ad000-7f208b8ac000 ---p 00007000 08:07 647062 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7f208b8ac000-7f208b8ad000 r--p 00006000 08:07 647062 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7f208b8ad000-7f208b8ae000 rw-p 00007000 08:07 647062 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
7f208b8ae000-7f208b9e5000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 646785 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
7f208b9e5000-7f208bbe5000 ---p 00137000 08:07 646785 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
7f208bbe5000-7f208bbe6000 r--p 00137000 08:07 646785 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
7f208bbe6000-7f208bbeb000 rw-p 00138000 08:07 646785 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
7f208bbeb000-7f208bcdb000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 646835 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.10
7f208bcdb000-7f208bedb000 ---p 000f0000 08:07 646835 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.10
7f208bedb000-7f208bee2000 r--p 000f0000 08:07 646835 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.10
7f208bee2000-7f208bee4000 rw-p 000f7000 08:07 646835 /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.10
7f208bee4000-7f208bef7000 rw-p 7f208bee4000 00:00 0
7f208bef7000-7f208bfb4000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 646957 /usr/lib64/libhd.so.14.19
7f208bfb4000-7f208c1b3000 ---p 000bd000 08:07 646957 /usr/lib64/libhd.so.14.19
7f208c1b3000-7f208c1b5000 r--p 000bc000 08:07 646957 /usr/lib64/libhd.so.14.19
7f208c1b5000-7f208c2b4000 rw-p 000be000 08:07 646957 /usr/lib64/libhd.so.14.19
7f208c2b4000-7f208c2b6000 rw-p 7f208c2b4000 00:00 0
7f208c2b6000-7f208c2d3000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 579404 /lib64/ld-2.8.so
7f208c390000-7f208c3cc000 rw-p 7f208c3c6000 00:00 0
7f208c3fa000-7f208c3fb000 rw-p 7f208c3fa000 00:00 0
7f208c3fb000-7f208c43b000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 2850817 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
7f208c43b000-7f208c4b1000 rw-p 7f208c43b000 00:00 0
7f208c4d1000-7f208c4d3000 rw-p 7f208c4d1000 00:00 0
7f208c4d3000-7f208c4d4000 r--p 0001d000 08:07 579404 /lib64/ld-2.8.so
7f208c4d4000-7f208c4d5000 rw-p 0001e000 08:07 579404 /lib64/ld-2.8.so
7fff944b8000-7fff944d4000 rw-p 7ffffffe3000 00:00 0 [stack]
7fff945fe000-7fff94600000 r-xp 7fff945fe000 00:00 0 [vdso]
ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vsyscall]
Died at /usr/share/sax/init.pl line 653.
Ok Fixxed it. What i did was, I booted in Failsafe. Downloaded the beta drivers to the desktop. after that, i restarted computer in normal mode, logged in ( no gui was booting ), upgraded to super user, and did the following:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-X86_64-177.13.pkg2.run
and followed the screen when promped for the download of kernel module i said yes, it didnt find any so the pkg built one for me, then it configured my X file as well. After that i typed sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia ( although it seemed to error out just like it did before ). i logged out from super user, and typed startx. and bam, X started.