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Old 08-01-2005, 11:19 PM   #1
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Sync out of range and other worries


Hello,
I am very, very new to linux. I have been trying to install Suse 9.2 for some time now. All goes well, but when I tried to install drivers for radeon 9800SE (from ati's site) the X stopped working. I downloaded the ati-drivers-etc.run and used the following commands:
su
init 3
./ati-drivers-etc.run
After that, I got only got error messages when trying to startx. Sorry I didn't write them down.

Being the windows user that I am, I just re-installed Suse. After the initial update process when I try to boot it for the first time, my monitor told me "sync out of range". I have syncmaster 957p. I can't imagine why this happened after the second install, but not the first.

Can someone please help me?
 
Old 08-01-2005, 11:43 PM   #2
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in /etc/X11/xorg.conf file change the resolution or the horizontalSync
 
Old 08-03-2005, 12:16 PM   #3
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in /etc/X11/xorg.conf file change the resolution or the horizontalSync
How? I tried it by booting with Knoppix and trying to edit the file with vi, but even if I try to save it with :w!, I get an error message telling me that the file can not be written. I can not boot Suse, because the monitor doesn't work even without x.
 
Old 08-03-2005, 06:48 PM   #4
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When you boot into Knoppix, you need to unmount the drive (if Knoppix automatically mounted it as read-only), and remount it so you'll have write access.
 
Old 08-03-2005, 11:21 PM   #5
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Ah, thanks.
 
  


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