I've just downloaded and installed Suse 10.2 on my desktop PC, but when I try to install on my laptop, I get the normal Installation selection screen, but even with ACPI disabled all I get after that is the kernel loading bar following by a black screen of doom :-) with no further activity. Even the Firmware test fails to start because of the same blank screen.
Is there anything that I can do other than accept the fact that Suse isnt going on to my laptop? Its the best Linux distro I've come across yet - firefox 2, Flash Player and Realplayer preinstalled with the latest 2.5 python - absolutely brilliant - that's why I want it on my laptop as well.
Previously had Mandriva on my laptop with no problem, so I don't know what is wrong!

Thanks for any help,

Tim

It might help if we knew the make and specs on your laptop

It's a fujitsu siemens laptop. Celeron 1.5ghz Pentium M processor, Unichrome S3 32 mb on board graphics card.

thanks,
tim

Reduce the screen resolution at the initial install screen, I think you do that by pressing the F3 key. Look at the bottom of the screen and press the F key next to whatever resolution is displayed. I had an ATI card that was perfectly capable of displaying at 1280x1024 but I could never get the install to run at that resolution. Set the resolution to 1024x768 and it worked fine. I later upgraded to a 256 MB NVIDIA 6200 card and could get the install to run at my LCD's native resolution of 1280x1024.

HTH,
MMYoung

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I tried that, but with no success. I couldn' even get the installation to start in text only mode. Any other suggestions?


Tim

Down the bottom of the first setup screen I think it is F3

Choose the Vesa option to start
That will probably get you a screen then when you can see something change the resolution up as high as it will sucessfully go in the vesa bit then choose to reconfigure the xorg.conf file which is the one causing all the trouble . The xorg.conf is bad at the moment and laptops and LCD's seem to be having trouble

Hi,
I've just tried that and i still get the blank screen - I don't understand it. I have the Suse 10.1 cd's and they boot no problem. Maybe the DVD is the problem, although it works on my Desktop system. Is it possible to install 10.1 and Yast up to version 10.2???

Thanks,
Tim

If your laptop will read other dvds correctly I don't think that is the answer. If its a problem with something in the kernal you're will have to solve that problem first. I've read articles here where people have upgraded and lost everything. You might try a search of the forums for a solution.