Is Xfree86 running?
 

System: Dell Inspiron 1100
Distro: Suse 9.2, kernel 2.6.8-24, KDE 3.3.0
Dual Booting with Win XP
And I'm totally new to this OS.

Is Xfree86 running?
How do I know if Xfree86 is running? I ask because I read the adventures of two other people who put Linux on their Dell Inspiron and they both had trouble getting the video to work right. I had to input the video settings manually, but otherwise it seems fine.

What kind of testing or checking could I do to ensure that the video truly is correctly configured?

Thanks for your patience and help,
James Carruthers

Well, if you can see a graphical interface, and the picture quality looks suitably sharp, then everything's working fine :)

If you've got an Nvidia or ATI graphics card, and you want to get OpenGL working, then you'll have a bit more to do. I think the SuSE update program can sort out Nvidia drivers automatically, and you can get the ATI drivers from the ATI website.

No, SUSE 9.2 runs XOrg ;)

But seriously: if you have a graphical display, it runs.

Thanks!

I don't suppose you guys could answser any of my other newbie questions in this forum?

:)

James

I already tried to, but since some of them are SUSE specific, you may have more success in the SUSE subforum. Maybe you could ask a moderator to move those threads.