suse 8.2 install problem

[c0ld~fusi0n] · 08-25-2003, 02:01 PM

hi everybody

first, I want to excuse my poor english, I am swiss and still learning it at school

(class best

)

I bought today suse 8.2 prof.
i started from the DVD, selected install and waited ... nothing happened. it seems linux does not support my gfx-card (radeon 9700 pro)
is there any possibility to avoid my screen from turning black?
i aleready checked the ati website, but the driver seems not to work for 'powered by ATI' cards ... (damn, cannot post url .. )

hope you can help me

so long
fusi0n

exodist · 08-25-2003, 02:28 PM

ok, I am not experianced in suse, but I think when it sais "boot:" when booting from cd you can type "text" then enter for a text based install.

[c0ld~fusi0n] · 08-25-2003, 02:36 PM

yeah, sure

i CAN install suse
but I have alnost no expirience in using linux, so a linux without graph. desktop could be a little .. confusing

but as i sayd, the problem is more to get a driver for my radeon 9700 pro (sapphire)

sorrodos · 08-25-2003, 02:46 PM

Look at this site. I just put a search in for Radeon 9700 on SuSE's maintenance database. You should be able to find an answer there.

exodist · 08-25-2003, 05:41 PM

ati has its own drivers, www.ati.com also he dri project supports radeon, dri.sourceforge.net (I think)