I tried searching for this problem in this forums and all other forums but couldn't find a similar problem with mine.

I installed a Suse Pro 9.3 on a new computer, on a secondary hard drive to be exact. The installation runs smoothly without a problem at all. The YaST interface is perfect and i followed all the steps without modifying anything unless necessary. I reinstalled for about 4 times now.

The only thing i configured manually(except some that we have to configure), is the monitor configuration(this is where the problem is). I've done it twice, yes reinstalling twice due to this problem and still had the same problem. I have a dell E193FP which is not listed in Suse's list of monitors but i entered the correct resolution, screen sizes and refresh rates for my monitor.

Right after the installation finishes(after the quite long wait for the updates to finish), the installation is completed and when it came to the login screen, i cannot see it clearly. the login is corrupted and i can only see roughly about a quarter of the screen(with the colours and everything that seems corrupted).

I've also tried to turn off the graphical user interface from the YaST control centre and tried to do 'startx' after logging in as root but it couldn't find the file or something(i forgot to write down the error message).

I hope someone can help me with this problem, I suspect that it has to do with my monitor, or maybe display driver. I'm using Nvidia 6800 for graphics. This computer is brand new, so maybe I missed something, and I'm kinda noobish with these stuff. So please do help and thank you in advance.

You canconfigure the monitor without doing a complete install. Log in as root and run the command:
sax2
sax2 will allow you to configure your monitor. You still have to get your monitor set up but you don't have to do a complete reinstall each time you try a monitor setup.

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Steve Stites

My monitor cannot display anything after entering sax2 in the command line.

actually it loads something and the screen is blank.

Did you install the nvidia linux driver? Did you try to reduce the number of colours down( 8 bit or 16 bit rather than 24?). Did you reduce the refresh rate down to a very low number such as 60 Hertz? Did you try to test the configuration while installing? If you click on the configuration while installing you will be offered an option to test the configuration?

Devoncatt

Had the same problem:

1) boot up failsafe mode
2) login: root
type root password
3) cd /etc/X11
4) xorgconfig

follow the text-based configuration. For the moment, choose VESA because you have an Nvidia graphics card. We can install that later.

I guarantee this wil solve the problem. Sax and Nvidia cards don't work well together. You need to use xorgconfig. After you get your basic VESA and monitor set up, let us know how it goes. I'll then tell you how to install the Nvidia drivers.

DO NOT RUN SAX... for right now. Lets get the basics installed first.

I would suggest downloading the Nvidida_install_script and executing it after booting to init 3. Just make sure you have the kernel source installed. Once the script has installed the necessary drivers, type

sax2 -m 0=nvidia ("0" is zero)

This has worked for me for every release of SuSE since 9.0 and every release of nvidia drivers. The script updates all the necessary config files.

Hi guys, I have a similar prob....
I have the 64 bit edition of 9.3 pro installed
used YOU to download/install nvidia drivers, but X screen went very dark, barely readable. I know from experience with slackware that this is because it has downloaded the wrong version of the drivers. My card (GeForce 6200)is only supported with the latest (7676) release of the drivers. So, now, am gonna install kernel source, and fetch the drivers manually, and install/compile the run the sax2 command.

I'm sorry I took such a long time before I can try it again, been busy the whole week -.-

anyway I tried as you suggested Micro420, but I couldn't find the /etc/X11

so..

im gonna try this

sax2 -m 0=nvidia

i tried (sax2 -m 0=nvidia) but the monitor couldn't display it too..
i even went into yast again and tried to configure the monitor but it couldn't display it again..

Couldn't find /etc/X11?
Something seems to be wrong here. Your X Server files are supposed to be placed in this folder.
Try entering
rpm -qa | grep xorg
To see if you're missing any X packages.

I know that they are all telling you to look into adjusting the parameters of your graphics cards, so all I want to say to add to it is that I have a Dell E173FP monitor and for sure your monitor is not the problem.

Just to tell you guys that I did a manual install of the nvidia drivers on suse 9.3 It's worth noting that YAST seems to fetch the wrong version of the drivers. I went to init 3, then sh NVIDIA etc...
Told it to install the drivers manually, after I installed the kernel source, just opened sax2 on it own from the console (it starts in a kinda readable X mode), then went through the graphics card list, then the monitors list, then did an Xfintune on it. I have full GL and it seems to be working ok. YAST fetched driver version 7167 which is too old for my card (a GeForce 6200 AGP), when I needed 7676, which I downloaded myself.

Another strange prob though: have noticed suse did not install the Java plugins for mozilla, so will have to manually copy them from the J2RE dir. It installed the J2RE though.

Shockwave Flash on the x86_64 platform is buggy, have had mozilla 32 bit crash when trying to open flash apps.

I had the same problem with my Compaq 7550. For some reason YaST installed the right driver only once. I tried to follow the instructions both at SuSE and Nvidia, but they failed. I fixed my problem by:

1. Downloading the NV 7676 driver. NVidia x86 32 bit driver
2. Console--> Init 3
3. Login as root, change to directory holding downloaded driver.
4. Console--> shNVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run
5. Console--> Sax2
6. Reboot.

For some reason when I do an online update and the Linux Kernel is updated it crashes X because the NV driver is no longer recognized. If this happens:

1. Login as root (assuming your x won't start)
2. Console--> Yast
3. Select Software
4. Select System Update
5. Reinstall the default Kernel
6. Make sure to disable the Kernel update in YOU when you get back into X.

I am not sure why the Kernel crashes X and the NV driver, but I will try to get it figured out and repost.

Also I should point out that when you configure your monitor and Sax2 stops streching your monitor so it does not fill the screen. You should:

1. Look at the monitor to make sure that right dimensions are set. Example 17" screen 4:3
2. Set to 24 bit color depth if supported and uncheck all resolutions above 1024X768
3. Change your refresh rate. For some reason this really affects how Sax2 works.
4. I had a very undefined title bar at the top of maximized windows when my refresh rate was too high.

Hope this helps.

I had the same issue it was because I was selecting to update the kernel durring the install, dont update the kernel until you've already installed your system and the nvidia driver updates just fine.

I found this in the SuSE 9.3 release notes. Thought I would pass it along:

New GeForce Graphics Cards (6200 and 6600) and the nv Driver
Currently, some GeForce 6200 and 6600 cards are configured with Option "XaaNoScreenToScreenCopy" in the device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Because this setting slows down graphics output considerably, you can try to remove or comment this option. However, this locks up some systems and you must boot your computer into runlevel 3 to revert the change. We cannot distinguish automatically between graphics cards that work with acceleration and those that do not.

We set this option only for cards we were able to test and suffered from this problem. Other GeForce 6200 and 6600 based boards might be affected as well. If your system locks up and you do not see this option in the device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, try adding it.

Another option is to install the binary-only driver from nVidia, which does not seem to be affected. Use YaST Online Update (YOU) for this.