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I installed 9.3 and when I boot up for some reason it only allows me to use SSH and will not boot into KDE or anything. I tried logging into root and doing sax2 as I read on novell's site but it didn't do anything but say "Failed" after I did the command.
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Originally posted by <3Tux (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
(EE) Mouse1: cannot open input device
(EE) Preinit failed for input device "Mouse 1"
No core pointer
Failed to initilize core devices
When selecting the mouse, choose AUTO (or whatever mouse you have) and give it the name /dev/input/mouse1
By default it's /dev/mouse and that did not work for me. I had to change it to /dev/input/mouse1. If that doesn't work, try /dev/input/mouse, or /dev/input/mouse0, and lastly, try /dev/input/mice
Do you know what the 'vi' editor is? are you comfortable using it? If not, just do the whole xorgconfig all over again. Make sure you do the WHOLE thing. If you are familiar with vi, then just edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and change the /dev/mouse to /dev/input/mouse1. Save it and exit back to command prompt/terminal.
I'm pretty new to linux, the only distro I've succesfully installed was Mandrake 10.0 awhile back. I'm just real interested in learning more about it etc.
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Originally posted by <3Tux I'm pretty new to linux, the only distro I've succesfully installed was Mandrake 10.0 awhile back. I'm just real interested in learning more about it etc.
Well this is good to know because most LInux distros are now using X.org for this graphical server. Once you learn how to configure the X server using X.org, then you can work with all X servers in any Linux distro
I need to configure my Wireless network card... I have a D-Link DWL-g520... is there an easy way to go about this?
Also I'm only able to set a max of 800x600 for my res, how could I allow it to get up to 1600x1200 or something (I have a PowerColor ATi Radeon 9600 Pro (256MB))?
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Yes, you can configure your wireless card. See in the lower right hand corner the little green "PCI card"? Click on that and that is your hardware settings. Then click on Network and click on the one that is your wireless card (eth0 or eth1). Then just click configure.
As for your video card and resolution, you should have been prompted when you ran xorgconfig. Choose the correct ATI video card and for the resolution, you need to select 1600x1200. Then you select the default bit-depth (8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit). Then run startx again.
If you get errors and it won't boot, then that means the wrong video card or monitor configuration was not done properly. Again, post the (EE) section for us to see.
I would try going to www.ati.com and downloading their recent Linux drivers and installing that. But before you do that, you need to run YAST (SUSE's control center). Then install kernel-source and install gcc. Then after all that, run the Online update (the green/yellow/red ball in the lower right hand corner). It will update kernel-source and gcc.
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Originally posted by <3Tux Ok i'm online now and going threw xorgconfig again but I forgot to ask you, what exactly is this identifier it wants for my video card?
The identifier can just be blank, which will resort to the default, which is okay.
If you're using xorgconfig IN KDE/GNOME GUI, then you have to "kill the X server" for you to see the changes. Presss CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE and it should kick you out to the Command prompt/terminal. Then do xorgconfig again (as root) and then type startx blah blah blah.
Cool man thanks , yeah right now I'm doing those YaST update things, which seems like it'll be awhile but as soon as those are done I'll go and do xorg but this is the first time I've ever been able to get online with Linux hehe The only other time I had linux was with Mandrake and it wouldn't work ><
Again, remember to install the 'kernel-source' and 'gcc' or else you can't install the ATI video card drivers. Then remember to update the 'kernel-source' and 'gcc'
Maybe SUSE 9.3 already has installed the ATI drivers for you (assuming you set it up correctly with xorgconfig) and you may not have to get the ATI drivers. I don't know, but I know that the Nvidia drivers were not included with SuSE9.3 due to legal reasons.
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