I have just installed SUSE 10.0 Eval. There seemed to be some problems at the end of the installation where it trys to detect your hardware. It seems like it tries for a while and then looks like it's done, but it still says analysing hardware and doesn't show anything I can click and change. I just click next and it says something about errors. When it restarts it brings up the login in text mode. I log in and type "startx" and it gives me a bunch of mumbo jumbo about there being errors and go to the x.org website. I've tried to reinstall several times, the first time I tried to install I used the 5 CD version. Then this time I tried the 1 DVD version. They both get the same errors, and the same problem with x. I imagine it has something to do with my video not being set up properly, but I don't know how to go in and configure it without being able to go to the GUI. I'm running an ATI Radeon 9200 (PCI)...I know I know...Thanks for the help.

Have you tried looking into what the error is? I am willing to bet it is displaying an incorrect more, which it doesn't think it can do. There are about a hundred and fifty threads on here about ATI modes, X not booting, and other things, all with the same symptoms. It is going to take a bit of command line editting of a file or two to get the modes set right, then you will be able to boot. Just search around here on the forums, you should be up and running in with X in about 15 minutes.

Cool, I'll check it out, thanks for the quick reply.

You are most welcome, sorry for typo above. "more" = "mode". whoops.

in the login text mode
log as root
type yast
it will be a text mode setup where you can set up screen and video card resolution.
This may do the trick

thanks guys, i got it up and running, now i just need help with my sound...

You are welcome. How did you get it running?
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here's what I did...

Login: root
(type root password)
cd /etc/X11
xorgconfig

That brought me to the text-based xorg setup where it took quite a bit of trial and error to get the video and mouse settings right