Hello all, I wrote:
I am using Tyan Tiger K8W and GeForce4 MX440 (no brand), and having trouble at starting X. CPU and memory are Opteron240 x 2, and PC2700 x 2.
I could install SuSE 9 AMD64 without trouble, where I saw graphical installer running on KDE and SaX2 worked. However, once the system restarted, X-window does not work. I can only work with run-level 3.
Starting run-level 3, I tested 'startx' or so, but failed: KDE shows splash screen where progress of initiation is shown, but stop before changing user desktop. At this point, cursor followed the movement of the mouse, but keyboard did not work.
Thanks for every advices and hints. The status is improved.
I have not checked every combination of BIOS settings and boot options.
The problem seems sitting in video card. Using 'vesa' driver, I got a beautiful
desktop.
To tell the truth, Tyan's mother board is 2nd try of my Opteron life. The 1st
one was/is MSI Master2 FAR (VIA K8T800). With this mother board, I met
the same trouble. I also tested another video card, Radeon 9200SE, and
met the same result. Therefore, I doubted the chip-set. It was the
reason to start Tyan's board. I am not aware of the use of 'vesa' driver.
I will test the driver provided by nVidia.
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Mamoru Yamanishi, Ph. D.