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Re: [opensuse] X fails to start - locks up completely, won't install graphically
  • From: "M.Blackmore" <mblackmore@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:03:29 +0000
  • Message-id: <1137542609.6229.10.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 17:05 -0500, BandiPat wrote:
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>
> Ok, it seems the problems persist no matter if one or two cards are
> installed, so go ahead and put the Matrox back in for this test. Let's
> try this then and it will require a bit of command line stuff for a
> moment, but it's painless. ;o)

<feels molar gingerly>
>
> ctrl-alt-F1
> login as root
> at root prompt type: init 3 (this stops X, kills all graphics)
Already in there - not booting to gui

> now type: sax2 -m 0=nvidia (this should start sax2 gui using the nvidia
> card as the base)
> If all goes well, sax2 should start,

Whoops...
SaX: ups lost card during probing ... abort
pooter:~#

Which card I wonder, did it lose?

I stumbled across something in yast which indicates that the OS knows
about the matrox millenium card, under system>pci drivers>pci card setup

The matrox is listed as being in there, but I don't know what to do with
it (add it? What criteria/settings?)...

Ooohh, I suppose this is character forming. So is trying to run a gui
(xfce4) on a 128mb P350 - but, hey, at least that one works! Well, with
patience.

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