On 2013-02-04 19:42 (GMT) peter.chiu@stfc.ac.uk composed:
After sending my query to the list, I have made a copy of my installation into another partition, and redid the installation.
As it stands, I have /dev/sda1 with 12.2 without YOU, and /dev/sda2 with YOU. The console is working okay as usual, and I can log on as root, or another user account in kde or gnome.
I did try to look into dual-booting in the hope of starting up sda2, but have to admit falling behind on Opensuse. Under 12.1 and 11.x, there is a simple script /boot/grub/menu.lst, that I can manually add in a second boot entry.
Normally a new installation will find an old installation and include it in the new boot menu, but I don't think this works when the new installation is openSUSE using Grub2 and the old one uses Grub Legacy. What you could do is replace Grub2 with Grub Legacy on the new installation to automate the inclusion of the prior installation in the boot menu.
But this file is no longer present, so cannot reboot the YOU applied version to try out your suggestions, sorry...
If /boot/grub/menu.lst does not exist you should see /boot/grub2/grub.cfg to perform the same function. Note that if you modify it manually, your changes will disappear when a grub update is performed for a new kernel installation. Be careful making modifications, as Grub2 syntax is quite different from Grub Legacy syntax.
I have however got a copy of the Xorg.0.log, that I have attached here. In comparison from the non-YOU patched version, I can see the patched version is trying to use the module sis
[ 1984.582] (II) LoadModule: "sis" [ 1984.582] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so [ 1984.583] (II) Module sis: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 1984.583] compiled for 1.12.3, module version = 0.10.4 [ 1984.583] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 1984.583] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0 [ 1984.583] (II) SIS: driver for SiS chipsets: SIS5597/5598, SIS530/620, SIS6326/AGP/DVD, SIS300/305, SIS630/730, SIS540, SIS315, SIS315H, SIS315PRO/E, SIS550, SIS650/M650/651/740, SIS330(Xabre), SIS660/[M]661[F|M]X/[M]670/[M]741[GX]/[M]760[GX]/[M]761[GX]/[M]770[GX], SIS340 [ 1984.583] (II) SIS: driver for XGI chipsets: Volari Z7 (XG20), Volari V3XT/V5/V8/Duo (XG40)
SiS is a weakly supported gfxchip due to it uncommon appearance generally, and particularly among Linux users when the time is most important, during distro development testing. Only a month ago right here there was a very long thread where SiS seemed to be the root of the user's problem. You might want to give it a read and see if there's any help to be found in it: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2013-01/msg00073.html -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org