On Monday 08 August 2005 8:21 am, Gil Weber wrote:
Stan, thanks. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but nothing's happening. Here is the readout from the shell using your commands:
gil@phred:~> su Password: phred:/home/gil # init 3 phred:/home/gil # sax2 In the system BIOS, did you disable the onboard video? If not, please do so now...
SaX: initializing please wait... SaX: ups lost card during probing... abort phred:/home/gil #
Nothing happens. I still can't get into a configuation screen to set the video card or monitor.
Any other ideas? Or am I doing something wrong? Which PCI slot is the card in? I'd recommend the slot closest to the power supply connector on the mainboard. That's usually the primary or first slot and has the shortest signal path and gets good power. Another question is
Instead do a "sax2 -l" without the quotes. That's a lower case L, not a numeral 1. Should bring up a 640x480 screen that allows you to proceed. There's also the "-m 0=xxx" parameter where you specify the module to use. I believe for an Nvidia you'd use "-m 0=nv". phred:/home/gil # sax2 -l -m 0=nv (for example). Are you following the Nvidia install instructions for SuSE 9.3? I'm coming from mainly ATI experience here but this shouldn't be all that different getting the initial display functioning. You can always screw-up the system later messing with the real video drivers! :) the power supply's power. You've added a power drain to the system that wasn't there before. Don't know how loaded this system is (18 hard drives? 4 DVD burners? 8 NICs? etc) so that could be an issue.
Thx Gil
Stan