On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:57 AM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
Neil wrote:
In addition to my last post, here is another post from the 18th for another in your situation (I know your now dwain, but I'm tired of editing):
That's okay, I should have seen that post anyways
(Also install the 'findutils-locate' package either with yast or as root just 'zypper in findutils-locate', after installing run 'updatedb' go get a cup of coffee, when it's done, from the command line 'locate nv.ko' and we'll go from there)
Nothing, it just returns to a new line.
See the complete thread from 11/18 titled "[opensuse] booting to command line instead of desktop" for all of the posts related to your situation. Here is one I did.
Dwain (here is the long version),
At the command prompt, enter the root user name and password. First, as always, make a backup of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf so you know you have a safe copy of where you started out.
# cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20081118
Now, if you just want to get back to a graphics screen quickly, you can see if you can use the original xorg.conf from your install to at least start kde or whatever you use. The file is usually saved as, curiously enough, xorg.conf.install. See if you have it:
<snip>
Now, install the module and startx (you may need to remove your current module with 'rmmod modulename' like 'rmmod nv', then:
rmmod nv and rmmod nvidia both give an error: ERROR: module [nvidia | nv] does not exist in /proc/modules
# modprobe -v nvidia
The reaction my system supplies me with: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.25.18-0.2-default/weak-updates/nvidia.ko NVreg_DeviceFileUID=0 NVreg_DeviceFileGID=33 NVreg_DeviceFileMode=0660 FATAL: Error inserting Nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.25.18-0.2-default/weak-updates/nvidia.ko): No such device
# startx
Again, this system comes with something unexpected: xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.3542 This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation. It is not supported in any way. Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/. Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository. See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions. X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90 Release Date: 5 September 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX Current Operating System: Linux Neil-Suse 2.6.25.18-0.2-default #1 SMP 2008-10-21 16:30:26 +0200 x86_64 Build Date: 07 June 2008 01:46:20AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Nov 24 11:48:11 2008 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf At least one Device section is required. (EE) Problem parsing the config file (EE) Error parsing the config file Fatal server error: no screens found giving up. xinit: Connection reset by peer (errno 104): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
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If all else fails and you are still looking at the command prompt, then let's use sax2 to configure the xorg.conf for the nvidia driver. (sax2 has gotten a little senile lately, but it should still work) At the command prompt:
# sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia
SaX: initializing please wait... SaX: your current configuration will not be read in SaX: no X-Server is running SaX: will start own server if needed and then it sprays a shitload of filenames that do not work nice with
(they do not apear in the generated file and there are way to many to copy unless you ask me for it)
This ends with Died at /usr/share/sax/init.pl line 653. Thanks for taking the time Neil -- While working towards the future one should be ensuring that there is a future to work to. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org