On Sun, 2006-09-03 at 12:54 +0200, Clayton wrote:
Minor problem with getting the ATI drivers up and running on a 10.1 install. Video card is ATI X1300, monitor is Acer AL1916W (wide screen 1440x900 resolution)
I've followed the instructions here: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/17340.html
And everything seems to go smoothly until I type in sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx Sax starts up and then the monitor goes out of range, and nothing is displayed. How can I get past this? How can I get SAX to start up with frequencies that will work with my monitor. I do know what the horizontal and vertical frequencies are supposed to be.
First, make sure fglrx.ko is loaded: lsmod | grep flgrx -if it doesn't give you check that first. Then, I have found, both on my notebook and on my desktop (X300 PCI-e and 9250 AGP respectively) if I simply do: sax2 -m 0=fglrx with out the other stuff, it will work, otherwise I get the same blank screen as you and I have to hard reset. You could also try either or both of the following: [ -i | --ignoreprofile ] do not include profiles which are normally applied automatically [ -l | --lowres ] use only 800x600@75 Hz standard mode. DDC detection is switched off in this case One last thought, none of the newer drivers work properly on my notebook (HP nx6125) - I have to use version 8.26.18. I also find downloading the driver package (the .bin file as opposed to the rpm) and building my own rpms from that, more effective. sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run --listpkg and then, in my case: sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE101-IA32 Hope this helps. Hans