Re: [opensuse] 11.0 DVD fresh install: boot to command line

23 Nov 2008

      Neil wrote:
...
Hi
I got myself a new computer (details below), and I encountered a
problem. When installing a backup Debian I encountered a few minor
problems (nothing big. I got it working), but when installing the main
OS (Suse 11.0) I had a major problem.
I installed KDE 4, but first boot displayed a typical black and white
pixel screen (you know: gray from a meter or 2, the X screen itself
when it has nothing to paint windows) but no beautiful green screen,
and no progress (I waited for a while and went back to watching a
movie for an hour or so but no change after that).
I rebooted, and saw the first boot screen. "Yaay solved" I thought,
but when it rebooted (after the settings were finished) it booted to
command line.
If I enter kdm (after root and pw) nothing happens. No error but no KDE either.
Okay, not what I expected so I tried using yast to reinstall KDE. A
lack of knowledge apeared: I did not know what package to reinstall
exactly.
My solution (I wanted to try and solve this myself before bugging you
guys): Reinstall, but try  and use KDE 3.5. To no avail: Only X
instead of first boot, leave it overnight, reboot, usable first boot,
command line.
Below is some extra data I expect people will need. Ask if you need more
Does anyone have any idea what the solution might be?
Neil
My system:
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R iP35, SATA2 RAID, GLAN, 8CH
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz 1333 6MB
2x Kingston 2GB DDR3 SDRAM PC10666 CL9.0 Value
LG DVD-/+/RAM GH22LP20 22x/22x/16x LS Retail
MSI Videokaart PCI-e GeForce 9500GT 512MB 2xDVI/HDMI Silent
OCZ Solid State Disk 32GB SATA300, 1C32G
Geforce 6300 PCI from my old system (worked fine under 10.3)
Some harddisks form my old system (160GB Sata Western Digital 2x, 80
GB PATA Hitachi 1x)
My xorg.conf:
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-11-19T20:54:43+0100.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#
Section "Files"
  InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
  InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "Module"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0660
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
EndSection
respons from lspci | grep -i nvidia:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0640 (rev a1)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX
5200] (rev a1)
Response from modinfo nvidia
Modinfo: could not find nvidia
Response from modinfo module nv
Modinfo: could not find module nv
Go back and Wipe out KDE4 from the 11.0 DVD. The KDE4 on the install DVD is a
deathtrap. KDE3 is spectacular on 11.0. If you want KDE 4, I would suggest
either loading KDE3 on 11.0 running YAST then adding the factory repositories
for KDE4 and installing KDE 4 via YAST that way.. (remember, at the command
prompt, you can simply type 'yast2' and use the ncurses interface for yast the
same as you would use the gui. If it were me, I'd do yast2 -> Filters ->
Patterns, then check both boxes next to KDE3 and uncheck the boxes next to KDE4
and click Accept, set your display up as explained below, and then run yast
again, add the factory repositories for KDE4, and then if you want to install
it, just rework the steps above and add the checks next to KDE4 and leave KDE3
installed. The will coexist.

	You will save yourself a lot of headaches unless you like dealing with
cripple-ware.

	For the Nividia FX5200, check the opensuse nvidia page, you will need the
nvidia legacy driver package for the 5200. Below is a working xorg.conf for the
5200. I ran this xorg with both the GeForce MX440 and the FX5200. You will need
to change the monitor section, but this was on a LCD monitor so vert. refresh
is limited to 60Hz so you can run it as is and not worry about hurting
anything. Just make a backup of your present xorg.conf and then as root, just
copy this file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WORKING nvidia DRIVER INSTALLED, THEN UNCOMMENT THE "nv"
Driver line and COMMENT OUT THE nvidia driver line like this below:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device[0]"
#    Driver         "nvidia"
    Driver         "nv"
    VendorName     "NVidia"
    BoardName      "GeForce4 MX 440"
    Screen          0
EndSection

	That will load the open source nv driver and you can work just fine in KDE
until you get the "nvidia" driver installed. To use/configure the 'nv' driver,
 as root, just, modprobe -v nv from a console and then if no error, do 'depmod
-A' and 'telinit 5' or rckdm restart. Good luck

/etc/X11/xorg.conf:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder57)  Thu Jul 17 18:39:19
PDT 2008

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-09-05T19:19:34-0500.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout[all]"
    Screen         "Screen[0]" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Clone" "off"
    Option         "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    InputDevices      "/dev/gpmdata"
    InputDevices      "/dev/input/mice"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/local"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
    FontPath        "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "extmod"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard[0]"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "Protocol" "Standard"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option         "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse[1]"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Buttons" "5"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Name" "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
    Option         "Vendor" "Sysp"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
    Identifier         "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor[0]"
    VendorName     "ACR"
    ModelName      "ACER AL2216W"
    UseModes       "Modes[0]"
    DisplaySize     473    296
    HorizSync       30.0 - 82.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 76.0
    Option         "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device[0]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
#    Driver         "nv"
    VendorName     "NVidia"
    BoardName      "GeForce4 MX 440"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen[0]"
    Device         "Device[0]"
    Monitor        "Monitor[0]"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

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