Thanks for the reply Per, On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 08:16 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
Dave Barton wrote:
SuSE 10.1 install appears to go fine until it gets to setting the video. The monitor and card are detected OK and a reasonable resolution is suggested, but the "sax2 test" just produces a black screen until it finally drops out. Setting the resolution to the lowest possible level (eg. 640x480 vga) makes no difference. The Ethernet is detected, but I have been unable to configure it to access my network dsl router. The port light on the router just sits there slowly flashing.
Dave, do you use DHCP or static addresses? Exactly what is it that isn't working? Maybe post the output of lspci and ifconfig.
My own boxes on this router use DHCP. I can't post any output at the moment, because my friend has said I can try reinstalling "when this Linux stuff actually works" (his words - not mine). At this stage I am more interested in getting a GUI working on that box, because I can always throw another known-to-work Ethernet card in to get the networking up and running.
The X problem sounds like a driver issue - the lspci output will probably help someone identify the right driver. (I don't dabble much with X myself, so ...)
/Per Jessen, Zürich
I am sure it is an nVidia driver issue, but surely the nv driver Yast installs should work for any nVidia card. Regards Dave