On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 19:01 +0200, Matthias Hopf wrote:
On Aug 08, 06 23:30:08 +1000, Dave Barton wrote:
Problem is that by the end of the install process even SAX will not start from init 3. After 6 attempts at reformat and clean install, I will just have to accept that SuSE is never going to work on this box.
What do you mean with 'even sax will not start from init 3'? What happens? Does it bail out with an error or give you a black screen? Did you try 'sax2 -r'? Are you using the open source driver nv or the binary drivers from NVidia?
If these comments don't help, please open a bug report:
Matthias
What I mean is that I switched to another terminal (ie. Alt+Ctrl+Fx), tried to run sax2 and the screen blanks with no visible error message. No I didn't try "sax2 -r". I was doing a simple, straight forward install, so I was using the nv driver, which I would have expected to work @ 640x40 60Hz. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to that box, so I am not in a position to reproduce the issues and submit a worthwhile bug report. The owner wanted a Windows box and only agreed to have a dual boot after considerable pressure from me. You win some and you lose some. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Dave