I can't get OpenSuSE 10.0 into X on a VIA EPIA CM266 chipset. Running sax2 seems normal enough, it suggests 800x600@60Hz and I change that to 1024x768@75Hz (the monitor can do at least that). But when I click on "Test", at best it doesn't work, usually it kills the system so dead it won't ping. I know that the dreaded "powersaved" is death to EPIA systems, (if it ever tries to step the frequency) but I've got that turned off. Anyone got any tips? michaelj -- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166 No matter how much you pay for software, you always get less than you hoped. Unless you pay nothing, then you get more.
When you say you disabled the power saver, you have to be a bit more explicit when you say that. I have a EPIA,, one of the older versions 933 mhz and it is currently running sus 10.0 with the gnome interface without any problem. It is a bit slow but it works fine. I did the normal install and let the system pick everything up. After it loads the entire ssytem up and reboots the system during the installation. The first thing I do is to login in under gnome as root. There I start up YAST. I go to system, run level editor. The first thing I do is disable acipd daemon (I always get that misspelled). Reboot the system and everything comes up and run without a problem. Michael James wrote:
I can't get OpenSuSE 10.0 into X on a VIA EPIA CM266 chipset.
Running sax2 seems normal enough, it suggests 800x600@60Hz and I change that to 1024x768@75Hz (the monitor can do at least that).
But when I click on "Test", at best it doesn't work, usually it kills the system so dead it won't ping.
I know that the dreaded "powersaved" is death to EPIA systems, (if it ever tries to step the frequency) but I've got that turned off.
Anyone got any tips?
michaelj
-- Joseph Loo jloo@acm.org
Originally Michael James asked:
I can't get OpenSuSE 10.0 into X on a VIA EPIA CM266 chipset.
Running sax2 seems normal enough, it suggests 800x600@60Hz and I change that to 1024x768@75Hz (the monitor can do at least that).
But when I click on "Test", at best it doesn't work, usually it kills the system so dead it won't ping.
I know that the dreaded "powersaved" is death to EPIA systems, (if it ever tries to step the frequency) but I've got that turned off.
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:19 am, Joseph Loo wrote:
When you say you disabled the power saver, you have to be a bit more explicit when you say that.
root> /etc/init.d/powersaved stop root> insserv -r powersaved
I have a EPIA,, one of the older versions 933 mhz and it is currently running sus 10.0 with the gnome interface without any problem. It is a bit slow but it works fine.
This is the 1 Gig version (the first with dual ethernet).
I did the normal install and let the system pick everything up. After it loads the entire system up and reboots the system during the installation. The first thing I do is to login in under gnome as root. There I start up YAST. I go to system, run level editor. The first thing I do is disable acpid daemon. Reboot the system and everything comes up and runs.
acpid was running, I've insserv -r ed it out, (had to kill off haddaemon too). When I get home I'll try accepting 800x600@60Hz then rebooting and see if I can coax it that way. Thanks, michaelj -- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166 No matter how much you pay for software, you always get less than you hoped. Unless you pay nothing, then you get more.
On 25/01/06, Michael James
When I get home I'll try accepting 800x600@60Hz then rebooting and see if I can coax it that way.
60Hz? I pity your eyes after only a couple of minutes. I find that the lowest I can go is around the 70Hz mark. The flicker gives me severe eye strain and if I try to put up with it, eventually a migraine. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
You will need to remove remove acpid from your run list. Michael James wrote:
Originally Michael James asked:
I can't get OpenSuSE 10.0 into X on a VIA EPIA CM266 chipset.
Running sax2 seems normal enough, it suggests 800x600@60Hz and I change that to 1024x768@75Hz (the monitor can do at least that).
But when I click on "Test", at best it doesn't work, usually it kills the system so dead it won't ping.
I know that the dreaded "powersaved" is death to EPIA systems, (if it ever tries to step the frequency) but I've got that turned off.
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:19 am, Joseph Loo wrote:
When you say you disabled the power saver, you have to be a bit more explicit when you say that.
root> /etc/init.d/powersaved stop root> insserv -r powersaved
I have a EPIA,, one of the older versions 933 mhz and it is currently running sus 10.0 with the gnome interface without any problem. It is a bit slow but it works fine.
This is the 1 Gig version (the first with dual ethernet).
I did the normal install and let the system pick everything up. After it loads the entire system up and reboots the system during the installation. The first thing I do is to login in under gnome as root. There I start up YAST. I go to system, run level editor. The first thing I do is disable acpid daemon. Reboot the system and everything comes up and runs.
acpid was running, I've insserv -r ed it out, (had to kill off haddaemon too).
When I get home I'll try accepting 800x600@60Hz then rebooting and see if I can coax it that way.
Thanks, michaelj
-- Joseph Loo jloo@acm.org
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