[opensuse] No GUI in new 10.3 install
On a Dell Inspiron 6400 / E1505 laptop with a DuoCore2 processor, 2GB RAM, Intel wireless, ATI X1400 graphic card, and 1680x1050 resolution screen, I cannot get a GUI. The system boots into a console with the message "Cannot connect to X server". This machine has Ubuntu Linux 7.04 installed and running fine in another disk partition, so I know that it is capable of running Linux. It also ran Fedora Core for a few months. What must I check to diagnose this? Thanks in advance. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
On Sunday 07 October 2007, Dotan Cohen wrote:
On a Dell Inspiron 6400 / E1505 laptop with a DuoCore2 processor, 2GB RAM, Intel wireless, ATI X1400 graphic card, and 1680x1050 resolution screen, I cannot get a GUI. The system boots into a console with the message "Cannot connect to X server". This machine has Ubuntu Linux 7.04 installed and running fine in another disk partition, so I know that it is capable of running Linux. It also ran Fedora Core for a few months.
What must I check to diagnose this? Thanks in advance.
Dotan Cohen
Hi Dotan, You may want to try the following: Allow the machine to boot, then go to runlevel 3 as root. Once there try the "sax2" command at the command line and try to configure x there. Best, Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 07/10/2007, Phil Savoie <psavoie1783@rogers.com> wrote:
Hi Dotan,
You may want to try the following:
Allow the machine to boot, then go to runlevel 3 as root. Once there try the "sax2" command at the command line and try to configure x there.
Thank you Phil. I'm now in my nice comfy GUI. Suse seems very professional, and I look forward to my next few months of getting familiar with her. Thanks. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
Sax2 helped me get a GUI working, and after installing the ATI driver I was able to enable 1680x1050 resolution. However, the settings are reset each time I shut down the machine. I must first login to the text console as user, then run sax2, and only then can I run startx. And it 'forgets" the 1680x1050 resolution each time. There is a lot of output to the screen, I don't know if any of it is important, but it's too much to write down. If someone could tell me where the appropriate log is, I'll send it to the list. Thanks in advance. Dotan Cohen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 08 October 2007 02:57:28 am Dotan Cohen wrote:
Sax2 helped me get a GUI working, and after installing the ATI driver I was able to enable 1680x1050 resolution. However, the settings are reset each time I shut down the machine. I must first login to the text console as user, then run sax2, and only then can I run startx. And it 'forgets" the 1680x1050 resolution each time. There is a lot of output to the screen, I don't know if any of it is important, but it's too much to write down. If someone could tell me where the appropriate log is, I'll send it to the list. Thanks in advance.
Dotan Cohen
The /var/log/xorg.0.log is the last run log, so you have to save it before you run sax2 or startx. If configuration 'forgets' settings you may also save /etc/xorg.conf before running sax2 and than again before startx. Compare them. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 08/10/2007, Rajko M. <rmatov101@charter.net> wrote:
On Monday 08 October 2007 02:57:28 am Dotan Cohen wrote:
Sax2 helped me get a GUI working, and after installing the ATI driver I was able to enable 1680x1050 resolution. However, the settings are reset each time I shut down the machine. I must first login to the text console as user, then run sax2, and only then can I run startx. And it 'forgets" the 1680x1050 resolution each time. There is a lot of output to the screen, I don't know if any of it is important, but it's too much to write down. If someone could tell me where the appropriate log is, I'll send it to the list. Thanks in advance.
Dotan Cohen
The /var/log/xorg.0.log is the last run log, so you have to save it before you run sax2 or startx.
If configuration 'forgets' settings you may also save /etc/xorg.conf before running sax2 and than again before startx. Compare them.
-- Regards, Rajko.
Thanks. Once I have a known-working xorg.conf, could I just make it read-only, so that it will not get overwritten and the known-good settings will stay? Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
On Monday 08 October 2007 06:31:27 am Dotan Cohen wrote:
On 08/10/2007, Rajko M. <rmatov101@charter.net> wrote:
On Monday 08 October 2007 02:57:28 am Dotan Cohen wrote:
Sax2 helped me get a GUI working, and after installing the ATI driver I was able to enable 1680x1050 resolution. However, the settings are reset each time I shut down the machine.
I have forgotten to ask what program you have used to change resolution.
I must first login to the text console as user, then run sax2, and only then can I run startx. And it 'forgets" the 1680x1050 resolution each time. There is a lot of output to the screen, I don't know if any of it is important, but it's too much to write down. If someone could tell me where the appropriate log is, I'll send it to the list. Thanks in advance.
Dotan Cohen
The /var/log/xorg.0.log is the last run log, so you have to save it before you run sax2 or startx.
If configuration 'forgets' settings you may also save /etc/xorg.conf
It is /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log , sorry for typos.
before running sax2 and than again before startx. Compare them.
Thanks. Once I have a known-working xorg.conf, could I just make it read-only, so that it will not get overwritten and the known-good settings will stay?
You can, but better make copy, for instance, /etc/X11/xorg.conf-1680 or whatever is easy to remember instead of 1680, so that you can always copy back to /etc/X11/xorg.conf if necessary. That way you have comfort to change file at will, but if it doesn't work it is easy to restore to working status. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 08/10/2007, Rajko M. <rmatov101@charter.net> wrote:
I have forgotten to ask what program you have used to change resolution.
YAST.
You can, but better make copy, for instance, /etc/X11/xorg.conf-1680 or whatever is easy to remember instead of 1680, so that you can always copy back to /etc/X11/xorg.conf if necessary. That way you have comfort to change file at will, but if it doesn't work it is easy to restore to working status.
Will do. Thanks. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
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