[opensuse] Sax question for 10.3 RC1
All, I have a 6 month old Dell Desktop. I have had 10.2 running on it. I am now doing a clean install of 10.3 RC1. (ie. I had the install format the disk and start over.) Anyway, late in the install process my GUI presentation flashes to text mode presentation for a 30-60 seconds, then I got a flashing screen. I used cntrl-alt-F2 to get a console and brought it down to init 3 just fine. Then I tried "sax2 -l" and after 30-60 seconds I again got a flashing screen. Moving my mouse around I have the impression that the entire screen is a big mouse pointer? Any suggestions how to proceed. How -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ive had the same problem, the only screen resolution that I could get to work during install was 600x800. Trying to change the resolution after install gave similar problems. Im hoping that these problems magically disappear in the GM release. Razi On 10/2/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
All,
I have a 6 month old Dell Desktop. I have had 10.2 running on it. I am now doing a clean install of 10.3 RC1. (ie. I had the install format the disk and start over.)
Anyway, late in the install process my GUI presentation flashes to text mode presentation for a 30-60 seconds, then I got a flashing screen.
I used cntrl-alt-F2 to get a console and brought it down to init 3 just fine. Then I tried "sax2 -l" and after 30-60 seconds I again got a flashing screen.
Moving my mouse around I have the impression that the entire screen is a big mouse pointer?
Any suggestions how to proceed.
How
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On 10/2/07, Razi Khaja <razi.khaja@gmail.com> wrote:
Ive had the same problem, the only screen resolution that I could get to work during install was 600x800. Trying to change the resolution after install gave similar problems.
Im hoping that these problems magically disappear in the GM release.
Razi
I can't even seem to do that. This really surprises me. The flashing screen just won't go away and as I said the entire screen acts like a huge mouse pointer. ie. If I move my mouse the flashing changes drastically and if I'm careful I can make the screen stabalize enough to read it. I'm using an old Gateway monitor on my "new Dell". Could that be the reason? Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 10/2/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyway, late in the install process my GUI presentation flashes to text mode presentation for a 30-60 seconds, then I got a flashing screen.
I used cntrl-alt-F2 to get a console and brought it down to init 3 just fine. Then I tried "sax2 -l" and after 30-60 seconds I again got a flashing screen.
Moving my mouse around I have the impression that the entire screen is a big mouse pointer?
Greg, I have no solution for your problem, but as someone else also confirmed the problem, I would suggest that you file a bug report with all relevant yast2 and sax log files, so opensuse guys can fix it. Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Now in bugzilla https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330282 Feel free to vote for it if you think you had the same problem. Greg On 10/2/07, Sunny <sloncho@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/2/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyway, late in the install process my GUI presentation flashes to text mode presentation for a 30-60 seconds, then I got a flashing screen.
I used cntrl-alt-F2 to get a console and brought it down to init 3 just fine. Then I tried "sax2 -l" and after 30-60 seconds I again got a flashing screen.
Moving my mouse around I have the impression that the entire screen is a big mouse pointer?
Greg, I have no solution for your problem, but as someone else also confirmed the problem, I would suggest that you file a bug report with all relevant yast2 and sax log files, so opensuse guys can fix it.
Cheers
-- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)
Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On 10/2/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Now in bugzilla
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330282
Feel free to vote for it if you think you had the same problem.
Greg
On 10/2/07, Sunny <sloncho@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/2/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyway, late in the install process my GUI presentation flashes to text mode presentation for a 30-60 seconds, then I got a flashing screen.
I used cntrl-alt-F2 to get a console and brought it down to init 3 just fine. Then I tried "sax2 -l" and after 30-60 seconds I again got a flashing screen.
Moving my mouse around I have the impression that the entire screen is a big mouse pointer?
Weirdly, after attempting Sax2 numerous times and getting nothing good out of it, I just rebooted the machine. My KDE login screen came right up and I'm working fine. Truly unexpected. Never even crossed my mind to try a reboot. The resolution looks good, but when I go to Desktop - Configure to see what resolution I ended up with I get "Your X server is using the RandR extension at version 1.2 or greater which doesn't have any configuration yet." Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Greg Freemyer wrote:
On 10/2/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Now in bugzilla
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330282
Feel free to vote for it if you think you had the same problem.
Greg
On 10/2/07, Sunny <sloncho@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/2/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyway, late in the install process my GUI presentation flashes to text mode presentation for a 30-60 seconds, then I got a flashing screen.
I used cntrl-alt-F2 to get a console and brought it down to init 3 just fine. Then I tried "sax2 -l" and after 30-60 seconds I again got a flashing screen.
Moving my mouse around I have the impression that the entire screen is a big mouse pointer?
Weirdly, after attempting Sax2 numerous times and getting nothing good out of it, I just rebooted the machine. My KDE login screen came right up and I'm working fine.
Truly unexpected. Never even crossed my mind to try a reboot.
The resolution looks good, but when I go to Desktop - Configure to see what resolution I ended up with I get "Your X server is using the RandR extension at version 1.2 or greater which doesn't have any configuration yet."
Are you using the nvidia binary drivers? If so, always use the nvidia-settings to change the values, not YaST or Configure Desktop. I added a 'kdesu' to the front of the menu item, as it works better if you run it as root. -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Linux Brain Dump - Linux Notes, HOWTOs and Tutorials: http://www.linuxbraindump.org Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 10/3/07, Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote: <snip>
The resolution looks good, but when I go to Desktop - Configure to see what resolution I ended up with I get "Your X server is using the RandR extension at version 1.2 or greater which doesn't have any configuration yet."
Are you using the nvidia binary drivers? If so, always use the nvidia-settings to change the values, not YaST or Configure Desktop. I added a 'kdesu' to the front of the menu item, as it works better if you run it as root.
This is a vanilla fresh 10.3 RC1 install. No configuration by me at all. sax2 -p reports: Chip: 0 is -> Intel 965G 00:02:0 0x8086 0x29a2 PCI intel So I don't think nvidia binary drivers are involved in any way. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 10/3/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/3/07, Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote: <snip>
The resolution looks good, but when I go to Desktop - Configure to see what resolution I ended up with I get "Your X server is using the RandR extension at version 1.2 or greater which doesn't have any configuration yet."
This is the message that I got as well.
Are you using the nvidia binary drivers? If so, always use the nvidia-settings to change the values, not YaST or Configure Desktop. I added a 'kdesu' to the front of the menu item, as it works better if you run it as root.
This is a vanilla fresh 10.3 RC1 install. No configuration by me at all.
sax2 -p reports: Chip: 0 is -> Intel 965G 00:02:0 0x8086 0x29a2 PCI intel
So I don't think nvidia binary drivers are involved in any way.
Output of sax2 -p reports on my system is as follows: Chip: 0 is -> Intel 915 GM 00:02:0 0x8086 0x2592 PCI i810 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 10/3/07, Razi Khaja <razi.khaja@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/3/07, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/3/07, Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote: <snip>
The resolution looks good, but when I go to Desktop - Configure to see what resolution I ended up with I get "Your X server is using the RandR extension at version 1.2 or greater which doesn't have any configuration yet."
This is the message that I got as well.
Are you using the nvidia binary drivers? If so, always use the nvidia-settings to change the values, not YaST or Configure Desktop. I added a 'kdesu' to the front of the menu item, as it works better if you run it as root.
This is a vanilla fresh 10.3 RC1 install. No configuration by me at all.
sax2 -p reports: Chip: 0 is -> Intel 965G 00:02:0 0x8086 0x29a2 PCI intel
So I don't think nvidia binary drivers are involved in any way.
Output of sax2 -p reports on my system is as follows: Chip: 0 is -> Intel 915 GM 00:02:0 0x8086 0x2592 PCI i810
Did you ever get your screen to work? Mine is working now. I think the magic was: sax2 1600x1200 TRY to click your way through the screens and get this accepted even though the display is horrible. reboot After the reboot I was golden. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Did you ever get your screen to work?
Yep, I got it to work at a resolution of 800x600 (the default) ... I need 1440x900 aspect ratio 16:10
Mine is working now.
I think the magic was:
sax2 1600x1200 TRY to click your way through the screens and get this accepted even though the display is horrible. reboot
After the reboot I was golden.
I think I will download the GM release tomorrow and try that out sometime. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Greg Freemyer wrote:
All,
I have a 6 month old Dell Desktop. I have had 10.2 running on it. I am now doing a clean install of 10.3 RC1. (ie. I had the install format the disk and start over.)
Anyway, late in the install process my GUI presentation flashes to text mode presentation for a 30-60 seconds, then I got a flashing screen.
I used cntrl-alt-F2 to get a console and brought it down to init 3 just fine. Then I tried "sax2 -l" and after 30-60 seconds I again got a flashing screen.
Moving my mouse around I have the impression that the entire screen is a big mouse pointer?
Any suggestions how to proceed.
How A suggestion: the final version of 10.3 is now available -- or will be tomorrow (Thursday) -- so why bother with fooling around with RC1?
Cheers. -- Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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