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Lester Caine

18 Apr 2006 18 Apr '06

13:24

Help The graphics card on my SUSE10 linux box decided to pack up, actually just the fan, but it seems to have cooked itself now :( I've dropped a new graphics card in, and can at least start the machine as far as a text login prompt. Can someone kick me in the right direction to get this new card installed so that I can get back to kde desktop ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- L.S.Caine Electronic Services Treasurer - Firebird Foundation Inc.

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Patrick Shanahan

18 Apr 18 Apr

13:51

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* Lester Caine [04-18-06 09:30]:

I've dropped a new graphics card in, and can at least start the machine as far as a text login prompt.

Can someone kick me in the right direction to get this new card installed so that I can get back to kde desktop ;)

I wonder what card that would be? -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2

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Silviu Marin-Caea

14:28

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On Tuesday 18 April 2006 16:24, Lester Caine wrote:

Help

The graphics card on my SUSE10 linux box decided to pack up, actually just the fan, but it seems to have cooked itself now :(

I've dropped a new graphics card in, and can at least start the machine as far as a text login prompt.

Can someone kick me in the right direction to get this new card installed so that I can get back to kde desktop ;)

as root: mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.oldcard yast2 x11

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Shriramana Sharma

15:37

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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:58 samaye, Silviu Marin-Caea alekhiit:

yast2 x11

Um, seeing as the OP lost his graphical session, I doubt yast2 will work. -- Tux #395953 resides at http://samvit.org playing with KDE 3.52 on SUSE Linux 10.0 $ date [] CCE +2006-04-18 W16-2 UTC+0530

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Kevanf1

16:38

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On 18/04/06, Shriramana Sharma wrote:

Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:58 samaye, Silviu Marin-Caea alekhiit:

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yast2 x11

Um, seeing as the OP lost his graphical session, I doubt yast2 will work.

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Can't you run YaST2 in text mode? ncurses? Or have I got it wrong...as usual :-) -- ============================================== 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

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Daniel Bauer

16:53

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Am Dienstag, 18. April 2006 18:38 schrieb Kevanf1:

On 18/04/06, Shriramana Sharma wrote:

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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:58 samaye, Silviu Marin-Caea alekhiit:

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yast2 x11

Um, seeing as the OP lost his graphical session, I doubt yast2 will work.

--

Can't you run YaST2 in text mode? ncurses? Or have I got it wrong...as usual :-)

Yes, you can run Yast in text mode, no problem, it looks the same as in graphics mode, just without graphics :-). If you run it in runlevel 3 you can also call sax2 from there (if I remember correctly Yast will run in level 1, too, but then calling sax will not work - well I'm not sure...) Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com special interest site: http://www.bauer-nudes.com

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Lester Caine

19:09

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Daniel Bauer wrote:

Am Dienstag, 18. April 2006 18:38 schrieb Kevanf1:

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On 18/04/06, Shriramana Sharma wrote:

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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 19:58 samaye, Silviu Marin-Caea alekhiit:

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yast2 x11

Um, seeing as the OP lost his graphical session, I doubt yast2 will work.

--

Can't you run YaST2 in text mode? ncurses? Or have I got it wrong...as usual :-)

Yes, you can run Yast in text mode, no problem, it looks the same as in graphics mode, just without graphics :-). If you run it in runlevel 3 you can also call sax2 from there (if I remember correctly Yast will run in level 1, too, but then calling sax will not work - well I'm not sure...)

Running sax3 after an init 3 sorted all my problems, and the machine is now back in graphics mode ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- L.S.Caine Electronic Services Treasurer - Firebird Foundation Inc.

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Daniel Bauer

14:29

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Am Dienstag, 18. April 2006 15:24 schrieb Lester Caine:

Help

The graphics card on my SUSE10 linux box decided to pack up, actually just the fan, but it seems to have cooked itself now :(

I've dropped a new graphics card in, and can at least start the machine as far as a text login prompt.

Can someone kick me in the right direction to get this new card installed so that I can get back to kde desktop ;)

if you go to runlevel 3 ("init 3") you should be able to start sax2 and then configure the new card, I guess. Hope this helps. Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com special interest site: http://www.bauer-nudes.com

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Lester Caine

15:27

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Daniel Bauer wrote:

Am Dienstag, 18. April 2006 15:24 schrieb Lester Caine:

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Help

The graphics card on my SUSE10 linux box decided to pack up, actually just the fan, but it seems to have cooked itself now :( I've dropped a new graphics card in, and can at least start the machine as far as a text login prompt. Can someone kick me in the right direction to get this new card installed so that I can get back to kde desktop ;)

if you go to runlevel 3 ("init 3") you should be able to start sax2 and then configure the new card, I guess.

Hope this helps.

Ta all! THAT was the kick I needed, sax2 just needed a help to pick up the new card. One gets so used to the graphic way of getting to things ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- L.S.Caine Electronic Services Treasurer - Firebird Foundation Inc.

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