SuSE 9.3 problem with virtual consoles
vgu...@pochtamt.ru
virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F1...F6) on the screen color flickering squares
are visible only. The same squares appear at end of job of a computer.
I use LCD monitor Samsung SyncMaster 172V, videoadapter GeForce 4 MX 440
8X, matherboard - GigaByte 7N400.
How it is possible to cure?
Uwe Buckesfeld
> How it is possible to cure?
I have the exact problem and I didn't find a solution yet :-(
Uwe
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baskitcaise
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> vgu...@pochtamt.ru wrote in
> news:kK_de.141$IU1...@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com:
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>> How it is possible to cure?
>
> I have the exact problem and I didn't find a solution yet :-(
>
> Uwe
>
To both,
I had this and fixed it but cannot remember exactly what I did, did you
try a diiferent value for vga= in the /boot/grub/menu.lst r even at the
first grub screen you can type:
vga=ask
IIRC it is down to the kernel frambuffer and the nvidias, I will trace
my steps back and see what I did.
have got to go out now but will be back later.
HTH
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Uwe Buckesfeld
> How it is possible to cure?
Okay, found a solution for my laptop by using a non-standard vesa resolution which is supported by my
laptop (1280x800, 256 colors, kernel option "vga=0x360" instead of 0x371; note that this is WXGA, so it will
probably fail for you).
Anyway, the NVidia driver seems to have a problem changing color depth and/or resolution.
In a first step, try baskitcaise's suggestion: Put "vga=ask" in the /boot/grub/menu.lst and choose one of the
resolutions offered. This worked for me reliably.
Then find out which vesa framebuffer resolutions your card/monitor support and compare it with the desired
values you want for KDE/Gnome. Adjust the "vga=" kernel parameter in a way that the nvidia driver doesn't
need to change color depth and resolution, and I assume it will work.
Uwe
PS:
Note that I didn't have any problems with the nv driver which comes with the kernel, except a slightly worse
picture and no 3D. So this might be an option for you as well.
Nico Kadel-Garcia
"Uwe Buckesfeld" <u.buck...@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:Xns964C9AE4253DFb...@130.57.1.82...
> vgu...@pochtamt.ru wrote in
> news:kK_de.141$IU1...@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com:
>
>> How it is possible to cure?
>
> Okay, found a solution for my laptop by using a non-standard vesa
> resolution which is supported by my
> laptop (1280x800, 256 colors, kernel option "vga=0x360" instead of 0x371;
> note that this is WXGA, so it will
> probably fail for you).
>
> Anyway, the NVidia driver seems to have a problem changing color depth
> and/or resolution.
Are you using the latest? SuSE, understandably, remaiins behind the leading
edge on the NVidia drivers. The latest is 1.0-7174, and says things about
needing a 2.6.11 or better kernel for certain aspects to work correctly.
Uwe Buckesfeld
news:Tj4ee.375$IU1...@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com:
> Are you using the latest? SuSE, understandably, remaiins behind the
> leading edge on the NVidia drivers. The latest is 1.0-7174, and says
> things about needing a 2.6.11 or better kernel for certain aspects to
> work correctly.
Same problem with the YOU update and the 1.0-7174, and I'm using the latter version now.
Uwe
ang...@texs.com
Don't know if this will help you as I'm pretty Suse noob but I was having a
problem yesterday installing 9.3 on a new box with an nVidia driver.
Spent the whole day searching for cures and found a post about nVidia not
installing from X.
I went to shell and init 3 and updated the driver in Yast2 text mode,
reconfigured all the video hardware settings in Yast from text mode, init 5
back to the desktop and this system has been happy since.
Hope it works for you:-)
Uwe Buckesfeld
> Spent the whole day searching for cures and found a post about nVidia not
> installing from X.
Hmmm.... I think when you start the install script within X, it tells you to switch to runlevel 3 first.