suse linux9.3 installation problem

[hunter_thom]

Like yancek mentioned, post up some graphics card specs. The problem is most likely in either the driver modules or the xorg.conf file. Either way, as yancek also said, SUSE 9.3 is a bit dated, so it might be that the hardware is not recognized by SUSE.

[devils casper]

Its a Graphics Card problem only. SuSe Installer couldn't configure your Graphics Card properly. Boot up in failsafe mode and execute this

lspci | grep -i vga

Post output here.


As yancek suggested already, you should consider latest version of SuSe. SUSE 9.3 doesn't support latest Hardware and SUSE Team do not support it now. You won't receive any security updates and packages are obsolete too.

Could you post your machine's specs here?

[kareem]

thanks for your help
my graphic card model:Matrox G450 (mga)

i removed the card from motherbord and clean it and set it again and i enter
SUSE Linux(failsafe) and enter as root and then enter 'startX' The desktop .

what can i do now to make the linux enter direct ?

thanks again for your help

[devils casper]

Execute this in Failsafe mode :

sax2 -m 0=vesa

Configure Graphics card and reboot machine.

[kareem]

thanks for your reply
but i enter this command and it give me the following

saX:Initializing please wait..
saX:wrong module syntax
saX:syntax : -m cardNr = cardmodule [,.........]
kareem: #

and i don't know what can i do ?

[devils casper]

Did you execute exact command? There should be any typo.
Its zero in sax2 -m 0=vesa. I think you used alphabet O instead of 0 (zero).

[kareem]

no , i enter 0(ZERO) NOT O(ALPHABAT)

[devils casper]

Have you disable internal Graphics Card in BIOS?
Try sax2 -m 1=vesa command.

[kareem]

i enter this command and it accepted with me
and give me the following :
xc: sorry could not start configuration server
xc: this could have the following reasons:

1) the card is still not supported

2) the card was not detected correctly

SaX2 -m 0=<name of module>
3) the card is detected but the server fails to start in spite of the detection
/var/log/sax.org

i make the second reason and enter the code and no change happend

and enter the third reason code and it gives me the following :

bash : /var/log/sax.log : permission denied

what can i do now ?

note : i have the graphic card cd

[devils casper]

Could you post exact output of lspci | grep -i vga command?