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Hi, I have tried to install SUSE 10.3 linux on my computer( P4, 3.06Ghz, D102GGC2 motherboard, ATI Radeon Xpress 200) . The installation itself went smoothly.. However the linux OS ...
  1. 02-13-2008 #1
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    help in installing SUSE 10.3

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    I have tried to install SUSE 10.3 linux on my computer( P4, 3.06Ghz, D102GGC2 motherboard, ATI Radeon Xpress 200) . The installation itself went smoothly.. However the linux OS itself refuses to boot. When i try to boot it, the boot process goes on for a while then at the end my screen goes completely black and thats it. I tried the failsafe then, but even then it did not work.It seems that my motherboard or its Bios is not compatible with any linux version. I then updated my BIOS. Following the Update the failsafe version of SUSE10.3 boots.( i.e i am able to access the system via the command prompt.) But the GUI( X window) still does not show up. any suggestions...??
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    You can run Sax on the command line to configure your X settings.

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    sax2
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    The problem is with the Radeon driver that X is using. Backup the copy of xorg.conf in /etc/X11. Edit the xorg.conf file and replace the driver "radeon" under the device section with "radeonold"

    Section "Device"
    BoardName "Radeon XPRESS 200 5954 (PCIE)"
    BusID "1:5:0"
    Driver "radeonold"
    Identifier "Device[0]"
    Option "GARTSize" "32"
    VendorName "ATI"
    EndSection
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    have u installed proper linux....ur machine is 32 bit....which linux have u installed....32 or 64....just check it...
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  5. 02-21-2008 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by omprakash08 View Post
    have u installed proper linux....ur machine is 32 bit....which linux have u installed....32 or 64....just check it...
    Its not possible to install 64bit distro on 32bit machine. Doing opposite is possible and recommended though.
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