Not able to configure Xorg in suse11

[dodger_su]

Hello I am new to linux. I installed suse 11 from a dvd. Everything went fine. When I booted the suse 11 I am not able to enter into the desktop as it is directly going to the terminal(like in failsafe).

The error I am getting is Xorg is not properly configured. I dont know anything about xorg. I have ATI Raedon express graphics card. Please give me some information as soon as possible.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

You have to install ATI Proprietary driver. Try to fix Graphics using vesa driver first.
Boot up in command line mode. There is an option for that in GRUB Menu. Log in as regular user and execute this

su -
sax2 -m 0=vesa
exit
startx

Check if Graphics works fine. Post error message here, if any.
Execute this to restart machine.

su -
shutdown -r now

[dodger_su]

It worked...

Can you please give me more information about the probelm?.

[gogalthorp]

Basically the installer saw that you had an ATI card/chip and used an open source ATI driver. That dirver is 2D acceleration for ATI cards, but your card for some reason did not work with it. Probably because it is a newer yet to be supported card. The vesa driver is a generic driver that will work with almost any video card but has no acceleration. To get 3D acceleration you must install the propritary ATI driver from ATI. The propritary driver should support all ATI cards.

here is a link to a how to

ATI - openSUSE