3D graphics in suse

[cute]

hi....i use suse flavour of linux in my compaq system and am new to linux , could u please help me telling how do i enable the graphics in my system ??
thank u.

[whych]

First off, identify your graphics card. If it's ati or nvidia, open yast>software>repositories and add the ati or nvidia repo.
Now go to install sofware and install the driver.
After the install, reboot (in case it installed an updated kernel)
Login, open a terminal and as root, run init 3. (This puts you into single user mode).
At the command prompt, login as root and run sax2 to configure the card.
Exit and run init 5 to restart the xserver.

[D-cat]

Oi, we do need to identify the vga card first. Open a Konsole or terminal window and type in

sudo lspci | grep -i vga

you will need the root password. Post the output.
We should also know what version of SuSE you're running.

Usually, if the card supports 3D acceleration in Linux, you can look at Yast -> Hardware -> Graphics Card , at the bottom is a check box to "Activate 3D acceleration". If it's grayed out, the current driver doesn't support 3D acceleration, or the 3D version hasn't been installed. However, also note which driver is being loaded (if it's VESA, it may be changed depending on your actual card, which lspci will tell us).

If it's white, check it and press OK. You may need to be connected to the Internet as Sax may need to download the 3D driver to install it, depending on the brand. You also may need to add a vendor repository in Yast -> Software -> Sources depending on the card in order to let Yast know where to get the right driver.