Nvidia Drivers and dual monitor setup

[Jonny88]

Hi can anybody help with my Video problem, I have activated dual screen monitors using the Nvidia driver GUI as Sax2 would not correctly configure it. Now at every boot I get the message "undefined video mode 31a, press [enter] for a list of video modes or [space] to continue. After pressing space the system boots to my liking, how can I get rid of the message at every boot up?

I am using Suse 11.2 and KDE4.3.1
My video card is an Nvidia Geforce 7100 GS
I thought I was using the Nvidia drivers as I have a GUI from Nvidia in my launch menu if I search "Nvidia" and I have completed the one-click installation. Although when I go into "My Computer" it says driver unknown.

[gogalthorp]

Try renaming the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file so that the system won't see it. Note you will need to be root to rename it.

In theory you no longer need that file. If you managed to make one working with sax2 it is most likely not correct.

If you find you need one you can use one created by the NVIDIA configure utility

[Jonny88]

I have tried this, renaming it xorg.conf.old but this has not corrected the problem, after booting the system has not generated a new xorg.conf file but the issue remains

[coopstah13]

that mode is probably for the console which is usually set in the grub config file, post contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst

[Jonny88]

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Dec 10 10:32:25 GMT 2009
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader

default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,7)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1
    root (hd0,7)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250410AS_6RYD3392-part8 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250410AS_6RYD3392-part7 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1
    root (hd0,7)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250410AS_6RYD3392-part8 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

[coopstah13]

just as I expected, on those kernel lines, you need to remove the vga=0x31a or replace 0x31a with a valid resolution identifier

[scrarfussi]

i have a similar problem but what i noticed was that this problem occurs when i have a flashdrive plugged into the pc when i boot without the flsh drive it boots normally

[Jonny88]

Many thanks removing this line has gotten rid of the wait screen, out of interest how do I enter the correct resolution into the boot loader?

[coopstah13]

it depends on the hardware which modes are supported and what the number is that you will use

you could put vga=ask, then pick the one you want, note the number you chose, and after it boots you can put vga=<number>