Blank Screen.

[Tony Dolby]

Hi People,
Just loaded my Suse Linux 10 64 bit, everything seemed to go OK but when I booted Bios came and went OK then the Suse screen with four icons to the right which lit up in due order, as the last one lit the screen went blank and stayed there regardless of manic pressing of buttons etc. Eventually I gave up and pressed the main On/Off button, the screen fired up instantly and went through the normal shut down!

When it comes to Linux I baffle easily, any help would be grovellingly appreciated.

Thanks, Tony.

[onlinebacon]

Ok...

Sounds like it is hanging, do any error messages come back at all? and does anything else happen at all? What happens on the next boot?

[Tony Dolby]

Hi Onlinebacon,
As before but for approximately half a second there is a page of script the bottom line of which says "linux logon" That's all I could catch then blank!

What do you think?

Cheers,
Tony.

[Tony Dolby]

OLB (Onlinebacon)

Also about five second after the screen blank there is a short musical intro!
Does this indicate perhaps that it's not hanging?

Cheers, Tony.

[oldcpu]

I recommend you try to reconfigure your xwindows to a more conservative setting.

Boot again, and this time in the grub menu type "level 3". That should bring you to a text loggin prompt. Loggin as a regular user. Then type "su" and enter the root password. Then type sax2. Configure your graphics to something VERY conservative (you can always optimise this later). Be certain to TEST this setup. Then exit sax2. Type "exit" to exit the root permissions. Type whoami to confirm you are back to being a regular user. Then type startx. Does it work? And if it doesn't, what error messages do you get?

If it hangs, you may be able to type either <ALT><F1>, <ALT><F2>, <ALT><F3>, <ALT><F4>, or <CTRL><ALT><F1>, <CTRL><ALT><F2>, <CTRL><ALT><F3>, etc ... to get to a text screen. If you wish, you can then do a controlled shut down with root permissions, with shutdown -h now, or a reboot with shutdown -r now, before you try any reboot. A hard shut down (by pushing the ON/OFF switch) is never very healthy for most modern OS.

[Tony Dolby]

Hi OldCPU,

AmAzing!!

Followed your advice verbatim, opted for 800 x 600, everything came on beautifully. I perhaps should have mentioned that my monitor is an old CTX 14", possibly the problem?
I have tried EVERY distro out there and finally settled on Suse 10,0 64.
Thanks to you I have taken my first step!

Any advice on raid setups under Linux or shall I start another thread?

Many, many Thanks,

Tony.

[oldcpu]

Followed your advice verbatim, opted for 800 x 600, everything came on beautifully. I perhaps should have mentioned that my monitor is an old CTX 14", possibly the problem?

Perhaps mentioning you had an old CTX 14" would have helped, but you seem to have done fabulous on your own, once you had some sign posts showing you the way.

CONGRATULATIONS on getting XWindows up and running.

I usually keep a paper notebook, and write down EVERYTHING that I do for settings/and for additional packages I install. It does wonders when I re-install, or when I decide to move to a new SuSE distro version. .... You may wish to record your XWindows settings, and then using the same technique see if you can squeeze more out of your graphics. Perhaps make a copy of your xorg.conf file first. Also, first, research your old CTX 14" specification, and determine what it is capable of in terms of resolutions, and horizontal/vertical frequencies.

Any advice on raid setups under Linux or shall I start another thread?

Best start a new thread, with raid setup under SuSE in the subject line (or something like that).