SuSE install: Monitor trouble

[connecticket]

Hi Guys,

I recently installed SuSE 10.1. The installation completed successfully. But, when I select SuSE from the Grub loader menu it does not take me to the login screen and my monitor active light starts blinking. If I try logging in in text mode (Ctrl + Alt + F1) it works fine. Am I missing something here? I have a Samsung Samtron 45Bn monitor. (During installation the hardware detection step selected Samsung 45B(T) as the default and even my XP installation uses the same driver and everything works perfectly fine.) Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks.

[devils casper]

configure your display settings again. execute 'sax2' command.




casper

[connecticket]

well, I tried that. Ran the command and it says,

Sax: initializing pls wait
Sax: your current conf will not be read in
Sax: access to your display is denied
Sax: startup

and the same prob continues..the screen goes blank...

[devils casper]

access denied ? you must be logged in as root to execute 'sax2'.




casper

[connecticket]

yes i did login as root...that isn't the problem.

[devils casper]

ok... post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.




casper

[connecticket]

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2006-10-21T19:27:52+0530.
#
# Version: 7.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (7.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "kbd"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "USB Mouse"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 260 190
HorizSync 30-61
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "SAMTRON 45B(T)"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "SAMSUNG"
VertRefresh 50-120
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1024x768" 83.00 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 803
Modeline "1024x768" 81.80 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 802
Modeline "1024x768" 80.71 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 802
Modeline "800x600" 65.35 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 635
Modeline "800x600" 64.57 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 634
Modeline "800x600" 63.89 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 634
EndSection


Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
BoardName "ProSavage DDR-K"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "savage"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "S3"
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

[bigtomrodney]

Can you post back the results as they appear on screen when you run the following two commands (in the sequence below).

echo $UID
sax2

[connecticket]

all right...i logged in as root...uid as expected gave..

$echo $UID
0
$sax2
SaX: initializing please wait...
SaX: your current configuration will not be read in

SaX: access to your display is denied
SaX: startup

following which the screen goes blank..and the monitor light starts blinking until I return to the virtual terminal..

[bigtomrodney]

I think I missed something there. When you log into a VT using CTRL+ALT+F1, run the command

init 3

If your X server is already running it will be difficult to get sax running as it uses an X server of it's own. When you get to init 3, run sax2 again. If it does fail or you get blinking lights on your monitor hit ctrl+alt+backspace to kill X and the

mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.broken

and try sax2 again.