Only runs in failsafe, why, why, why????

[iamme]

Like the title says, I can only run suse 10.1 in failsafe mode when I try others I get

error in reading the ide drive, I guess I should get you guys the exact error, but if anyone knows how to fix this let me know.

Here's the exact error------> ide: failed opcode was: unknown

update................

under failsafe in boot options i deleted all the options and it boots fine what gives?

and

i looked at my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and found this

Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 30-62
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "NUL"
VertRefresh 43-60
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce 6800 XT (0x00C3)"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "vesa"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


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


Is there something here I need to do in order for my system to boot in normal mode? I thing the problem is

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce 6800 XT (0x00C3)"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "vesa" <-----------------what i think the problem is
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection

I tried

tiny-nvidia-installer --update

but it said that my kernel was not installed and that i needed to make sure my kernel was installed correctly.

So, any advice or help would be awsome.

update....................

I ran in failsafe but deleted all the boot options and was able to download the nvidia driver now everything works fine except I still have to load from failsafe and delete all boot optioons and it boots perfect np what so ever and everything works great...........so why when I try to boot normally do I get

ide: failed opcode was: unknown

[iamme]

bump bump bump

[bryansmith]

Can you post your /boot/grub/menu.lst please?

Bryan

[iamme]

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Oct 27 22:33:33 EDT 2006
color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 vga=0x31a apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux psmouse.proto=b$
initrd /boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd

title Previous Kernel -- SUSE LINUX 10.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.previous root=/dev/hdd2 vga=0x31a apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux psmouse.p$
initrd /boot/initrd.previous

title Xen -- SUSE LINUX 10.1

root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/xen.gz
module /boot/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/hdd2 vga=0x31a apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux psmouse.proto=$
module /boot/initrd-xen

[bryansmith]

Try taking out that idewait line of your previous kernel.

Bryan

[iamme]

No luck editing the previous kernel did nothing should i try it on the current kernel? or can i just copy the failsafe over to the current kerenel like this

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Oct 27 22:33:33 EDT 2006
color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd

title Previous Kernel -- SUSE LINUX 10.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.previous root=/dev/hdd2 vga=0x31a apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux psmouse.p$
initrd /boot/initrd.previous

title Xen -- SUSE LINUX 10.1

root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/xen.gz
module /boot/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/hdd2 vga=0x31a apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux psmouse.proto=$
module /boot/initrd-xen




I am going to try it
well what do you know it works perfectly.

I LOVE LINUX !!!!!!!!!!!

[iamme]

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Oct 27 22:33:33 EDT 2006
color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd


This fixed the problem I opened my boot menu erased everything and pasted this inside, one question remains that involves three smaller parts.

What is?
acpi=off
edd=off 3
apm=off

will changing one of these to yes give me a pretty boot screen or will it still do the rolling black screen with text?

And BTW, changing noresume to resume=yes doesn't allow me to suspend my computer............so just small problems still but I got the big one fixed.

[bryansmith]

ACPI and APM have to do with power management so it will unlikely affect your boot splash. EDD, I believe, has something to do with disk management but I could be wrong. This may have an effect.

Bryan

[iamme]

I removed

acpi=off
edd=off 3
apm=off

from my boot menu and it had no effect what so ever.