SuSE 9.1 - No graphical login

[David Backeberg]

Sounds like it's time for a lesson in X setup.

Some keystrokes that will come in handy
Ctrl - Alt - -
Ctrl - Alt - +

toggle through list of resolution settings, set in /etc/X11/XF86Config (or 
file with similar name)

Ctrl - Alt - Backspace
kill X, or if running in always-on-X runlevel, respawn X

/etc/X11/XF86Config (or file with similar name)
place where you need to make changes to your X settings

Now, you need to do research.

You need to find out the actual specs of your monitor, probably using 
Google. You need to know the horizontal and vertical sync rates, and then 
see if they match what are set in your settings. You need to find out 
whether your video card has the ability to do as much as 1280x1024, and if 
not, try something that works, then build your way up to those higher 
settings.

This might come in handy:
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO.html

Not yet having your X settings perfected is NOT a good reason to install 
Windows instead. Frankly, this is a fairly old system, and systems that 
were better put together might have auto-probed successfully from the 
install cdrom.

-- 
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 edwardp at operamail.com wrote:

> (Apparently, my original e-mail didn't make it, resending...)
>
> SuSE 9.1 Personal was installed on a Compaq Presario 5900Z desktop
> this evening.  Unfortunately, I am unable to get a graphical login
> for the user, and advised that they purchase a copy of Windows XP
> Home and I would gladly install that.
>
> Specifically, it does not like the monitor, a TRL/RIC DH-1764.I
> changed the resolution from the default to 1024x768 (this was after
> installation and before first login), then when it switched to the X
> Server to test the video:
>
> Open APM Failed (dev/apm_bios) No such device.  No devices detected.
>
> Upon bootup and entering YaST after a text login, it displays a box
> indicating:
>
> Monitor (0) with ID:  ___FFFF not found.  Please set up monitor
> manually.
>
> The person also had two additional Compaq-branded monitors, neither
> of which are listed as supported Compaq monitors in the monitor
> listing under Compaq.
>
> SuSE initially defaulted the monitor to VESA 1280x1024, however when
> the config with that setting was saved, the X Server brought up the
> same error as above (Open APM failed).
>
> I am not exactly sure why the above is occurring, since the same
> TRL/RIC monitor model worked perfectly on a generic home-built system
> with 8.2 and 9.0 previously.  Since the system is a Compaq, could
> something inside it be overriding something else so that correct
> monitor information is not being sent to YaST?FWIW, the video card
> is an S3 Savage 4.
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