R3d

k just installed suse 9.0 pro.. yea i know its an older vers.. but its what i had layin around.. so yea.. got everything installed and updated.. then when i try to get into it my monitor goes outta sync.. and im not sure how to change this with linux.. we've just started covering the basics for it in school and havent covered that yet..

monitor is a samsung 955df, is there a command that i put in to change the screen res and refreshrate.. or can i put one of the install disks in and change a setting off that?

thanks in advance

Jason

laconic1

I don't have Suse installed right now so I don't know step by step how to do this, but the Yast control panel always was my favorite for changing monitor settings. It should take you to the Sax2 utility which works really well. I think once you are in yast you click on hardware, then monitor and you'll be there. Alternatively if you go to /etc/X11 you can edit the .conf file for X. the file name is x86.conf or xfree.conf or something similar to that, I don't remember exactly what.

R3d

how would i bring that yast up??

Latch

crazybill has a good point... if you have any visuals screen

If you don't (or just wanna change it text based) edit /etc/X11/XFree86.conf

The Identifier isn't important.. it's freetext.

The HorizSync and VertRefresh is something you'll want to change (probably). Doco on your monitor type should give you the values you want....

If you still have problems.. try running (as root in a console window): X -configure. It should create a XFree86.conf file in the directory you're in (or maybe just in /root). You can either run that file with the command it tells you to test with, or copy the file to /etc/X11 (overwriting the current XFree86.conf).

Good luck

R3d

thanks guys.. i just ended up reinstalling.. i picked the wrong damn monitor driver.. bah *smacks head*

now my next problem is getting the vid card drivers installed.. running a nvidia 5900ultra.. running in 2d more! ooooooo.. but yea.. cant get the runlevel 3 shit to come up like it says on the nvidia site

from the site

This document describes how to use the new nvidia installer for the
installation of the latest nvidia driver, which is available for your
SuSE Linux system.

NOTE: The nvidia installer does not work as long as a Xserver is still
running and the nvidia kernel module is still loaded. Therefore
please boot into runlevel 3 by specifying "3" as kernel boot
option or switch to runlevel 3 ("init 3") and unload the kernel
module ("rmmod nvidia") before running the nvidia installer.


SuSE Linux 9.0-AMD64

1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means
installing the 'kernel-source' package with YaST2, update it - if not
already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU).

2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-6629.

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2.run -q

3) Configure XFree86 with

sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)

NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already
enabled, when the nvidia driver is running. Ignore the
misleading error message, that 3D support can't be enabled.

R3d

nvm.. i got it all workin.. woot to linux.. now just to learn this shit fairly well..