openSUSE 10.2 problems!

[KiLLA2006]

updated to opensuse 10.2
cant get to the gui says
fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO:fatal IO error 104 on X server ":0.0"

graphics card is an ati, not sure of the exact one
i have installed the drivers for my card though

how can i get it to the gui?

[BugenhagenXIII]

When you updated to 10.2, chances are the kernel got upgraded (I don't know for sure, as I personally can't stand openSuSe). That means you'd need to reinstall the drivers for the card. To get to the GUI, you'll probably need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the default drivers, log into X, then reinstall the drivers and restart X.

Log in the recovery console (or whatever SuSe's equivalent is), and type

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

(There may be an easier way to do this, but I don't know what SuSe's equivalent to "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" is)

Look for the section that looks similar to this (this is from my xorg.conf, I have a radeon 9800Pro):

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R350 NH [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection


Make sure the driver is set to the default "ati", or "radeon", or I think "mesa"(maybe it's "vesa"?). I'm pretty sure it's one of those. Make sure the BusID is like it is above. Then type

startx


Hopefully it works, and you can go on to reinstall your drivers. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I've only used openSuSe 10.1 for like a day.

[Coded-Dude]

erm.....what video driver are you using?

[Garfunkel]

in the device section of the file Bugan showed you put in vesa for the driver.

[Coded-Dude]

as root run: lsmod

post your results here.....also what kernel are you on now?
run: uname -a

[Garfunkel]

can you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?

[Coded-Dude]

you should also have a .xsession-errors file in your home directory.
Unless thats where you got the original message.

"ls -al" to see all/hidden files

[Garfunkel]

you could always use the:

"sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"

command to reconfigure xorg and see if that works.

[KiLLA2006]

unfortunately i no longer have access to the computer... at my parents house! so im going to ask that this thread be closed, but i will try what is already posted if i get a chance to look at it again in the future! thanx for all the help!

[Coded-Dude]

SaX2 is the command to configure X in SuSE

[Garfunkel]

SaX2 is the command to configure X in SuSE

lol, yeah never done it is suse just a blind stab.

[Coded-Dude]

sax is actually a pretty decent xconfig util....UNLESS you are proficient at manually editing an xorg.conf file.