Video Problem

Hello,
My KDE 10.3 64-bit system has an ATI HD3870 video card.
Unfortunately the current video drivers don't yet support anything over
the HD2900 video cards, so I can't enable 3D support. In an attempt to
get around this, I went into Yast and changed the xserver display from
Xorg to Xgl. When I rebooted the system, after the intial splash
boot-up screen, I then got just a black screen with a white mouse
pointer on it. I tried several reboots, but the results are the same.
Then I tried booting again and putting INIT 3 in the first boot screen,
and that worked to get me to the CLI level 3 prompt. I tried the SAX2
command, and it let me do the video config thing, but when I rebooted,
I still got a black screen with a white mouse pointer. Anybody know if
I can change the xserver display setting back to Xorg from Xgl from the
init 3 CLI??? Thanks.


Robert


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If it hasn't already been overwritten, your orginal configuration should
be in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.saxsave

If you rename xorg.conf to something else and rename xorg.conf.saxsave to
xorg.conf, you may get back to where you were.

-jt

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:06:01 +0000, RobertE wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> My KDE 10.3 64-bit system has an ATI HD3870 video card. Unfortunately the
> current video drivers don't yet support anything over the HD2900 video
> cards, so I can't enable 3D support. In an attempt to get around this, I
> went into Yast and changed the xserver display from Xorg to Xgl. When I
> rebooted the system, after the intial splash boot-up screen, I then got
> just a black screen with a white mouse pointer on it. I tried several
> reboots, but the results are the same. Then I tried booting again and
> putting INIT 3 in the first boot screen, and that worked to get me to the
> CLI level 3 prompt. I tried the SAX2 command, and it let me do the video
> config thing, but when I rebooted, I still got a black screen with a white
> mouse pointer. Anybody know if I can change the xserver display setting
> back to Xorg from Xgl from the init 3 CLI??? Thanks.
> 
> 
> Robert

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:06:01 GMT
RobertE <RobertE@no-mx.forums.novell.com> wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> My KDE 10.3 64-bit system has an ATI HD3870 video card.
> Unfortunately the current video drivers don't yet support anything
> over the HD2900 video cards, so I can't enable 3D support. In an
> attempt to get around this, I went into Yast and changed the xserver
> display from Xorg to Xgl. When I rebooted the system, after the
> intial splash boot-up screen, I then got just a black screen with a
> white mouse pointer on it. I tried several reboots, but the results
> are the same. Then I tried booting again and putting INIT 3 in the
> first boot screen, and that worked to get me to the CLI level 3
> prompt. I tried the SAX2 command, and it let me do the video config
> thing, but when I rebooted, I still got a black screen with a white
> mouse pointer. Anybody know if I can change the xserver display
> setting back to Xorg from Xgl from the init 3 CLI??? Thanks.
> 
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
Hi Robert
Have a look in the /etc/X11 directory, there should be a backup of your
xorg.conf file. Probably with a yast extension (xorg.conf.yast2?). copy
this back to xorg.conf and then try init 5. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will
kill the xserver and drop you back to the CLI if it doesn't work.

If all else fails, make a backup of your xorg.conf file and start fresh
with a vesa driver.

sax2 -r -m 0=vesa

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Hi James and Malcolm,
<big sigh> This system is so
convoluted and user unfriendly trying to work from the command line, it
is just SOOOOOOOOOOO frustrating. I feel like an idiot, but it is easier
to work from Cisco's CLI than the Linux CLI, and I find Cisco VERY user
unfriendly <grin>. At any rate, I managed to get into the /etc/X11
subdirectory and found a whole bunch of the xorg files. The
xorg.conf.saxsave file has the exact same file attributes (same date,
time, byte size, etc.), so I am pretty sure the files are the same.
However, there are other xorg files, and I believe the
xorg.conf.fglrx-0 file from two days earlier would be the old
configuration file I am looking for. Unfortunately <sigh>, I can not
seem to manipulate the files. Although RENAME is apparently a valid
internal command, trying to rename the old xorg.conf file does nothing,
probably because the attributes are set. (-rw-r--r--  1  root  root   
xorg.conf) as of now. I have tried the built-in help file and the
online help file, and I can't seem to figure out how to clear the rw
attributes so I can manipulate the files. There also doesn't seem to be
a copy command in this operating system <sigh>, or at least I haven't
been able to find anything that equates to a copy command. I would
appreciate further assistance on copying/renaming that xorg.conf file
using my xorg.conf.fglrx-0 file. It sure was a whole lot easier working
with DOS commands in the old days <grin>. Thanks guys.


Robert


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RobertE wrote:
> Hi James and Malcolm,
> <big sigh> This system is so
> convoluted and user unfriendly trying to work from the command line, it
> is just SOOOOOOOOOOO frustrating. I feel like an idiot, but it is easier
> to work from Cisco's CLI than the Linux CLI, and I find Cisco VERY user
> unfriendly <grin>. At any rate, I managed to get into the /etc/X11
> subdirectory and found a whole bunch of the xorg files. The
> xorg.conf.saxsave file has the exact same file attributes (same date,
> time, byte size, etc.), so I am pretty sure the files are the same.
> However, there are other xorg files, and I believe the
> xorg.conf.fglrx-0 file from two days earlier would be the old
> configuration file I am looking for. Unfortunately <sigh>, I can not
> seem to manipulate the files. Although RENAME is apparently a valid
> internal command, trying to rename the old xorg.conf file does nothing,
> probably because the attributes are set. (-rw-r--r--  1  root  root   
> xorg.conf) as of now. I have tried the built-in help file and the
> online help file, and I can't seem to figure out how to clear the rw
> attributes so I can manipulate the files. There also doesn't seem to be
> a copy command in this operating system <sigh>, or at least I
haven't
> been able to find anything that equates to a copy command. I would
> appreciate further assistance on copying/renaming that xorg.conf file
> using my xorg.conf.fglrx-0 file. It sure was a whole lot easier working
> with DOS commands in the old days <grin>. Thanks guys.
> 
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
ren = mv
copy = cp

but its mv oldname newname
and     cp source destination

oh and it's rm rather than del