[HOWTO]SuSe monitor problems. SuSe and Problems..inseparable

[Maz]

Problem : SuSe does not start X­windowing system

Possible solution:
It is possible that your monitor has not been detected properly.

1. login as root (using text­mode since X is not working)
2. start yast by typing 'yast'
(if yast is not found, type 'whereis yast', it should give the full path to yast; use it.)
3. select hardware ­> Graphics card and Monitor
4. select reprobe and accept settings.
5. exit yast and type 'startx'



Problem : SuSe & monitor does not recognize data SuSe sends when
using X­windowing system.
Possible solution:

I have encountered this twice with SuSe. Both times the problem was in refresh rate
(and other?) settings.

1. Check the monitor type and search appropriate refresh rates (sync rates,...) from
internet. (If X-windowing has been started and you see nothing but blank screen, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to get text mode loginscreen)

2. edit Xwindowing config file to correspond these values. (If they were wrong,
which seems to be quite often the case...)

su (prompts for root password)
pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Find the monitor settings section, which can be something like this:
Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
DisplaySize 352 264
HorizSync 28­96
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "SYNCMASTER 4S"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "SAMSUNG"
VertRefresh 50­160
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection
edit values if needed, and save.