[Discuss] SUSE looks good!

[John Blomfield]

Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn wrote:
> Well, this is fun<g>. Did a cold boot and got my cursor and both my monitors
> (only one was operational on the previous try) though they were cloned.
> Though my wired Internet connection showed as functional, I couldn't get
> anything online. So, did a reboot - this time no cursor and single monitor
> (not my primary which is a Sony LCD). So another reboot, still no cursor and
> single monitor. One more....cursor is back and both monitors and 'Net
> connection. Meanwhile, to try and 'unclone' my monitors<g>, I went looking
> for my video card to check the settings....hmmm, it sees my card (nVidia
> 6600) and says I haven't enabled 3D then tells me I need to download a
> driver. When I select to d/l the driver, it tells me this card doesn't
> support 3D nor accelerated graphics......not true. So, I'm unsure how to
> 'enable' the features of my video card (including the settings for dual
> monitors).
>
>   
There seems to be something weird about your hardware that is confusing 
SuSe hardware probing.  I have no experience with dual monitor cards or 
3D graphics although my new computer has a nVidia 7300 graphic chip set 
(Asus EN7300GT/HTD), which was recognized by Fedora 8 and a driver 
nvidiafb automatically installed.  The card has 3D but I have no idea if 
it works since I am not a gamer and do not know how one would test it to 
find out!

When you boot up do you have both monitors on?  I have found with my 
laptop which has a video out for an external monitor that if both are on 
with different resolutions this can confuse the system at boot.  Have 
you tried this computer with a different Linux distro or just with SuSe?

John


> The most intriguing thing to me is why the difference between boots -
> sometimes a cursor and sometimes not - sometimes one monitor and sometimes
> two<g>.
>
> Meanwhile, now that the cursor is functional, I'll do a little exploring
> before I lose it again.
>
> 8-)
> Joan
>
>
>   
>> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:06:08 -0700
>> From: John Blomfield <jabfield at shaw.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [Discuss] SUSE looks good!
>> To: discuss at vlug.org
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>> Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn wrote:
>>     
>>> Well John, this should probably be in the Newbie List, however, as my
>>> problem is all your fault<g>, I'm posting it here. You suggested that we
>>>       
>> try
>>     
>>> SUSE 10.3 so I promptly decided to d/l the Live CD to give it a try. I
>>>       
>> was
>>     
>>> pleasantly surprised at how quickly I was able to d/l the ISO as I've
>>>       
>> had
>>     
>>> some really bad experiences with 8 to 10 hours of d/ling...... Burned
>>>       
>> the
>>     
>>> disc and popped it in. Up it came and in an interesting shade of green
>>> (guys, don't even think of trying it the day after the night
>>>       
>> before<gggg>).
>>     
>>> I d/l'd the Gnome version btw. I think I might like it if only I could
>>> navigate properly in it.......it doesn't show my cursor!!! I can get my
>>> trackball to work provided I can figure out where it is (i.e., if an
>>>       
>> icon or
>>     
>>> button is suddenly highlighted). Mostly I had to use my keyboard to
>>>       
>> navigate
>>     
>>> which was less than workable in an unfamiliar environment.......so, does
>>> anyone know how I could get SUSE to give me back my cursor?<g> It's a
>>> Logitech Marble FX Trackball and I've never had a problem with several
>>>       
>> other
>>     
>>> Live CDs of different distros e.g. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, PCLinuxOS,
>>> GenTOO.........
>>>
>>> 8-)
>>> Joan
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> That's an interesting one - no cursor!  This has happened to me but not
>> especially with SuSe, I have always blamed it on the fact that I have
>> two computes that I use through a KVM switch and I have found
>> occasionally the switch doesn't seem to connect with the mouse
>> properly.  However, a simple re-boot has always fixed the problem.  Have
>> you tried a re-boot or did you just shutdown in disgust!  I suppose its
>> entirely possible that SuSe does not have a driver for your trackball
>> but that I would say is extremely unlikely.
>>
>> John
>>
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