Any way to change video card drivers in text mode with Suse 9.3?

[Kurt Granroth]

On Sep 26, 2005, at 4:56 PM, Bupkus wrote:
> I installed suse 9.3 and did the updates, sans the kernel update,  
> and booting gives me a blank, black screen.
>
> I booted into failsafe (text) mode and there it is.
>
> I'm thinking that suse just doesn't like my PNY MX440SE video card,  
> so I swapped it out for my Matrox G550.
> Yep,
> linux login: _  blink, blink, blink... and I don't know what to do.

The tool is the same in text mode as in gui mode: YaST (using SAX as  
the backend).  Login as root, type 'yast'.  Then, select 'Hardware'  
and 'Graphics Card and Monitor'.  Once there, select 'Change' or  
'Reprobe' and you should be on the right path.

You could also run sax2 directly ... BUT I find that it's a good idea  
to get in the habit of running everything through YaST.  That's  
because SuSE (while being much better than in the past) has the habit  
of doing things their own way and their own way usually depends on  
YaST.  Unless you're a SuSE expert, it's not a good idea to be doing  
things that YaST manages outside of YaST.