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

[Bupkus]

I booted into failsafe,... ok, I'll do it again while I type this:
logged  in as root
start yast2
select Hardware > Graphics
Alt+p for reprobe does nothing so I go back to YaST Control Center and 
select Misc > Autoinstallation
This opens another menu where I select Hardware and tab to "Graphics 
Card and Monitor"
Type in Alt+e for Configure
Select "Configure the X Window System" and tab down to fill in 24-bit 
and 1280x1024
Display manager is KDM so I just leave it that way
Window Manage is KDE
Next
"Configure Monitor"
Vendor as LCD and Model as 1280x1024 at 60Hz
Horizontal frequency according to 
http://stores.tomshardware.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=4705837/id_type=M//
is 30-81 and Vertical is 56-75
I do a "Save As" to /var/lib/autoinstall/repository and name it 
myveryowngraphicsconfig
"Collecting Configuration data" ... Warning: An error occured while 
saving the file... ?
I go to Control Center, select Hardware > Graphics CArd &... and it 
reads the old monitor and frequencies. ???
I guess I will try "Change"... same old
I don't seem to know how to navigate through the menus to get it to 
accept my changes. :-(  
I'll just leave it like that until I hear from someone.

Kut Granroth wrote:

> 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.
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