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

[Bill Warner]

I don't remember for sure but does safe mode mount / as read only?

try this:
# mount

see if / is mounted with ro.  if so try this:

mount -o remount,rw /

Otherwise I'm not sure what the problem would be.

-Bill

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 09:57 -0700, Bupkus wrote:
> ok, saved this time to /var/lib/autoinstall/repository/lcd-default
> exited yast, restarted yast and now I'm gonna change... no, it still 
> says samsung and not lcd!  Damn.  i hate suse.
> 
> Bupkus wrote:
> 
> > 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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