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

Bart Garst bartgarst at cox.net
Mon Sep 26 17:29:37 MST 2005


>
>
> 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.
>

I've been kinda' following your 'adventures' with Suse and I'd would like to
ask if you can clarify a couple things.

You were able to install and have a functioning GUI display with vid card
"A" and monitor "A".

At some point you switched to monitor "B" and lost your display.
At some other point your switched to vid card "B" and also lost your
display.

During the course of one of these failures you ran a config tool and lost
the ability to go back to monitor "A" & vid card "A".

Do I understand correctly?

Bart



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