[Discuss] SUSE looks good!

[Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn]

Both monitors are set at the same resolution so that shouldn't be a problem
and yes I had them both on at boot up. I haven't had a problem with previous
Live CDs of other distros on this machine (Asus P5LD2 m/b with Intel Core
Duo chip). The graphics card is an Asus nVidia PCI Express which has
connections for a VGA monitor, TV & DVI (LCD flat panel) monitor. It's
possible that SUSE would be happier if installed rather than a Live CD,
however, I'm not about to do that at the moment<g>.

8-)
Joan



> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:38:25 -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, 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
>

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Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn, U.E.
in Beautiful Saseenos near Sooke & Victoria British Columbia
joansjoy at gmail.com or joanmc at joansjoy.ca
www.joansjoy.ca