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   Message 137,931 of 138,051   
   philo to Dave Royal   
   Re: SUSE newbie   
   06 Jul 24 14:55:25   
   
   From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   Dave Royal wrote:   
   > philo  Wrote in message:   
   >   
   >> On 7/5/24 1:18 PM, Johnny wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 5 Jul 2024 13:10:43 -0500   
   >>> philo  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 7/5/24 12:38 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2024-07-05 15:52, philo wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 7/5/24 8:12 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 2024-07-05 14:22, philo wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> Familiar with Linux but this is my first time with SUSE.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Installed just fine but I decided I wanted to run it on a   
   >>>>>>>> different machine.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Put the drive in another mobo/video and it only boots to command   
   >>>>>>>> line.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I've Googled but got useless info on how to reconfigure video   
   >>>>>>>> from the command line.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Hopefully someone here will have a straightforward explanation.   
   >>>>>>> Guess: the first machine had nvidia card and you installed the   
   >>>>>>> proprietary driver. The second machine doesn't have nvidia.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Not the case.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Now to answer my question please.   
   >>>>> Insufficient data to process request.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Look at the logs for clues.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I did and it said I need to reconfigure my video settings.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Need the command to do so.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I can open yast2 from the terminal but did not see any way to   
   >>>> reconfigure video   
   >>> Doesn't SUSE have a Settings Manager with Appearance, Display and many   
   >>> other items?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> That's the problem   
   >> When the display didn't open, the message was to use the settings manager   
   >>   
   >> As I have asked, what command do I issue to access it?   
   >>   
   >> Thus far I found yast2 but there was no option to configure the display.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> FWIW: The only reason I installed SUSE was simply to evaluate it, so I   
   >> might as well just poke around on my own,   
   >>   
   >> Still, if anyone know how to reconfigure video from the command line...   
   >> please pass along the info.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Did you install from usb/dvd? If so booting that might have a   
   >  repair option which might configure it.   
      
      
   Yep , tried that too.   
      
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