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   Dave Royal to Carlos E. R.   
   Re: SUSE newbie   
   07 Jul 24 12:00:48   
   
   From: dave@dave123royal.com   
      
   "Carlos E. R."  Wrote in message:   
      
   > On 2024-07-07 08:50, Dave Royal wrote:   
   >> philo  Wrote in message:   
   >>   
   >>> Dave Royal wrote:   
   >>>> philo  Wrote in message:   
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   >   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Did you install from usb/dvd? If so booting that might have a   
   >>>>   repair option which might configure it.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Yep , tried that too.   
   >>   
   >> And presumably it didn't work - that's worth knowing. I normally   
   >>   update from DVD and I've used 'repair' on a few occasions.   
   >   
   > openSUSE DVD doesn't have an automatic repair option since over a   
   > decade, it was removed.   
      
   You're right. I was thinking of Rescue mode.   
      
   >> And I learned from this thread that the console version (ncurses I   
   >>   assume) of yast doesn't include all the functions of the GUI   
   >>   version. I assumed it did. When I recently updated to 15.6 the   
   >>   GUI yast didn't work and I used the console one for a while -   
   >>   quite nostalgic!   
   >   
   > Yes, it has all the modules. If there is one that is missing, that's a   
   > reportable bug.   
      
   OP said it couldn't detect/reconfigure the video. Should it have   
    been be able to? (I don't have my machine here.)   
      
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