SuSe 8.2 Live-Eval

[Anjo]

I'm trying to test out SuSe 8.2 on my laptop with their live cd, however after config X doesnt seem to want to load. The screen flickers trying to load but all I get is the prompt for runlevel 3. Is it even possible to login to these "live" distros? I thought they were configured with no root password but I cant get in.

[mdwatts]

Does the Live-Eval allow you to configure X during the install/boot?

Is the video card in the laptop supported by whatever version of X included with SuSE 8.2?

[Anjo]

No X configuration in the Live cd. Suse 8.2 uses XFree86 4.3 which is the same version of X on my install of RH9 on the same laptop

[Anjo]

Hit send too early...X works on RH9 on the laptop, I did have to change the driver used for the nVidia graphics card in the laptop. But the problem is I cant even login to a command line to update the config file. I'd rather test out SuSe without setting up a partition for it and installing it on the same drive as RH9, but I just might have to do that to be able to get X working

[serz]

Can't you start SuSE in console mode? You could mount (if it's not) your redhat partition and try using Redhat's XF86Config file. Just a thought.

[Anjo]

There is no option to run in console....similar to Knoppix, it should just boot into runlevel 5 and I assume not have a root password. I'll attempt a normal install on a separate partition and see what happens

[Icarus]

the SuSE 8.2-Live Eval works differently then other LiveCds.
SuSE makes a 100mb file on one of the partitions you specify, which is used for configs and /home

During the boot is asks you the typical setup questions (it doesn't autodetect very well, but is very easy to walk through), root password, users, networking and display.
The display gives you an option to test to make sure it works before you set it.

If it wasn't for their LiveCD I would not of loaded SuSE, but it's not bad overall

[dkeav]

you can use sax2 in command mode to adjust your video settings, i had to do that one time on a laptop