Suse 10.1 - Display server problem!!

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I installed suse 10.1 on my pc wid Pentium D - 2.8GHz, 1GB RAM, 7600GT card... and when i select the os from the grub screen, it loads for sometime and the display gets cut and i have to press [ctrl]+[shift]+[backspace], where im shown this error message : "Display server shutdown ... " ..

click here for a screenshot.

Which driver are you using for video card?

not yet installed any driver... installed suse and even before the 1st boot im gettin this error!!

i think u need to edit ur xorg.conf and specify display driver as vesa..

how do i go bout doing that??

I guess suse maybe using nv driver for your card.
For editing xorg.conf type this command after logging in as root

Code:

nano -w /etc/xorg.conf

Then you will find something like this

Section "Device"
.
.
Driver "nv"
.
.
End Section

replace nv or whatever there is with vesa, if it's already vesa then use nv and try.

i cant find 'xorg.conf' .in the etc directory...
when i hit "nano -w /etc/xorg.conf" .. a new file opens (logged in as the root) !!

wat do i do??

Oops very sorry, it's /etc/X11/xorg.conf