Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3397 mails)

[Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Thursday 21 April 2005 03:32, Chris wrote:
>
> > I loaded 9.3 up and install went well. I did the on line update part
> > except the Nvidia ones. Rebooted did the you thing for the Nvidia.
> > Rebooted fine. Diddled with a few personal setting such as screen saver
> > and wallpaper. Shutdown and later fired up twice. Then I went to fire up
> > and could only get a grey/blue screen that asks for log on and gives a
> > console only. Its an x screen and does not allow for further options
> > without knowledge on how to use the console a lot more than I do.
>
>
> There's a bug that gives you the xdm display manager instead of the normal kdm
>
> To solve, do this: log in as user root and run the command 'rcxdm stop'. Then 
> run the command yast.
>
> Then go to System->/etc/sysconfig editor, and then to desktop->display 
> manager->display manager and change the value to kdm.
>
> Finish and quit out of yast and run 'rcxdm start' and you should see your 
> regular login screen again

Tsk! I am surprised that Chris, silly boy, didn't know about this simple
bug and how to fix it.

Cheers.

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