Wolfgang Mueller said the following on 04/12/2011 01:00 PM:
Having installed Suse 11.4 on my new laptop, X does not start and startx does not work.
Is there any other way to invoke X? How can I set up the configuration file for X?
Unless you have some very strange hardware that you haven't told us about you should not need to any more.
I did that so often years ago, but I forgot the name of the program. Unfortunately Suse keeps that secret in the 11.4 manual.
No, its not a secret because its not there any more. Since X now autoconfigures its not needed. Well that's the theory. The practice is that there are some cases, but since you haven't given us any clues we can't drill down.
Any hint would be welcome.
There are probably lots of hints in your log files. Have a look for /var/log/Xorg.0.log and the kdm or gdm or xdm log /var/log/kdm.log or similar There may be older versions of some of those files
Thanks in advance,
The program you were looking for is sax2 See http://en.opensuse.org/Archive:SaX2 I suggest you find out why the automatic config is failing BEFORE you resort to sax2 or manual configuration. If you don't you may end up hosing your X even further. -- "Security is a chain within the infrastructure and is as secure as its weakest link. It is not a product nor a series of technologies but a process of solutions measured against the business needs of the organization." -- Walter S. Kobus, Jr., CISM CISSP IAM -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org