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19 Apr
2007
19 Apr
'07
20:24
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 18:09, dwain wrote:
any ideas as to why the gui won't boot or the system shuts down? Yes, this is usually caused because the X server cannot start for some reason, or KDM cannot start--- for some reason.
Install the minimal graphical system-- this is an experiment thing-- and see if things work... if so go on from there... if not then try logging in and starting X manually making special note of the error messages that come up... will give us some clues regarding the failure point. At the command line enter: startx What messages do you see? -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org