No, this is a problem using kdm. I guess you had to reboot to stop it and then your filesystem needed e2fsck checking? If it did, first re-mount as advised to allow you to write and then disable graphical login in rc.config. then try starting x (startx) and killing it (Ctrl + Alt + backspace), manually changing the parameters of xf86config file as needed. When you have gotit working to your satisfaction, it will be safe to re-enable kdm. You may need to run the file system check (at a guess e2fsck -f -b 8193 /dev/yourrootpartition). Once everything is fixed, reboot and kdm should start as normal. k. -----Original Message----- From: Dominic MacDonald-Aveyard <dominic_mcdonald_aveyard@yahoo.com> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 10:22 PM Subject: [SuSE Linux] I broke my linux box : :Hey there again everyone, : :Well I gone and done it this time. Following the advice of changing :the colour depth on my linux box, thanks for the advice everyone- I :started up XSetup and it told me that x11 was already running did I :wnat to reconfigure. Foolishly, I said yes, changed to 16b colour :depth and saved the configuration. Then I logged out of K, and as :usual the system started up kdm. Execpt thsi time it didn't it said :started kdm and then just stopped on the text only screen and then the :screen began to flash. I rebooted the same thing happend. : :Its my own fault, every time I've used XSetup telling it to use :current settings a sdefaults made it crash, I should have known :better. anyways, in yast my system is set to do the kdm thing every :time. I tried booting fron the boot floppy, same thing. : :How can I fix this? Or should I just bare with windws for the next few :days until I get SuSE 6 and have it up and running? : :Feeling silly, :Dom :== : : :_________________________________________________________ :DO YOU YAHOO!? :Get your free @yahoo.com address at <A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com"><A HREF="http://mail.yahoo.com</A">http://mail.yahoo.com</A</A>> : :- :To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with :this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e :Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the :archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>