[opensuse] laptop installation woes
i have installed opensuse 10.2 on my laptop at least 6 times and i either boot into a black screen or i boot into the command line. i select the kde desk top and get rid of beagle, zmd and kerry at the package choices. the install usually goes pretty smooth. all of my hardware gets recognized. then i hit finish and everything shuts down and goes to a blank screen or reboots into the command line. only once did i get the gui and when i tried to sign in as root it said the password was incorrect. hp pavillion dv5000z, amd sempron 2.0ghz processor, 1gb ram, ati radeon 200m graphics card and i forget what the sound card and modem are, but they are of the same manufacturer. any ideas as to why the gui won't boot or the system shuts down? i had to reinstall windoze xp pro. i hate it!!!! dwain -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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
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