It seems that you have a Nvidia card. If you have a Nvidia card, you have to reinstall the nvidia driver. So, download the latest nvidia installer from nvidia wed site, and install the kernel source package of the latest suse kernel for 7.3. Log as root in a console (ctrl+Alt+F2), go to runlevel 3 by typing init 3, install kernel source rpm, cd to /usr/src/linux make cloneconfig make dep then cd to /where/you/download/nvidia-installer and run the installer by typing sh nividia-installer-XXXX.sh tell it you want to compile your own kernel driver. when finished just type init 5 X should work now. ---------- Initial Header ----------- From : greg@franks.dnsalias.com To : suse-linux-e@suse.com Cc : Date : 09 Dec 2003 11:05:23 -0500 Subject : [SLE] 7.3 kernel Upgrade -- X fails to start Greetings... I upgraded my 7.3 kernel from 2.10 to 2.18 to get the latest security fixes. Alas, the X server won't start. In /var/log/messages, I get : Dec 9 10:57:52 franks modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-195 Dec 9 10:57:53 franks kdm[1799]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay Dec 9 10:57:53 franks kdm[1790]: Display :0 cannot be opened So it looks like I need to build something... What did I do wrong in the update cycle? ..greg -- __@ Greg Franks <| _~@ __O _`\<,_ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |O\ -^\<;^\<, (*)/ (*) (*)--(*)%---/(*) "Where do you want to go today?" Outside. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com ********** L'ADSL A 20 EUR/MOIS********** Avec Tiscali, l'ADSL est à 20 EUR/mois. Vous pourrez chercher longtemps avant de trouver moins cher ! Pour profiter de cette offre exceptionnelle, cliquez ici : http://register.tiscali.fr/adsl/ Offre soumise à conditions.