Running Suse 10 on AMD64, got the KDE kernel problem

My version of the base packages is 3.24, there has been no update/fix to
the script published. Am I the only person running 64-bit Suse? Help!
Although logging in to the cli and typing "startx" works
Gareth Tomlinson

garethmt@tiscali.co.uk adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> My version of the base packages is 3.24, there has been no update/fix
> to the script published. Am I the only person running 64-bit Suse?
> Help! Although logging in to the cli and typing "startx" works
> Gareth Tomlinson

Gareth,

what is version 3.24?

What script needs a fix/update?


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Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp

> garethmt@tiscali.co.uk adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:
>
> > My version of the base packages is 3.24, there has been no update/fix
> > to the script published. Am I the only person running 64-bit Suse?
> > Help! Although logging in to the cli and typing "startx" works
> > Gareth Tomlinson
>
> Gareth,
>
> what is version 3.24?
>
> What script needs a fix/update?
>
>
> --
> Mark
> Twixt hill and high water
> N. Wales, UK
> Novell Support Forums SysOp
>
I updated the system 5 days ago, since then it only boots at runlevel 3.
Logging in and typing "startx" starts kDE fine. There is a post earlier
referring to a KDE base package update that has caused the problem on
other systems, but the versions don't match mine.

garethmt@tiscali.co.uk adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

>
> I updated the system 5 days ago, since then it only boots at runlevel
> 3. Logging in and typing "startx" starts kDE fine. There is a post
> earlier referring to a KDE base package update that has caused the
> problem on other systems, but the versions don't match mine.

Yes I know, but what version are *you* running?

If you have updated via YOU then you will not have the problem in the
other thread as the KDE version there is one you have to d/load from
the supplementary directory on the ftp server, it is not an update to
the one that comes with Suse it is a completely different release.

If you have used Yast and changed source of installation to point to the
ftp server and have installed KDE 3.5.1 then have you tried again as
there have been a couple of revisions since then, the last to the
KDEbase files was yesterday morning bringing the version to 3.5.1-40

HTH
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Mark
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK
Novell Support Forums SysOp

garethmt@tiscali.co.uk said the following on 14/03/06 03:19:

> My version of the base packages is 3.24, there has been no update/fix to
> the script published. Am I the only person running 64-bit Suse? Help!
> Although logging in to the cli and typing "startx" works
> Gareth Tomlinson

Just a stab in the dark, but would you be using an ATI or NVIDIA video?
You have to re-run the driver install packages after a Kernel update.
That's exactly how my system behaves until I do. I am running 64-bit
with 10.0, but if it is video related, it affects 32-bit as well.

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The main thing to understand is that science is about uncertainty.
Science teaches us to have a high tolerance of uncertainty. We do not
yet know the answers to most of the important questions - nature is
smarter than we are. But if we are patient, and not in too much of a
hurry, then science gives us a good way to find the answers.

Freeman J Dyson

> garethmt@tiscali.co.uk said the following on 14/03/06 03:19:
>
> > My version of the base packages is 3.24, there has been no update/fix to
> > the script published. Am I the only person running 64-bit Suse? Help!
> > Although logging in to the cli and typing "startx" works
> > Gareth Tomlinson
>
> Just a stab in the dark, but would you be using an ATI or NVIDIA video?
> You have to re-run the driver install packages after a Kernel update.
> That's exactly how my system behaves until I do. I am running 64-bit
> with 10.0, but if it is video related, it affects 32-bit as well.
>
> --
> ..snork
>
> The main thing to understand is that science is about uncertainty.
> Science teaches us to have a high tolerance of uncertainty. We do not
> yet know the answers to most of the important questions - nature is
> smarter than we are. But if we are patient, and not in too much of a
> hurry, then science gives us a good way to find the answers.
>
> Freeman J Dyson

That was the answer! rerunning the NVidia driver install solved the problem
instantly - thanks to all for their suggestions!