Fujitsu Siemens L1310G notebook

I'm using a notebook, the Amilo L1300G of Fujitsu Siemens.
I've installed Suse 10 with The DVD all of the instalations went right.
But I could not open the KDE or GNOME desktop.when i reboot the start is
going fine until the grafic interface appaers to go black with a cross
cursor in the middle and the systeem hangs My screen is configurated as a
LCD screen, where am I going wrong.
I'm not an expert with Linux an I think that the solution is a simple one.
Please can you help me
Greetings and Thanks

Frans Tames

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fm.tames@quicknet.nl wrote:
> I'm using a notebook, the Amilo L1300G of Fujitsu Siemens.
> I've installed Suse 10 with The DVD all of the instalations went right.
> But I could not open the KDE or GNOME desktop.when i reboot the start is
> going fine until the grafic interface appaers to go black with a cross
> cursor in the middle and the systeem hangs My screen is configurated as a
> LCD screen, where am I going wrong.
> I'm not an expert with Linux an I think that the solution is a simple one.
> Please can you help me
> Greetings and Thanks
>
> Frans Tames
>

I may not be able to help much, but it comes to mind to try a live cd
such as knoppix (vers 4 or a latest one) - it is fairly good at
configuring itself, and it may give both a bit of confidence (hopefully)
and maybe some clue about the next action.
--
ac

fm.tames@quicknet.nl adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> I'm using a notebook, the Amilo L1300G of Fujitsu Siemens.
> I've installed Suse 10 with The DVD all of the instalations went
> right. But I could not open the KDE or GNOME desktop.when i reboot the
> start is going fine until the grafic interface appaers to go black
> with a cross cursor in the middle and the systeem hangs My screen is
> configurated as a LCD screen, where am I going wrong.
> I'm not an expert with Linux an I think that the solution is a simple
> one. Please can you help me
> Greetings and Thanks
>
> Frans Tames

Can you boot to runlevel 3 by adding the boot parameter to the grub boot
screen, on the screen with the countdown marker and choice of OS`s
press F2 ( I think ) and a parameter line will appear where you can add
additional commands that are passed to the kernel on boot, so to get to
runlevel 3 with no X server just type:

init 3

( just the number "3" on its own would have the desired effect as well
but adding the init just reminds you what it is for )

this will be echoed on the line and SuSE will start up to a command
prompt, this is a one off though and needs to be added at every boot so
it will not alter anything permanently.

When you get to the login prompt login as root, enter the root password
and then type:

startx

see if that works or if not does it print any errors?

If you still end up with a black screen with the mouse cursor on and can
go no further then try pressing Ctrl+Alt+<backspace> ( this kills the x
server ) this should get you back to the command prompt and you might
see any error messages.

If there are no errors on screen try Ctrl+Alt+F10 and see if any error
messages are printed there, if there are still no blatantly obvious
errors then have a look in your home dir at the hidden
file .xsession-errors and see if some app is crashing and stopping the
full boot of KDE/Gnome, if you are not that comfortable at the command
line then have a go with mc ( just type mc at the prompt ) this is a
dual pane file-manager and makes it easier to open docs and logs for
reading, with this you can browse the whole file system, have a look
in /var/logs at the files: messages, kdm.log, xorg.0.log ( and previous
ones xorg.1.log etc... ) see if anything jumps out at you and post a
snippet here so we can see if there is a cure.

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