I installed OS11.0 a few months ago and have enjoyed it. It seems much easier to manage the repositories and install new products… though I still would like the set-your-on-pace class that I can wiz through to keep myself from struggling with problems like the one I am having right now:
When I boot the box now it loads direcltly to a text interface for the login.
I login just fine on any of the users or root, but then am stuck at a command line that I am only marginally familiar with.
When I type “startkde” i get a long string of errors and informative commands… but the system does not load in the GUI that I need to manage my programs and files.
I also see frequent output that it cannot connect to the X server… I dont even know what this is.
Please advise.
bam
you need to tell us what your graphics setup is so we can help properly
but for now to get a basic vesa display
do this
reboot and pause the green boot screen by moving an arrow key - go to default boot
type 3 in the boot line to get runlevel 3 - login as root
type
sax2 -r -m 0=vesa
reboot
this should enable a display using vesa
that was super fun.
though, I wish i understood what sax2 was… is it the video management component for suse?
after I ran sax and configured the display, i was brought back to the terminal and prompted.
attempted the command “startkde” no success. Still have <unable to open display ‘’> messages thrown.
also tried comman “kdesu” and got <cannot connect to X server>
please advise.
bam
i got it to work… realized that I needed to login as someone other than root.
then was able to startx and im in the gui again
how do i learn all the stuff i need to know to run and manage my accounts with ease.
i appreciate the forum for answering questions, but i need to tutorial for experienced users.
please advise
bam
I always say the man pages are the place to start,just open a console & type man commandname ( where commandname is what you want to find out about ) type man man to find a list
Andy
Here Novell OpenSUSE 11.0 and here Concepts and here Documentation and here SDB .
There is also extensive docm under the Help facility in openSUSE itself, including all the man pages organized categorically. Taken altogether, the docm would fill quite a large book. As with Windows, most users use the help associated with a particular function or through the search facility.
ok, i will work with these…
thanks everyone!