login text mode

English Install/Boot/Login
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i looked for the answer before posting and couldnt find it, if someone knows where it is please tell me :slight_smile:

so this is what happened…

i got opensus 10.3 installed, everything was ok, ive been using it like 1 month now, but today i went to my pc setup menu and selected the option of “reset all values” you know where you chk CMOS, boot sequence, etc… (the reason i did this its another story, by the way i have windows on the same computer), the thing is… after i did this Windows boots with no problem, but when i select opensuse it begins loading everything and suddenly screen goes black, takes me to a text mode and asks me for login, something like this:

r2jf login:

ok so i put my login (root) click enter and asks me for password and THEN… it wont let me write anything, i hit enter and it gives me a prompt of “login incorrect” and takes me back to

r2jf login:

ive tried all logins possible i can think of, still wont let me write a password and it keeps taking me back to the same prompt…

anyone knows what can be done? i need my linux back :frowning:

2

you cannot see what is being typed, the cursor does not move, but it is typing, just type your password very carefully it is doing it even though you can’t see it

and do you know what you are doing logging in as root??

3

ok i did it, it worked because i can type commands but now how do i go back to my desktop in kde?

and honestly, the only thing i know about logging in as root is that you have permissions to do whatever you want, i’ve always logged in as root (you can see i dont know much about linux system but im struggling to learn more here)

4

To get back to kde type exit if you are root then enter your normal user name and pass. Then startx
Regarding logging in as root read here

Geoff

5

Don’t login as root.

Unless you need to perform admin tasks.

If you login as user
when done and it says welcome enjoy, now try typing

startx

if that doesn’t start the desktop let us know, and at the same time tell us if you have done updates recently and what graphics card/device you have and if you know if you had a driver installed.

6

i logged in as user not as root, typed startx and didnt worked, gave me prompts like for example: no windows found, something about Nvidia and some other things,
last time i was using linux i installed some things:
-xine media player
-mpplayer
-and there was one thing about nvidia that got my attention and i installed that too
-a package of codecs for playing some videos i had

im guessing all of this has something to do with that nvidia thing i selected

im using an old nvidia card fx5200
i dont remember the exact name of the software i selected but im sure i had never installed software for the nvidia card before

7

try logging in - this time as root

then go:
init 3

hit return

now type

sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia

reboot
see if that sorts it out, if not come back

8

Even admin tasks should NOT be done as root
See link in previous post

Geoff

9

I was referring specifically to the situation at hand geoffo, for his booting/login issue, root login is required (probably)
But as a general rule - you are quite correct.

Lot’s of us login root at CLI to install nVidia

10

CLI is not the same as running Linux as root. Same as using a console but without X. There is nothing that you cannot do as a normal user with su that can be done when logged in as root.

Geoff

11

ok results to the entries you gave me:

it changed to runlevel 3, once there i typed the other command, gave me some prompts and finally:

“sorry could not start configuration server” and thats it, and it gives me the location where i can find the log file but as i’ve never used text mode before i cant see whats inside the file… (shame on me i know…)

12

Possibly the easiest solution for you is do as before but lets use vesa as the driver to see if we can’t at least get you a GUI

so type:
sax2 -r -m 0=vesa

reboot

(Ignore the pointless argument going on here about logging in as root - you have already been running as root regularly and likely already have a compromised system - it was just easier to get you doing it this way - though properly as GEOFFRO said we would use su from a user login)

13

hey that last command worked, im working from linux now, now is there anything else i need to do?

14

open a terminal and type

zypper lr

post here

15

this is what i got…

| Enabled | Refresh | Type | Alias

                            | Name

—±--------±--------±-------±---------------------------------------------- --------------------------------±---------------------------------------------
1 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | Index of /pub/packman/suse/10.3 | Packman Repository
2 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emul ators:/Wine/openSUSE_10.3/ | openSUSE BuildService - Wine CVS Builds
3 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.3 | NVIDIA Repository
4 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | openSUSE-10.3-Updates | openSUSE-10.3-Updates
5 | No | No | yast2 | openSUSE-10.3-DVD 10.3 | openSUSE-10.3-DVD 10.3
6 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | Index of /pub/videolan/vlc/ SuSE/10.3/ | VideoLan Repository
7 | Yes | Yes | yast2 | Index of /distribution/10.3 /repo/non-oss/ | Main Repository (NON-OSS)
8 | Yes | Yes | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/open SUSE:10.3/standard/ | Main Repository (OSS)
9 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozi lla/openSUSE_10.3/ | openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla
10 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virt ualization:/Qemu/openSUSE_10.3/ | openSUSE BuildService - Virtualization (QEMU)

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Open Yast - Software - Software Management
Filter by repo
Select nvidia
check the driver to install/update

N.B. This assumes you already have these packages (use search to check)

kernel-source
make
gcc

accept

when done do
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart the desktop

let us know what happens

17

turns out i dont have kernel-source so im downloading right now buts its kinda big… so im waiting…ill let you know…

18

ok, download complete, install done, ctrl-alt-backspace done, for a moment the screen went black, took me back to the text mode window and then back to the login screen, i logged in again and here i am,
hopefully that is ok, is it?

19

in a terminal type

glxinfo

paste here but only top section - yours will look different

my eg:

glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM 4.1.3002 x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 7.0.3
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_imaging,
GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_point_parameters,
GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar,
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_cull_vertex,
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_convolution, GL_EXT_copy_texture,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_histogram,
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1, GL_APPLE_client_storage,
GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate,
GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture,
GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_light_max_exponent,
GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_OES_read_format,
GL_SGI_color_matrix, GL_SGI_color_table, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat

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it looks a lot smaller than yours…

glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension “GLX” missing on display “:0.0”.
Xlib: extension “GLX” missing on display “:0.0”.
Xlib: extension “GLX” missing on display “:0.0”.
Error: couldn’t find RGB GLX visual

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat

Xlib: extension “GLX” missing on display “:0.0”.
Xlib: extension “GLX” missing on display “:0.0”.
0x21 16 tc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None