No graphical log-in screen after upgrading to OS 11.0

Janichsan · November 11, 2008, 3:19pm

After upgrading on of our working group’s linux computers from Suse 10.1 to OpenSuse 11.0, we no longer get a graphical log-in screen, only a shell log-in.

Logging in there and starting KDE (3.5.9) with “startx” works perfectly fine, though.

Any ideas?

caf4926 · November 11, 2008, 3:28pm

What graphics card do you have? It probably just needs setting up properly.

Janichsan · November 11, 2008, 3:55pm

It’s an onboard Intel GMA965 - and correctly recognised as such (well, at least when I manually start KDE).

caf4926 · November 11, 2008, 4:11pm

post
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

and
/boot/grub/menu.lst

Janichsan · November 11, 2008, 4:25pm

Sure. Here’s xorg.conf…

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-11-11T14:48:16+0100.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#
Section "Files"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
  FontPath     "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
  InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
  InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
  Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "type1"
  Load         "glx"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "kbd"
  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
  Option       "XkbLayout" "de"
  Option       "XkbModel" "pc105"
  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
  Option       "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "9"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Name" "Dell Premium USB Optical Mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  DisplaySize  305 230
  HorizSync    31-60
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "1024X768@75HZ"
  VendorName   "--> VESA"
  VertRefresh  50-75
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 157.00 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync +VSync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 16
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "default" 
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  BoardName    "Framebuffer Graphics"
  BusID        "0:2:0"
  Driver       "fbdev"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Screen       0
  VendorName   "VESA"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
  Option       "Clone" "off"
  Option       "Xinerama" "off"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

…and menu.lst:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Di Nov 11 15:42:27 CET 2008
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.0
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD160JJ_S0DFJ1QLA16423-part6 resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent  showopts vga=0x31b
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.0
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD160JJ_S0DFJ1QLA16423-part6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off x11failsafe vga=0x31a
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.0
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD160JJ_S0DFJ1QLA16423-part6 resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent  showopts vga=0x31a
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Diskette
    rootnoverify (hd0,5)
    chainloader (fd0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.0
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD160JJ_S0DFJ1QLA16423-part6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off x11failsafe vga=0x31a
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen###
title XEN
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/xen.gz 
    module /boot/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD160JJ_S0DFJ1QLA16423-part6    resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts vga=0x31a
    module /boot/initrd-xen

caf4926 · November 11, 2008, 5:54pm

Your graphics is not set up right. It’s set to vesa/framebuffer
here is my xorg.conf
I have a 965 GM
make sure you have the xorg-x11, xgl packages installed

/…/

SaX generated X11 config file

Created on: 2008-10-21T16:56:50+0100.

Version: 8.1

Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005

Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>

Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)

PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!

Section “Files”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/local”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/URW”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Speedo”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/PEX”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/kwintv”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/truetype”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/CID”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/xtest”
FontPath “/opt/kde3/share/fonts”
InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”
EndSection

Section “ServerFlags”
Option “AIGLX” “on”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail” “on”
Option “ZapWarning” “on”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “glx”
Load “type1”
Load “extmod”
Load “dbe”
Load “freetype”
Load “dri”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “kbd”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “gb”
Option “XkbModel” “microsoftpro”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “EmulateWheel” “on”
Option “EmulateWheelButton” “2”
Option “InputFashion” “Mouse”
Option “Name” “IBM;TPPS/2 TrackPoint”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
DisplaySize 331 207
HorizSync 30-62
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “LENOVO LCD MONITOR”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1280x800”
VendorName “LEN”
VertRefresh 43-60
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1280x800” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1280x800” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1280x800” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1280x800” “1280x768” “1280x720” “1024x768” “1280x600” “1024x600” “800x600” “768x576” “640x480”
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSection

Section “Device”
BoardName “965 GM”
BusID “0:2:0”
Driver “intel”
Identifier “Device[0]”
Option “monitor-LVDS” “Monitor[0]”
Screen 0
VendorName “Intel”
EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSection

Section “DRI”
Group “video”
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “on”
EndSection

Janichsan · November 12, 2008, 8:54am

Okay, I changed that (see below) but to no avail: still no graphical login. Any other ideas?

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2008-11-12T08:36:45+0100.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
  FontPath     "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
  InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
  InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
  Option       "AIGLX" "on"
  Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
  Option       "ZapWarning" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "type1"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "kbd"
  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
  Option       "XkbLayout" "de"
  Option       "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
  Option       "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "9"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Name" "Dell Premium USB Optical Mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
  DisplaySize  315 236
  HorizSync    29-96
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "NEC FE791SB"
  Option       "DPMS"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
  VendorName   "NEC"
  VertRefresh  50-160
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 155.46 1280 1376 1512 1744 1024 1025 1028 1074
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 140.45 1280 1376 1512 1744 1024 1025 1028 1069
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 124.53 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1065
  Modeline 	"1280x960" 156.77 1280 1376 1512 1744 960 961 964 1010
  Modeline 	"1280x960" 137.77 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1005
  Modeline 	"1280x960" 120.26 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 999
  Modeline 	"1280x800" 131.10 1280 1368 1504 1728 800 801 804 843
  Modeline 	"1280x800" 114.77 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 838
  Modeline 	"1280x800" 98.89 1280 1352 1488 1696 800 801 804 833
  Modeline 	"1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
  Modeline 	"1152x864" 128.42 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 910
  Modeline 	"1152x864" 112.36 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 905
  Modeline 	"1152x864" 96.77 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 900
  Modeline 	"1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895
  Modeline 	"1280x768" 125.82 1280 1368 1504 1728 768 769 772 809
  Modeline 	"1280x768" 110.12 1280 1360 1496 1712 768 769 772 804
  Modeline 	"1280x768" 94.98 1280 1352 1488 1696 768 769 772 800
  Modeline 	"1280x768" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795
  Modeline 	"1280x720" 118.04 1280 1368 1504 1728 720 721 724 759
  Modeline 	"1280x720" 103.27 1280 1360 1496 1712 720 721 724 754
  Modeline 	"1280x720" 89.04 1280 1352 1488 1696 720 721 724 750
  Modeline 	"1280x720" 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 100.19 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772 809
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 88.50 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772 804
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 76.16 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795
  Modeline 	"1280x600" 96.47 1280 1352 1488 1696 600 601 604 632
  Modeline 	"1280x600" 84.54 1280 1344 1480 1680 600 601 604 629
  Modeline 	"1280x600" 72.80 1280 1336 1472 1664 600 601 604 625
  Modeline 	"1280x600" 61.50 1280 1336 1464 1648 600 601 604 622
  Modeline 	"1024x600" 77.36 1024 1080 1192 1360 600 601 604 632
  Modeline 	"1024x600" 67.63 1024 1080 1184 1344 600 601 604 629
  Modeline 	"1024x600" 58.10 1024 1072 1176 1328 600 601 604 625
  Modeline 	"1024x600" 48.96 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622
  Modeline 	"800x600" 60.07 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 632
  Modeline 	"800x600" 53.14 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 629
  Modeline 	"800x600" 45.50 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625
  Modeline 	"800x600" 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
  Modeline 	"768x576" 55.94 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 607
  Modeline 	"768x576" 48.71 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 604
  Modeline 	"768x576" 41.66 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 600
  Modeline 	"768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597
  Modeline 	"640x480" 37.89 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 506
  Modeline 	"640x480" 33.48 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 503
  Modeline 	"640x480" 28.56 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 500
  Modeline 	"640x480" 23.86 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 157 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
EndSection


Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" 
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
  BoardName    "965Q"
  BusID        "0:2:0"
  Driver       "intel"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  VendorName   "Intel"
EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
  Option       "Clone" "off"
  Option       "Xinerama" "off"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
  Option       "Composite" "on"
EndSection

caf4926 · November 12, 2008, 9:17am

You could try running as su

sax2 -r

Janichsan · November 12, 2008, 10:09am

Same result.

Janichsan · November 12, 2008, 11:07am

Yay! I solved it.

The problem was simply that OS tried to start kdm4 - which is not installed. After adding a tiny little “3” after “kdm” in /etc/sysconfig > DISPLAYMANAGER everything is fine now.

No graphical log-in screen after upgrading to OS 11.0

/…/

SaX generated X11 config file

Created on: 2008-10-21T16:56:50+0100.

Version: 8.1

Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005

Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users&gt;

Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)

PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!

Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>