I am using Dell Vostro 1000 and I recently installed opensuse 11.2 gnome. It has ATI graphics card.
The x server does not automatically start by itself nor does the GUI login screen come up.
I have to login through the command line and startx manually to start x11.
It never had any problems with 11.1. Should I go back to 11.1 Please help!
Yast, System, System Services, Expert mode: Is the deault runlevel set to “5”?
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Type runlevel and if isn’t 5 then as root edit /etc/inittab and set
it to 5
id:5:initdefault:
then type telinit 6 and see what happen
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I just checked and verified that the /sbin/runlevel is 5.
I will attach log/messages and dmesg as soon as I get a chance.
Please also advise exactly what ATI graphic card.
Please note post#8 in this thread, where an user whos Acer Aspire 5100 has an ATI Radeon Express 1100 and they found they had to download the xorg-11-driver-video update form Index of /repositories/X11:/XOrg:/11.2/openSUSE_11.2 to fix a similar problem. Thread is here (again, post#8 has their solution): Can’t get X to start on Acer Aspire 5100 - openSUSE Forums
Here is the output from lspci | grep -i ati
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
Thanks for the link you have provided. I am going through it and I will let you know if I make any progress or no progress.
Yes it looks like it is set to a runlevel 5.
Expert Mode
Set default runlevel after booting to:
5: Full multiuser with network and display manager
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Service will be started in the following runlevels
3 5
Sorry, I was not able to figure out how to attach a screenshot so I had to write in words. 
dmesg
107.559384] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
107.569164] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
107.569189] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
108.566445] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
108.566487] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
108.576467] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
108.576499] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
109.597097] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
109.597137] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
109.606961] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
109.606986] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
110.601307] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
110.601346] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
110.611110] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
110.611135] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
111.638479] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
111.638509] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
111.648514] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
111.648538] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
$tail 15 messages
tail: cannot open `15’ for reading: No such file or directory
==> messages <==
Dec 22 21:16:49 linux-d9p6 kernel: 144.455766] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
Dec 22 21:16:49 linux-d9p6 kernel: 144.455798] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
Dec 22 21:16:50 linux-d9p6 sudo: lxuser : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/lxuser ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/cp /var/log/messages /home/lxuser/Desktop/
Dec 22 21:16:50 linux-d9p6 sudo: pam_env(sudo:setcred): non-alphanumeric key ‘alias aumix=padsp aumix’ in /etc/environment’, ignoring
Dec 22 21:16:50 linux-d9p6 sudo: pam_env(sudo:setcred): non-alphanumeric key ‘alias sox=padsp sox’ in /etc/environment’, ignoring
Dec 22 21:16:50 linux-d9p6 sudo: pam_env(sudo:setcred): non-alphanumeric key ‘alias timidity=timidity -Oe’ in /etc/environment’, ignoring
Dec 22 21:16:50 linux-d9p6 kernel: 145.451129] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
Dec 22 21:16:50 linux-d9p6 kernel: 145.451171] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
Dec 22 21:16:50 linux-d9p6 kernel: 145.460908] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x8d on isa0060/serio0).
Dec 22 21:16:50 linux-d9p6 kernel: 145.460944] atkbd.c: Use ‘setkeycodes e00d <keycode>’ to make it known.
I am not able to install the latest x11 drivers (xorg-x11-driver-video-32bit-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64.rpm). It is giving me the following error message
Is that the right driver? I had thought you only need xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64.rpm. My previous post noted xorg-x11-driver-video was the rpm to update.
Why are you installing xorg-x11-driver-video-32bit? Was it pulled in as a dependency? IMHO if that was not a dependency requirement, then I am not surprised to see such an error as I do not think it should be necessary and if not necessary it can cause problems.
Looking at the repository, you may also wish to install:
xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64.rpm and xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64.rpm .
But I do not see the need for xorg-x11-driver-video-32bit.
Sorry my bad. I was trying to install the wrong driver. Thanks for pointing it out.
Pardon my ignorance but I would like to learn how to install the depedencies using rpm package manager. Here is the output I am currently receiving:
error: Failed dependencies:
libXext.so.6()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libXv.so.1()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libXvMC.so.1()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libc.so.6()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.8)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libdrm.so.2()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libdrm_intel.so.1()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libm.so.6()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libpciaccess.so.0()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libpthread.so.0()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4-87.92.1.x86_64
Trying to install the other two packages show similar error
linux-d9p6:~/Download # rpm -i xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libc.so.6()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64
libdrm.so.2()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64
libpciaccess.so.0()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0_20091124_6387ab4-5.1.x86_64
linux-d9p6:~/Download # rpm -i xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libX11.so.6()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libXi.so.6()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libXtst.so.6()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libc.so.6()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libm.so.6()(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) is needed by xorg-x11-driver-input-7.4-41.1.x86_64
Please provide the output of typing:
cat /etc/SuSE-release
linux-d9p6:~/Download # cat /etc/SuSE-release
openSUSE 11.2 (i586)
VERSION = 11.2
Tried the i586 package and getting the same error. Cannot install it either. Please note that I have AMD 64 dual core processor and I installed the 32 bit version.
Yes, and above it suggests you were installing (or attempting to install) 64-bit version of those xorg apps.
Have you installed other 64-bit apps on this 32-bit openSUSE? That could really mess things up.
Note if its a 32-bit openSUSE you MUST install 32-bit apps. NEVER on a 32-bit openSUSE install 64-bit apps.
My apologies if I am stating the obvious, but your post has me wondering if this was not clear. Again, apologies for emphasizing the obvious (for some of us)
That’s ok. The reason I installed 32 bit was I wanted to get around the flash problem I was having on the opensuse11.0.
Anyway the current installation is pretty new. The only thing I installed on this version is the wireless driver using the following command:
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43XX_firmware
This might have caused the issue. I know that when I login as a normal user the wireless connection is intermittent. When I login as a root it works perfectly fine. I should probably open a separate thread for this.
Should I remove this driver and try installing the xorg or even xfree86.