Cannot start Gnome after Suse 8.2 install
 

I just installed Suse 8.2 and cannot get the Gnome environment running. I tried startx gnome2 from the command line and get the following:

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for disply 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again

What can I do to include the Gnome environment integrated and available at the login prompt?

TIA,
Garsch

Are you trying to run gnome from another X server? You cannot run 2 xservers at once. Check those 2 files located at your /etc/X11/xinit

Xclients
xinitrc

Depending how you login (graphical or text mode) you need to edit one or another. I edited Xclients because I use text login.
Check to see if you find PREFERRED=gnome-section as first choice there and it should do the trick ;). If you login in graphical env. I think (I'm not sure) you'd to add exec gnome-section at the end of xinitrc

Good luck!

P.S: there are easiers ways to do this, but I cannot remember. However, it should still work ;)

Since I am using the graphical env. I edited the xinitrc file. Thanks for the help!

Cool :D I'm glad it helped ;)