dont get desktop when installing Gnome or KDE

amitca71 · 04-18-2010, 04:45 PM

Hi,

while installing openSuse on my PC, I dont get Desktop but only command line.
I can see the following:
1) during boot process its staing: "Failed services in runlevel 5" and "waring GdmDisplay: display lasted 2.1317348 seconds"
and " GdmLocalDisplayFactory: maximun number of X display failure reached.

2) /var/log/Xorg.n.log files (n=1-5) "AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0"

Any idea?
Thanks,
Amit

jdmcdaniel3 · 04-18-2010, 05:33 PM

Most often, when the desktop does not start, it may be a video driver problem. What kind of computer, chip-set and video system are you trying to load SuSE on? I normally suggest to try to run the Live CD, before doing any install, to see if the system works OK. If it does, most likely the installation will go OK.

Thank You,

amitca71 · 04-18-2010, 06:17 PM

my computer is Dellwith cellron, Video is working fine.

I could see now that its stating "Failed to load module "i810".

Anyway, when i operated the kernel from the CD same happend

Does it give a direction?

jdmcdaniel3 · 04-18-2010, 08:00 PM

The error "Failed to load module "i810" is a video driver issue. Just because you get a text display (using just normal VGA text) does not mean you don't have a video driver issue. I think this is a really old issue that is solved under openSUSE 11.2. What version of openSUSE are you trying to install? Have you considered trying to reload one more time just in case something went wrong?

Thank You,

amitca71 · 04-19-2010, 12:41 AM

i'm trying to install openSuse 11.2....
I used the same CD to install it on other PCs (IBM and HP) and it all went fine...