Hi everyone. I've recently installed suse linux 10.1 on my inspiron 2600. The first time, I went through the installation without adding any extra packages (Not even the Add-on, it wouldnt let me select it). Everything appeered to have gone fine, until the first bootup there was no graphical login, it only let me login in a console.
Here is the last few lines right up to the log in:

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Master Rescource control: runlevel 5 has been reached
Skipped services in runlevel 5: nfs smbfs splash

Wlecome to SUSE LINUX 10.1 (i586) - Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.25-default (tty1).

linux-qqli login:
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I have tried "startx" after loging into root and I got this:

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Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at h t t p://wiki.X.Org
for help
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information

X10: fatal IO error 104 (connection refused by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
linux-qqli:~#
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After a day i got the idea to install some things that might look usefull or necessary from the cd's by, rebooting and update. Again when it finished and rebooted i got the same runlevel idea but this time more were skipped:

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Master Rescource control: runlevel 5 has been reached
Skipped services in runlevel 5: irq_balancer nfs smbfs splash xend xendomains

Wlecome to SUSE LINUX 10.1 (i586) - Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.25-default (tty1).

linux-qqli login:
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Since my knowledge of linux basically ends at installing software i have no clue where to go. Any ideas out there?
If any more info is needed I'd more than happy to supply it.

It is possible that SuSE didn't configure an X login manager. There are three possible login managers. They are called KDM, GDM, and XDM. See if any error messages contain one of those names.

Log in as root and enter the init 5 command.
This will attempt to restart the runlevel 5 stuff including the X login manager. If you see a message like 'no X login manager configured' or 'cannot start KDM' then you will have an idea of what is wrong.

When you get to a command line interface, try running the command "sax2". This should help you reconfigure and test your X server.

when i entered "init 5" i saw no error messages simply a nother command line

here's what i got for "sax2"

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linux-qq1i:~# sax2
SaX: initializing pleaze wait...
SaX: your current configuration will not be read in

SaX: no X-Sever is running
SaX: will start own server if needed
SPP: prepare device [0] profile: Depth24
SPP: prepare device [0] profile: NoDDC
SPP: prepare device [0] profile: Depth16
SPP: prepare device [1] profile: synaptics
SPP: calling device [1] profile script: synaptics
SPP: including prepared profile(s)...

SaX: startup

xc: sorry could not start configuration server
xc: for details refer to the log file:

/var/log/SaX.log

xc: abort...

linux-qqli:~#

What do you get when you do

this all i can see of it: if i knew how to post more of it i would

(EE) I810(0): No Video BIOS modes for chosen depth
(II) UnloadModule: "i810"
(II) UnloadModule: "ddc"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11/lib/modules/libddc.so
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.so
(II) UnloadModule: "vbe"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.so
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.so
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration

Fatal error:
no screens found

Please contact the The X.Org Foundation support
at h ttp://wiki.X.Org
for help
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information

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linux-qq1i:~#

Seems like sax2 is having problems configuring your card. There is another command called "xorgconfig" that you can try. Its menu driven, so its simple to use.

assuming that i did that right nothing changes. any other ideas?

Those errors mean that your X server is not configured properly. What type of graphics card do you have (chipset). It looks like an Intel card and those tend to work fine using Linux.

It appears to be an intel 830mg