LinuxQuestions.org
Welcome to the most active Linux Forum on the web.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General
User Name
Password
Linux - General This Linux forum is for general Linux questions and discussion.
If it is Linux Related and doesn't seem to fit in any other forum then this is the place.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 01-05-2006, 09:40 PM   #1
davedotwojo
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jan 2006
Posts: 15

Rep: Reputation: 0
suse won't let me into the gui


ok, here goes
so i was looking for a c++ compiler on google when i stumbled upon intel's
after i d/l the archive, i opened it, read the install instructions, and started to follow them
first i decompressed the 199.1MB file i opened the folder and double clicked the 'install.cc' file
the only reason i knew that the computer was doing anything with the file is because the computer's busy light was going and didn't stop

while i was waiting i checked out some websites

about two hours later i had closed every program that i had open and the light was still going
so i left the computer go and ate dinner and did some other stuff

i came back about two hours later to find a white screen w/o a cursor
after a couple of minutes of stareing at this screen thinking what to, i reset the computer with ctrl+alt+backspace (stupid, i now know)

now suse tells me it's drive is so full that it can't let me into the gui so instead it takes me the the command line (i'm not sure if this is the correct name, but it looks like DOS)(i just started using linux less than a week ago)

the only things i know how to do from the command line is logout, reset, and help(which is no help to me)

any info will be greatly appreciated
 
Old 01-05-2006, 11:24 PM   #2
EclipseAgent
Member
 
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: California
Distribution: SLED 10, openSuSE 10.2, Ubuntu Drapper
Posts: 713

Rep: Reputation: 30
why not try deleting something from the command line.

You can use rm
 
Old 01-29-2006, 09:26 AM   #3
Haystack
Member
 
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Distribution: Gentoo, Ubuntu
Posts: 65

Rep: Reputation: 15
you have to find out where the package is installed. In commandline mode there are several ways to do so (find, (s)locate, etc). I understand you're not familiar with te command line interface so I suggest reading the Bash Reference Manual, especially chapter 4 : Built-in commands. (you will need commands like "cd" "ls" "rm" etc.)
Printing the Bash Reference from ssc helped me a lot learning to survive with CLI. http://www.ssc.com/ssc/bash/bash.pdf

Most of the time, the program you installed can be found at "/usr/bin/%nameoftheprogram%" "/usr/share/bin/%nameoftheprogram%" or "/usr/local/bin/%nameoftheprogram%"

I hope this helped you a bit.
 
Old 01-29-2006, 09:29 AM   #4
Haystack
Member
 
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Distribution: Gentoo, Ubuntu
Posts: 65

Rep: Reputation: 15
oh and if you're not sure how to use a tool from the commandline:

entering
Code:
man %tool%
gives you the tools fine manual.
 
Old 01-29-2006, 11:40 AM   #5
KimVette
Senior Member
 
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Lee, NH
Distribution: OpenSUSE, CentOS, RHEL
Posts: 1,794

Rep: Reputation: 46
The first thing you should do is boot from a CD, mount the drive as read-write and then clear everything out of /tmp

The second thing you can do is go to the directory where you unpacked the project and clear it out - there will be a lot of object files and they take up a LOT of space in large projects. Actually before you do that: when you switch to the project directory do a "du -h" to find out how large it is. I'd bet that is the culprit. You may need to compile the project on a separate drive.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
suse 10 gui basraboy SUSE / openSUSE 2 11-05-2005 03:07 PM
Cannot Boot to GUI- SuSE 9.1 Quiber SUSE / openSUSE 4 01-13-2005 12:58 PM
Suse 9.1 no gui joelcomp1 Linux - General 4 05-11-2004 03:50 PM
GUI for SUSE Linux 8.1 L-Newbie Linux - Networking 0 02-27-2004 05:26 PM
suse 8.2 - ? regarding bringing up and down the GUI t3___ Linux - Newbie 4 01-13-2004 03:09 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:02 AM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration