Firstly Please let me apologise If You have all heard this before.

Ok I am a complete Newbie.

I am attempting to install SuSe Office Desktop.

Everything appears fine until I log in.
Actually it's the Log-in that appears wrong.
During installation my monitor appears to work perfectly as does my mouse.
2.3GHz Celeron, 512MB Ram, 80GB & 120GB HDD, IM845GL Motherboard, GeForce4 MX440 64MB Ram, Proview 586 15" TFT Monitor.
After Installation the Sreen appears to reduce resolution down to 600x400 and my Trackball dosen't work.
I have tried the installation several times but to no avail, I just do not get the options for setting Graphics.

I have probably described this really badly and have made a fundamental error.
But I need help!!!

I am prepared for Ritual Public Humiliation - but please help.

GibletBoy

Look into your /var/log/XFree86.0.log. All error messages, monitor or video configuration problems should be mentioned inside. If you have problems - post it here and someone will try to tell you what to do.

Thanks Mara
When I try to access these files logged in as 'User' or Root I get the following

-bash: /var/log/XFree86.0.log: Permission denied

When trying to run

XFree86 I get

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

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages.
Please report problems to feedback@suse.de.


What do I do now?

Will be back tomorrow.

GibletBoy

Do as the error message suggests - remove /tmp/.X0-lock nad then run 'startx' again.

Thanks for your help so far.

I did as suggested and typed in startx at prompt and this is what I got:

_XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeALLCOTSServerListeners: server already running

Fatal server error:
Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X sever isn't already running

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to feedback@suse.de

Xlib:connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 key (failed key comparison) giving up.
/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit4: unable to connect to X server
/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit4: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

I cannot send the reports to Suse because I can't get the thing running.

Again Many Thanks for Your Help Mara

GibletBoy

Progress
I now have a functioning Trackball and Monitor.
How can I be sure that all the settings will be saved?

GibletBoy

Ok
Anyone, I re-installed and the display and Trackball were fine.
Set up Staroffice and Updated Online.
Trackball stopped working.
Restarted machine, Ctl-Alt-Del and chose Reboot.
Now display has reverted to 600X400 or something and trackball don't work.
Help!!

Many Thanks in advance.
GibletBoy

download redhat9 or mandrake 9.1 and install. Suse works ok if you can get running, ive never managed it yet.