help!...suse 9 gome won't shut off...or start

reillac · 01-03-2004, 02:11 PM

Well, I must have done something.

I installed GNOME, and then I deleted KDE. Worked around in desktop preferences, etc, then logged out. But the machine didn't log out, instead I got a plain text page with starting service kdm on the top....it wanted me to login in, which I did, then it has

callierlaura@linux:~>

I hit enter, but nothing happens. I'm stuck and it won't do anything...is it waiting for a command? if so, what?

Laura

Peacedog · 01-03-2004, 02:14 PM

try startx

reillac · 01-03-2004, 02:17 PM

now it's dead...just a black screen, but it's still "on", just a living black screen

Peacedog · 01-03-2004, 02:19 PM

sounds like you need to run xdm and set it to gnome.

reillac · 01-03-2004, 02:21 PM

I fiddled with the lap top monitor settings...maybe it's just that the darn screen is black...great, how do I check that out?

Laura

reillac · 01-03-2004, 02:22 PM

how do I run xdm?

Peacedog · 01-03-2004, 02:23 PM

do you mean you fiddled with them from the desktop or physically adjusted them?

Peacedog · 01-03-2004, 02:25 PM

control+alt+backspace to kill the current x session. you should be brought to a prompt something like you saw before, then su to root and type xdm.

reillac · 01-03-2004, 02:27 PM

I have a laptop. I went into desktop preferences, into the monitor section and change the display to 1600 x 1200, which is the resolution for my laptop. It said that the changes would take place when I restarted my computer.

reillac · 01-03-2004, 02:28 PM

may I'll try hooking the laptop up to an external monitor and see if that works.

Peacedog · 01-03-2004, 02:33 PM

Quote:

I have a laptop. I went into desktop preferences, into the monitor section and change the display to 1600 x 1200, which is the resolution for my laptop. It said that the changes would take place when I restarted my computer.

have youp rebooted?

reillac · 01-03-2004, 02:33 PM

how weird...ok, I did control, alt, backspace...it brought me back to the plain text screen, I put in startx, and I'm right back there on the KDE desktop....the one I thought I deleted!

I think I'm learning alot from this session! Any suggestions about getting myself back to where I was?

reillac · 01-03-2004, 02:45 PM

it also says warning, 12 object references still alive

reillac · 01-03-2004, 02:48 PM

sorry, my replies are getting all mixed up...

ran startx, and got into KDE. I added KDE back. Then tried to shut down. Then got the text screen again that says there are 12 object references still alive and the system is waiting to shut down server x, then I get the prompt callierlaura@linux:~>

reillac · 01-03-2004, 04:17 PM

Hi,

Just wanted to let you know I've given up on this problem...learned alot of lessons...was rushing through installation and setting up configurations tto fast. I just decided to do a forced shut down and I'm re-installing the whole thing.

I'll just slow down abit and give myself time to learn the system.
Thanks for your patience and advice.

Laura