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nnjond

09-24-2010 08:25 PM

OpemSuse boots to cli only

Hi,
I can't boot to a choice of guis in OpenSuse 11.3

can anyone advise me on my next move?

Thanks

Code:



~# startx

hostname: Hostname loockup failure

xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.5983



X: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libudev.so.0: invalid ELF header giving up



xinit: connection error (refused111): unable to connect to X server

xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error



~#

~# startx

Drakeo

09-24-2010 09:54 PM

if that is all the info you can give I guess the out put is your answer

Quote:

X: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libudev.so.0: invalid ELF

(I it just happened) you may want to reinstall udev with the correct arch.

nnjond

09-25-2010 02:21 AM

Thnks for your assistance.

But Don't know how to proceed with your advice

~# install udev

requires some options and i don't know what the Correct architecture should be.

Drakeo

09-25-2010 07:55 AM

what I am asking is what where you doing befor and after it happened. was this an install from a live cd. or was this a what?

knudfl

09-25-2010 09:31 AM

To follow the @ Drakeo advice , please do 1) su

2) zypper in libudev0 udev

I.e. 'zypper' is the Suse "package install command".
Please read 'man zypper'.
Also available online http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Zypper_usage_11.3
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