suse 9.1 live eval
Newbie here. I downloaded SuSE 9.1 live eval to try it out. Is SuSE 9.1 live eval only command line? After it loads it immediately asks for a login which I entered root then there I am. No GUI?
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Please post what video card you have. You might want to try Knoppix, it has better hardware detection.
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What happens if you type 'startx' (without the quotes) after logging in? Please post the error messages you will likely receive.
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Thanks for the replies. I have a geforce2 mx gfx card. I tried 'startx' and I get this message:
"There is no link /var/X11R6/bin/x to the correct x server binary. Please configure the correct x server with SaX/SaX2, which will create the missing link. I'm aborting now." :confused: Any ideas? I did also download knoppix 3.6. It great. That's why I wanted to try out SuSE live. Thanks again. |
No prob, if u wanna experiment a bit more with different live distros, some others are gnoppix (knoppix with a gnome desktop), MandrakeMove, MEPIS Linux, and many more. Go to linuxcd.org and on the left click live cd. It will give you a list and each has a description when clicked on.
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Assuming you are still logged in as root in the console, I would suggest typing sax2 (I imagine that's the name of the binary of the config utility they're referring to) as suggested, to configure the correct X server.
I'm not a SuSE user, but I would think that the messages would be fairly self-evident (since SuSE is considered very easy to use), or you could always post what information the utility is asking for and we could help you figure it out. |
I looked more closely at what was being loaded when I booted the live cd and I saw that there were some errors during the load:
. .. ... /usr/sbin.cupsd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7: cannot read file data: input/output error /user/sbin/hwscan: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libhd.so.8: cannot read file data: input/output error Start scan on boot Start cron daemon Start name service cache daemon Can't open /usr/lib/hardware/unique-keys/*: no such file or directory Starting service kdm Failed services in runlevel 5: Skipped services in runlevel 5: It's probably because I downloaded a bad ISO since the whole thing is running off the CD correct? |
This is possible. Always md5sum your downloads.
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