Hi all,
my machine os:linux opensuse 10.1 could not start in desktop GUI mode, it starts in CLI mode. I startx but still it goes to cli mode. Could someone help to let the machine goes directory to GUI mode ?
... thanx
Mohammed Hammam

Can you actually start the X server when you run "startx", or is it giving you errors and dropping you back to the console? If so, please post those errors.

If you can "startx" successfully, then you need to change your default runlevel in /etc/inittab. For most distros, I belive it's runlevel 5 for a GUI, so look for the line that says

id:3:initdefault:

and change the number accordingly. At the top of the file, there should be some comments about the runlevels, so use that to determine whether it should be 5 or not.

you should search the forums as the solution has been given AFAIK.

What error messages do you get when doing [b]startx[b]? If nothing, then read /var/log/Xorg.0.log (or if I recall the file name wrong, cd into /var/log and check out what it was).

There's something preventing the X server from starting, it seems. Have you upgraded your software, drivers or hardware perhaps? Anything that might have anything to do with your display?

Though this will most probably not work, you can try this: most of the Linuxes I've seen use runlevel 5 for graphical use and runlevel 3 for CLI; you could try switching back and forth (to 3 to 5 again) to see if the error comes up again. Also if you try to fix something, this way you can see if it helps; probably you'll need to edit your /etc/X11/Xorg.conf configuration file. To change the runlevels:

whis will get you to runlevel 3, command line, and
should get you to GUI environment, but if the config is incorrect or there is some other problem, this will just bring you back to console and give some errors (which are useful in solving the situation).

Post here the errors you get when X comes down (after startx for example).

EDIT: oh man I dislike this; there are 3-10 persons viewing a thread, everybody writing a "quick reply" simultaneously and then there suddenly are 10 almost identical posts, which takes up space and won't help anybody..I wonder why they still haven't made any warning/locking system to this, even a small pop-up OK-box telling you somebody else is just writing an answer..and yes, I've added that to the "wishlist"

when i typed startx it reurned me back to the console saying No startx installed. Even I went /etc but I could not run edit. by the way I did change to line /de/hdc7 in fstab, saved and then reboot and here the problem arises.

What on Earth do you mean by "I did change to line /dev/hdc7 in fstab"? What did you change and why? :/

I have a dual system in my machine 1-winxp 2-opensuse 10.1
I ran out of spaces in linux named / So I format a patition in winxp from linux /dev/hdc7 and I changed a line in /etc/fstab and saved then reboot ...

What changes did you make to the file?

I change a line in /etc/fstab called /dev/hdc7
to
/dev/hdc7 /usr ext3 default 1.1
Could I edit the fstab through console ?

Yes, of course you can edit fstab from the console. Use any console based text editor, e.g. pico (or nano), or vi.

Are there any files on that partition? If not, that'd explain why startx can't be found (it usually lives in /usr/X11R6/bin). You might want to revert the file to what it was before and see if that helps.

how to delete characters in line, save in vi

Not sure about deleting stuff, but to save, I believe it's ":w" (and to save and quit, ":wq"). Look around for a vi tutorial.

dd deletes a line
cc changes a line
yy copies a line
p pastes a line below cursor
P pastes a line above cursor
d2 deletes 2 lines below cursor
y2 copies 2 lines below cursor
yx copies x lines below cursor
dx deletes x lines below cursor

..

hope you get an idea.

it seems that the file fstab has been corrupted, how I return it back.
Now there is login screen shown when I entered my user id and password another screen show says 'Could not star kstartconfig. Check your installation', when I press ok it returned back to the same login screen.
How I handle this pls instead of re-install opensuse 10.1 ?

Usually when you edit a file, a backup is created with the same name, but followed by a tilde (~). So, check if you have a file called "fstab~" and just restore that, with "mv fstab~ fstab".