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Hello,
Login fails on my Suse 10, OSS, 32 bit.
I can position the cursor in the field, but can't move it or write anything in the field.
How can I regain control of the login fields? Suse has worked very well since installation a couple of months ago, until I made an update just recently.
My username appears in the un.field but can't be deleted or entered.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
Thanks for your kind response! I have already tried what you suggest, but to no
avail.I have performed the console login, and it worked.I`m not getting any further though, giving the command startkde in root yields "xset unable to open display".
Hi Al, it seems to me that your problem is related with the X Windows system. The GUI of Linux. That'll also explain why you can't access your keyboard at the login screen. Try the following:
Login as root in console, then type yast2, once there reconfigure your keyboard, mouse, monitor and graphic card, follow the instructions in yast2 until it tells you that all your changes have been saved.
After that exit and login as user and try again startkde, see what happens.
By the way, you can have more info of the X windows system in the file:/var/log/Xorg.0.log. If you see a line that starts with (EE), then definitely you have some problem with X.
Hello Albertog
To read the log file; cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Suse has a configuration tool for X called sax2. I've never needed to use it as a repair tool so hopefully one of the other users will give you a run through.
I'm not sure hand editing X configuration should be the first resort.
btw: hope I was correct about root login to kde with Suse 10. I don't use 10, this is info gathered from other posts.
Last edited by muddywaters; 01-25-2006 at 12:51 PM.
Now to your problem, if yast2 has not been very helpful, try the following, login as root in console and type sax2 (SUSE Advanced X11 Configuration interface) with this tool you can configure the graphical environment of your system. In order to be successful in this matter you need some information:
1. Specs of your Monitor ( Display Size, Horizontal and Vertical Frequency, available Resolutions ), if you are in doubt please check the manuals of your monitor.
2. Graphic Card: what type of Graphic Card do you have?, you can type the following command to check your graphic card:
# lspci | grep VGA
In case you are using an Nvidia or ATI card you must also activate 3D acceleration. But this matter can be dealt after, first thing is configuring X.
3. Type of keyboard and mouse, be careful in choosing the right device, normally this is done automatically but you can check them just to be sure.
When you have done all this sax2 will try to test the configuration, you'll see a screen with a small window in the center to adjust the size of the screen and also a button to save all your changes. If you have finished this, you can start X safely.
Please note the following, the config file of X is located in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. In this file you can see all the configuration, this file is written by sax2 automatically, so you don't have to modify it manually. Nevertheless if you have an Nvidia or ATI graphic card you must install the propietary drivers of these cards so you can enjoy the full capacity of the card. In the Graphic Device Section of this file you'll see a line with the driver you are using, something like this:
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
this is my case, in case you have an Nvidia card you'll have to see "nv" or "nvidia", or the appropiate one. If you have some problem with the driver you can put:
Driver "vesa"
this driver always works no matter what graphic card you have. Once you have X running you can install the driver of your card.
Finally have you seen some lines with (EE) in the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log? Specially at the end? If so please type them, we can guide you better if we know the exact error.
Doing a fresh install in your case can be a good solution. You can use the option to repair your systemn instead of a complete new install.
For the record, it seems that your keyboard is not well configured (and the mouse also), that's the reason why X can't start, somehow when you did the update your system configuration has been changed and the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf has not been updated, in case you want to be adventurous you can try to fix it, you will learn a lot fixing this problem, I think that's all about Linux, learn everyday something new...
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