just installed suse 10.2 Need help plz..

bailey239 · 07-12-2007, 01:13 AM

I just finished installing on my desktop, when it finished it came to some sort of command line? what do i type to get it to open to the screen that looks like windows?

bigrigdriver · 07-12-2007, 06:52 AM

Try giving the command: startx.

If that gets you to GUI mode, edit the file /etc/inittab. Look for this:
# The default runlevel is defined here
id:3:initdefault:

which means 'start in command line mode'

and change it to this:
# The default runlevel is defined here
id:5:initdefault:

which means 'start in GUI mode'

bailey239 · 07-12-2007, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigrigdriver

Try giving the command: startx.

If that gets you to GUI mode, edit the file /etc/inittab. Look for this:
# The default runlevel is defined here
id:3:initdefault:

which means 'start in command line mode'

and change it to this:
# The default runlevel is defined here
id:5:initdefault:

which means 'start in GUI mode'

i tried that and at the bottom of the screen i have some kind of error that say's

data incomplete in file "ect/x11/xorg.conf
at least one device section is required.
(EE) problem parsing the config file.
(EE) error parsing the config file.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
x10: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer)
on xserver "0.0"
after 0 request (0 known processed)
with 0 events remaining.

bigrigdriver · 07-12-2007, 07:47 AM

YaST works with a companion application: SaX2. From the command line, you can read the man page (type in 'man sax2' without quotes.

Then run sax2 to configure the graphics card and write the xorg.conf file. Then try startx again.

bailey239 · 07-12-2007, 07:58 AM

i have a "g-force fx 5200 ddr 128mb." how would i configure it?

bailey239 · 07-12-2007, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigrigdriver

YaST works with a companion application: SaX2. From the command line, you can read the man page (type in 'man sax2' without quotes.

Then run sax2 to configure the graphics card and write the xorg.conf file. Then try startx again.

i read that "man sax2" page but now how do i start sax2 from the command line?

Thank you for helping...

bigrigdriver · 07-12-2007, 09:17 AM

You may need root authority to run sax2. Try it as user first. Just type in sax2 and press enter. It it gives an error massage that it can't find sax2, try 'which sax2' to get the path to sax2, then type in the entire path. It you are not allowed to run it as user, then su to root and run it.

bailey239 · 07-12-2007, 09:26 AM

i tried to just type "sax2" without "" and it said bad command or file name than typed "which sax2" and it did nothing no error or anything just gave me a new command prompt?

bigrigdriver · 07-12-2007, 09:39 AM

In SuSE 9.3, sax2 is located at /usr/X11R6/bin/sax2. It may be there in 10.X as well.

Try to cd to /usr/X11R6/bin. Do you find sax2? If so, from the command line, type in the full path to sax2 and press enter.

bailey239 · 07-12-2007, 09:52 AM

do you have a instant messaging? i tried that it said that no such file or directory exist? it type at the command prompt dir and i get bin, documents, and public_html? is it in one of these directory's? i changed dir to bin and it said total 0?

bigrigdriver · 07-12-2007, 10:13 AM

Try this from the command line:

su to root, then run this command:
find -L /usr -type f | grep 'SaX2'

sax2 is a synlink to SaX2, so invoking either one will work to start sax2. If SaX2 is in /usr, the find command will find it. If it isn't in /usr, change the command to: find -L / -type f | grep 'SaX2'. That will search the entire system, so it will take a while to run.

bailey239 · 07-12-2007, 11:32 AM

Thank sooooo much for your help i got it to the gui. but it says i need codec for playing windows media files? do you know of a good place to get plug-ins or codec for linux?

P.s. if i wasn't so sick of windows i probley would of gave up by now but thanks to you linux has one more satisfied customer.....

ionmich · 07-12-2007, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bailey239

Thank sooooo much for your help i got it to the gui. but it says i need codec for playing windows media files? do you know of a good place to get plug-ins or codec for linux?

Try reading the post called "Sticky: How to enable full multimedia capabilities on Suse 10.2 using the xine engine" close to the top of this forum. It takes some time but it's easy to follow.

bailey239 · 07-18-2007, 05:17 PM

when i try "starx" command i'm getting a new error?
fatal server error:
caught signal 11. Server aborting

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining