Suse 9.3 boot and shutdown help!!!
 

Hi, I'm new to this forum and new to Linux. So here is the story. I have a IBM T23 notebook with windows xp on it, I was able to install the suse professional 9.3 and have it dual boot. After finish the install I make change to the screen resolution and reboot the computer, usually I will be auto login to the desktop but I get a gray screen ask me for user name and password. I was able to login in with no problem, but the autologin is enable in the login manager? Next problem is the logout window. After the reboot the opition of shutdown, restart computer is missing from the window that pop out when you select logout. I only get the opition of end current session. So how do I autolog into the desktop without the gray screen and how to get the shutdown and restart opition back.

I'm totaly new to linux so please provide some detail help.
Thanks.

Hi huilin
your second problem will be solved with the first
ie unless you go through the log in manager you wont get the log out options
so I would cheque the set up with the auto login, and make sure initab is set to
4 or 5 what ever is being used for X

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Thanks for the quick reply! As I said I'm a newbie to linux and did not know much about it. I'm able to find the login manager in the control center but I did not see the initab and how do I check x?

sorry /etc/inittab

look for


id:5:initdefault

above this should be the explinations

...just a thought are u using suspend or such and that is the lock screen?

Can you give step by step on where to go and how to check and make changes? This is my first Linux OS and I don't know some of the term it use.

step 1: reboot
2: when grub pops up, have it boot in recovery (or safe) mode
3: you'll be asked for your root password, enter it to enter the cli-interface
4: type: 'startkdm'
this should work to start the trusted SuSE GUI.
if the screen stays black, try 'startkde' instead.

now reboot the system.

If it hasnt changed kdm to default now, repeat step 1 and 2 from above, but at the command line, open vi or nano, whichever is installed (not sure which of the two)... type either: vi /etc/sysconfig/desktop or nano /etc/sysconfig/desktop

Check if the file looks like this:
if not, change it to match that.
exit the text editor, and reboot.

Hope that works!

I run the command startkde in the safe mode and get

xset: unable to open display ""
xset: unable to open display""
xsetroot: unable to open display
startkde: Starting up...
kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set.
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
ksmserver: cannot connect to x server
startkde: Shutting down...
Waring: connect() failed: :no such file or directory
Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
startkde: Done.

I was unable to start kde and it seen to be the problem with my display.

I don't have either vi or nano.

Any idea how to fix this???????????????

download knoppix,
boot your pc with knoppix in the diskdrive (boot in knoppix)

use knoppix to access these files on your hda (mount them and make the writable (right/mouse, actions), and then try to edit them. You may need to open them through knoppix' root terminal.

Hi huilin,

I had the same problem a little while ago. This is what I did to fix it. 1) Boot into SuSE like you normally would (safe mode is not necessary). 2) Log in as root. 3) cd to this directory: /etc/sysconfig 4) open "displaymanager" with whatever text editor you have (kate, emacs, jot, kwrite). if your using SuSE 9.3 then you probably have kate. 5) where it says DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" , change that to DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm". After you do that save it and reboot and you should be all set.

Thanks enlm54, I solve the problem by following what you said and I get the shutdown, restart opition back and I'm auto login the desktop when computer start. It turn out that I can't set my computer monitor to be IBM THINKPAD LCD 1400 X 1050, when I did this and reboot the computer I will get the some problem again. So I set it to be generic monitor LCD and it works fine. So does anybody have the same problem with their IBM THINKPAD T23?

Hi huilin
glad you got it sorted ...
just found this article that maybe of interest to you :study:

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