OpenSuSE 11.1 install problem !
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From: Baron on 26 Sep 2009 14:56 Hi Guys, I have just wiped OpenSuse 10.3 and installed 11.1 on my spare machine. But I have a problem with it. At the end of the install when you get to login for the first time, all I get is a "Login" prompt. Putting in the root password and typing "startx" gets me "X server failed to start" ! Non of the terminal (alt+ctrl+Fx) works either. Machine is a "Via chipset" with and AMD Athlon 64-4000, 1GB ram, on board video etc. Any ideas where to start looking. Thanks in advance. -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: Vahis on 26 Sep 2009 15:47 On 2009-09-26, Baron <baron.nospam(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have just wiped OpenSuse 10.3 and installed 11.1 on my spare machine. > But I have a problem with it. At the end of the install when you get > to login for the first time, all I get is a "Login" prompt. > > Putting in the root password and typing "startx" gets me "X server > failed to start" ! Non of the terminal (alt+ctrl+Fx) works either. Never startx as root! Never! Just log in as root. No x. Then command init 3 Then command sax2 Then configure your display. Once it's OK leave sax2. Then command init 5 & exit. You should get the GUI login screen. Vahis -- "Sunrise 7:15am (EEST), sunset 7:06pm (EEST) at Espoo, Finland (11:50 hours daylight)" http://waxborg.servepics.com Linux 2.6.25.20-0.5-default #1 SMP 2009-08-14 01:48:11 +0200 x86_64 10:43pm up 5 days 5:23, 12 users, load average: 0.94, 0.43, 0.32
From: Happy Oyster on 26 Sep 2009 16:06 On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:47:08 GMT, Vahis <waxborg(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >On 2009-09-26, Baron <baron.nospam(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I have just wiped OpenSuse 10.3 and installed 11.1 on my spare machine. >> But I have a problem with it. At the end of the install when you get >> to login for the first time, all I get is a "Login" prompt. >> >> Putting in the root password and typing "startx" gets me "X server >> failed to start" ! Non of the terminal (alt+ctrl+Fx) works either. > >Never startx as root! Never! Why not? >Just log in as root. No x. >Then command init 3 >Then command sax2 >Then configure your display. Once it's OK leave sax2. >Then command init 5 & exit. > >You should get the GUI login screen. > >Vahis -- TINA LIVE ! TINA LIVE ! TINA LIVE ! TINA LIVE ! TINA LIVE ! TINA LIVE ! http://www.leipziger-montagsdemo.de/informationen/daten/daten_02_spd/TINA-There_Is_No_Alternative_I.jpg http://www.leipziger-montagsdemo.de/informationen/daten/daten_02_spd/TINA-There_Is_No_Alternative_II.jpg
From: Baron on 26 Sep 2009 16:25 Vahis wrote: > On 2009-09-26, Baron <baron.nospam(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I have just wiped OpenSuse 10.3 and installed 11.1 on my spare >> machine. >> But I have a problem with it. At the end of the install when you get >> to login for the first time, all I get is a "Login" prompt. >> >> Putting in the root password and typing "startx" gets me "X server >> failed to start" ! Non of the terminal (alt+ctrl+Fx) works either. > > Never startx as root! Never! > > Just log in as root. No x. > Then command init 3 > Then command sax2 > Then configure your display. Once it's OK leave sax2. > Then command init 5 & exit. > > You should get the GUI login screen. > > Vahis Hi Vahis, Thanks: I tried that and I get "Failed to start X server" What really annoys me is that I can install 10.3 and it all works as expected. I even tried updating from a clean 10.3 install and end up the same ! -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: Taki on 26 Sep 2009 23:28
Baron wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have just wiped OpenSuse 10.3 and installed 11.1 on my spare machine. > But I have a problem with it. At the end of the install when you get > to login for the first time, all I get is a "Login" prompt. [...] > Machine is a "Via chipset" with and AMD Athlon 64-4000, 1GB ram, on > board video etc. [...] The most likely culprit is the Via on-board Unichrome chip set and the new and improved X System. I've had a very similar problem. Up to openSUSE 10.3, the X System gave me no problem. You skipped 11.0. With this version, X started but its configuration was wrong: streaks, etc. I copied the old xorg.conf (maybe I re-installed 10.3 and saved its xorg.conf on my /home/taki/ (partition/directory). With 11.1, I got the exactly the same symptom like yours. By this time, I have copied the old xorg.conf on USB sticks as well as on /home/taki/. I may be missing some latest and greatest improvements of the X, but I don't care. I log in as 'root': #cp /home/taki/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf overwriting the newly-installed xorg.conf. Try copying the 10.3 xorg.conf to /etc/X11. (You can rename the freshly-minted xorg.conf or save it elsewhere to study.) Or using sax2 manually, giving options for 'VESA' may work. I have no idea how to do this. --- I think that some people have been working on the driver for the S3/Via chip set and that the installer detects the Via chip set, with an unfortunate result. On my machine, xorg-x11-driver-video-unichrome is installed. |