[Sussex] Newcomer

[Martin Easton]

Hi Dave,
Thank you for the prompt reply.

The PC first starts with the GRUB boot options,
Then enters the Linux Suse Initialization, starting devices, etc.....
It gets to a Grey coloured Dialogue box promting for a Login and Password.
In the lower left corner is another dialoge box that says:
linux kernel: mtrr: 0xe0000000,0x4000000 overlaps existing
oxe0000000,0x2000000

If I enter my username and password the screen stays grey and all dialogue
boxes disappear, except for a small green box that has the word XCONSOLE
written in it.
The only thing I can do seem to be to click the left mouse and select the
XTERM option.
I have tried typing what you suggest, and the result is:

Bash: rcxdm: command not found


What do you suggest??

Regards

Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Chapman
Sent: 19 September 2005 10:25 PM
To: sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Sussex] Newcomer

On Monday 19 September 2005 21:59, Martin Easton wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm a newcomer to the group. So it's good to be here!
>
> I have just installed Suse Linux 9.3 Pro on an IBM ThinkPad T40p.
> I went for a dual boot with WinXP Pro, and all went well until......
> Linux finally got online and did the auto updates. When finished it
> re-booted and wont get to the Linux desktop. Any ideas ??


There's a bug that gives you the xdm display manager instead of the normal
kdm

To solve, do this: log in as user root and run the command 'rcxdm stop'.
Then 
run the command yast.

Then go to System->/etc/sysconfig editor, and then to desktop->display 
manager->display manager and change the value to kdm.

Finish and quit out of yast and run 'rcxdm start' and you should see your 
regular login screen again


Dave

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