Re: [Sheflug] no display (again!)

[Alan Dawson <aland [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting Chris Johnson <chris [at] seseaz.org.uk>:

> Dear all,
> 
> Not sure what caused it this time but it may have been an auto update from
> the suse website as that was one of the last things I did.  This included a
> Xwindows security patch.  My Suse 9 Linux box (with intel video chipset)
> boots, shows the grub splash screen, shows the text mode boot progress but
> then the screen goes blank when it would normally bring up x windows login
> screen.  Choosing failsafe allows me to get to the command line and then to
> startx logged in as root.  Choosing failsafe and just vga=normal as start up
> options leaves a blank screen on start[ing]x.  Failsafe boot and log in as
> me and startx gives a blank screen.


how about pressing ALT + SHIFT + F2 and getting a console up

logging on as root
Then typing 
init 3 at the root shell prompt.

This will kill of X and any other gui stuff and drop you down to run level 3
which is full multiuser + networking but no graphical interface.

Then as root run 

sax2 

Which is the SuSE walk through configuring x and mouse and keyboards etc.

After gettin X happy again you could type 
init 5

as root 

which'll start up X and gui stuff again.

?

AED
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