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zerohourkill
17-07-2005, 01:45 PM
my computer crushed while i was working in Suse and then wen i restarted computer KDE didnt load but instead console appeared and it said: Login:
and then i typed my user name and password and after that it said: "Have fun!" or something like that and still didnt load KDE. Im now only able to type in black like night console :cry: ..... help me

by the way same thing happened to Mepis 3.3 when i instaled it...
ujjwal
17-07-2005, 02:10 PM
You can type "startx" in the console to start X Windows.
e-freak
18-07-2005, 05:15 PM
What do u mean by your computer got crushed....was there an elephant in your house?!? :P

Neways, the answer ujjwal gave is right...you can also type "init 5" in the boot options that GRUB presents you with (thats in case u r using GRUB and not LILO). init 5 is the boot-in-gui-mode, u can say.
ujjwal
18-07-2005, 07:27 PM
Also, if you want to permanently switch to a graphical login screen, check the file /etc/inittab

You will probably find a line like -


id:3:initdefault:


change it to


id:5:initdefault:


Assuming that init level 5 is the graphical login mode for your system.
e-freak
18-07-2005, 08:55 PM
One query...

I have used the switchdesk command to change between the environments on RedHat using the CLI. Is this command exclusive to RedHat or does it work on all distros?
GNUrag
19-07-2005, 10:41 AM
SwitchDesk is not there in Debian. It could be an unnecessary appendage.
zerohourkill
22-07-2005, 01:13 AM
i found what was the problem...it happens every time i install ATI driver for Linux...
vignesh
24-07-2005, 09:07 PM
HOw many logins (sessions) can a person have in Linux.
vignesh
24-07-2005, 09:09 PM
HOw many logins (sessions) can a person have in Linux.i currently have 3
F1,F2,F3.Can a person have more.
sba
24-07-2005, 10:31 PM
Yes but not recommended above 63
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.html#ss7.1
GNUrag
25-07-2005, 11:25 AM
If you want to login to multiple GUI terminals, (that is F7, F8, F9 ....)
then use gdmflexiserver command to start a new Login session. Your older GUI session (F7) gets locked by the screensaver and another login screen opens in F8. But this feature is available if you have GNOME installed.