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Problem Starting X Windows on OpenSuse 10.3

Zones: X-Windows Window Manager, Linux Administration, Linux Setup

Tags: Novel, OpenSuse, 10.3, Problem starting X Windows, HP, Visualize (P-class)

Hi, Im having a problem getting X-Windows to start. I installed OpenSuse 10.3 on an HP Visualize (P-Class) system. The installation went fine but when it boots up the system completely locks up when it tries to start X Windows (just before the login screen). I can boot into failsafe mode and login to a shell, and run the YAST configuration tool. From YAST I can configure the display, and X Windows starts up just fine (only when configuring the display from YAST), it configures the Display, and successfully test that display then allows me to save the changes. Even after all this if I run startx or reboot and try to login, the system completely locks up.

I looked in the messages file in /var/log/ and the only error I see says: "ERROR (run:85) Cannot access acpi/apm event file"

To see if my problem is caused by the acpi process I disabled it, but it made no difference. I also replaced the graphics card and the mouse and it still made no difference. The graphics card is an ATI Rage 128 Pro. Im not sure what else to try, someone suggested changing the graphics driver in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file but I dont know what to change it to.

Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
dv

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Zone: OS

Question Asked By: vanfleet

Solution Provided By: gheist

Participating Experts: 3

Solution Grade: A

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