OK, when you first installed SUSE, did it install with the graphical mouse-driven interface, or did it force you to use the text one? If it forced you to use the text one, it could mean (stress "could") that SUSE can't use your video hardware. However, with an Athlon 2800XP, you've probably got a nice graphics card along with it, so that's probably not the case. Possible things to try: If you had to install with the text interface, try reinstalling and leaving all of the settings alone. If you're getting a "screens found, but none configured" or some such error, run "yast" as the superuser and follow the instructions, trying to leave all settings as default as possible. If yast isn't letting you change things, you might not be super user. Enter the command "su" followed by the root password. Then enter "yast" and follow the instructions. You can also post the /var/log/XFree86.0.log here too if you want (or just the part with the error).

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Right when i type kde in to load the GUI i get this error message xset: Unable to open display """" xset: Unable to open display """" xset: Unable to open display """" xsetroot: unable to open display " xset: Unable to open display """" xset: Unable to open display """" ksplash: cannot connect to x server kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set Warning: connect () failed: no such file or directory Error: Can't contact kdeinit startkde: Running shutdown scripts startkde: done

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Those error messages are coming from KDE saying that it can't connect to your X server. X is the part that provides a way for window managers (like KDE and gnome) to display graphics. Without X running you wont be able to start KDE. What are the errors you get when typing startx? Are you able to complete the X setup in yast?

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Cant understand why that wont set up right, cos when i installed it i had the GUI set up

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right just gone into YAST and had problems once again. it wont let me set up hardly anything. one of the few things i can load by pressin enter is the hardware information or watever its called. however when i do this i get the error messages across the top of the screen, "port 'installation' faled" Import 'HW Status' failed' its a similar story if i try to go into boot loader config, i get similar messages, but with "Import 'storage' failed" at the end of it. I can't access monitor and graphics card settings. i dont know how else to set up the X server.

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Are you doing this logged on as root?

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yes i can only get on by typing root as it doesnt allow me to config any users. i presume it allows you to do this after it reboots but there is my problem, thats as far as i can get. it finalises the install but never gets to config

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