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startx goes black
Name: denis56 Date: June 14, 2007 at 05:29:21 Pacific OS: suse 10.1 CPU/Ram: intel 1.8 Ghz,512mb ram Product: assus
Comment:
Hi, I have suse 10.1 about 1 month and today i tried when i putted my tv tuner on my motherboard i opened my computer and after my suse logged in and tried to open startx they went black (at that time they opened the startx desctop).After that i shut it down i took out the pci tv tuner but the same problem.Can anyone please help me? Idont now much about linux :) thaks.
Name: jefro Date: June 14, 2007 at 15:28:34 Pacific
Reply:
There is almost always a log file put under /var that might tell how far it got and a clue as to why it failed.
I think you can run yast from command like to correct it. I forget a lot. See suse docs of that. I know it is either yast or something like that. It was in the old suse part of how one configged it.
I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.
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