hello. i just installed suse pro 9.3, and for a very short while it was working properly, and then I changed the monitor from "generic" to "sony 200sf" (I did this because 60fps gives me a migrane... and that's what my monitor is... a SONY 200sf!) surprisingly, it did not automatically change my available display modes... it seems that it just changed the string "generic" to "sony 200sf." sometime during this process, it appears that the os took a nice big dump on itself (no, not a hex dump)... in fact i think i witnessed the passing of rainbow life savers. the reason I say this is that now it appears that the os is f'd up. SYMPTOMS: a) a "new" logon screen that belongs in the ghetto, not on my computer screen. it's grey (graphical) and simply asks for username and pw with no other options (no restart/off/kde//gnome, etc.). it has an atrocious low res embossed suse lizard with the words "simply change" next to it... and a message that says "welcome at linux." sweet grammar... very "pro." This used to be a sweet looking screen now it's all crappy. b) when I click on "log out..." I no longer have the options to shut down or restart, ONLY "log off current session", at which point I am sent back to the ghetto... with only the option to log in. so I have to restart by running "shutdown -r now" at a prompt. I tried "fix your ass now tard" but it didn't work. PS - I tried reinstalling the whole thing (which takes forever), and then instead of changing the monitor type this time, I just changed the generic monitor type (VESA x by y) to a new (generic) resolution that worked. but I'm getting the exact same behavior (a and b) PPS - if someone can just tell me a vid card that they KNOW works well with suse 9.3 I'll just go buy one (unless it's a trident 512k ISA... because that's about what I'm getting right now). PPPS - don't tell me to get drivers from my vid card manufacturer... plug in cords, reinstall, or anything non-helpful that will only make others think the problem has been addressed when it hasn't. Rather than speculation, it would be more helpful if someone has had the exact same problem, understands it, and knows the solution.

Well...I haven't had exactly the same problem (I haven't run suse since v5.2) but it sounds like your login display manager has changed. There are often about three choices, kdm, gdm and xdm. kdm is the KDE one, gdm = gnome and xdm is the generic X11 one which may be the one that you are seeing now. I also know that some distros have their own, eg mandrake has mdm. After you have booted up, switch to text only mode with: # init 3 This will close down any graphical sessions you have going. Then try running either kdm or gdm....hopefully this should bring up your familiar graphical login although I can't see why changing your monitor type would affect this. BTW the "fix your ass now tard" command has now been replaced in suse v9.3 with "I can't believe it still ain't fscking working!"

i had the same problem. When i put i logged in it logged me in into xconsole. Open xterm and log in as root. Go to system then /etc/sysconfig Editor and down to Display manager. Collpse the files that are under display manager and change the first file to gdm instead of xdm. Then go to window manager open hierarchy and edit the DEFAULT_WM, change it to gnome. Using tab navigate to finish and press enter. Restart the system and it will work. I figured this out today

i'm sorry i messed up a little. Open xterm, log in as root, type yast, this will run east then go to system, /etc/sysconfig Editor and and configure the display manager files and also window manager following the directions that i stated in my earlier response.

UPDATE FOR ANYONE FOLLOWING THIS THREAD: I got an nvidia video card instead, and SUSE 9.3 is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

Thanks for the answer Ted123: This problem cost me so much time and money (but what's new!). Here is what I found as the easy succient solution. edit the file: /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager set the following line DISPLAYMANAGER = "" which is was the original default. The problem was that it somehow, erronously, gets set to "xdm" which causes that annoying login screen (thank good for non-pnative english speakers so I goggle on "welcome at linux". Needless to say you need you need to su or login as root to edit that file. Also I did not notice a change untill I had rebooted the system. THnaks, Eric

NB You could also change it to read either: DISPLAYMANAGER = "kdm" or DISPLAYMANAGER = "gdm" depending whether you want to use the KDE or Gnome login screen.