Suse Booting Problem

[Thebin]

1)Not i get command mode straigte away with failsafe
2)Screen goes blank after the List of stuff which it marks done etc
3)Yes i think so
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[devils casper]

1)Not i get command mode straigte away with failsafe

whats the output of 'startx' in failsafe mode?

3)Yes i think so

try again exactly what i suggested.

execute this in failsafe mode

less /boot/grub/menu.lst

post kernel lines under title 'failsafe' and 'Suse'.

[Thebin]

Sorry i though i hadn't posted but it was on second page!!!

[devils casper]

No GUI dosen't happen i load failsafe it go straigt to the command line

execute 'startx' command in failsafe mode and post error message if any.

[Thebin]

1) startx = Works fine can enter my computer etc
suse 3 enter = loads the same as plain suse and crash's
In box below 3 appears on its own enter crash
Getting to 3)

[devils casper]

okk ! something wrong in configuration file. post contents of menu.lst file. kernel lines only. ( post #12)

[Thebin]

Permission Denied

[Thebin]

is the root user's, username root?

[devils casper]

yes. username 'root' and administrator's password that you have assigned during installation.

[Thebin]

Suse: Kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sda3 splash=silent showopts

Failsafe: Kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3

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