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hi newbie here. just got hp netbook 2133 today. went on it and did the set up and was running fine. turned it on hour later and it comes up ...
  1. 02-17-2009 #1
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    hi newbie here. just got hp netbook 2133 today. went on it and did the set up and was running fine. turned it on hour later and it comes up black screen asking for login and password. the login i can put on but the password will not write in. Its not as if it move along as i put in the password for security reasons. plz help
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    Welcome to the forums!

    Passwords are not echoed to the screen in Linux, so you will need to enter the password just as if it were showing up on the screen, then press ENTER.
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    done that now it comes up
    mum@(none):~>
    not sure what to do now?
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    Hm, just a guess but it sounds like you're at the command line prompt. From your post I surmise that the user you logged in as is 'mum'.

    Is there a graphical screen as CTL-ALT-F7? If not go back to CTL-ALT-F1 to where you logged in and type: startx

    That should switch you back to the F7 screen with the desktop you chose during installation (probably kde). If not then it looks like something got broken.

    What release of SuSE are you running?

    For chuckles last night I installed OpenSuSE 11.0 on a Lenovo Z60t and all went well until I add a bunch of repositories to the software update. It installed a bunch of updates, I rebooted, then kdeinit4 wouldn't run anymore. Did your install a bunch of updates? I ended up re-installing 11.0 and NOT adding the build repositories and all is working well.

    I know this isn't a 'technical' reply but maybe it'll help.

    Cheers.
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  5. 02-17-2009 #5
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    thanks done it.my dad helped. just wanted to try and do on own. saves me a bottle of whisky.ive not done any updates yet as still trying to get on line. its found the router but not going out to net. the router has got the netbook address. im running suse 10. the trouble is there were no maunuals with the bloody thing and Im totally new to the system too used to windows.
    thanks again for help no doubt Ill be on for advice again!
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  6. 02-17-2009 #6
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    Actually, SuSE 10 does come with manuals... but they're in PDF format so you need to get the graphical interface working first (or have another computer available)

    On the DVD, find them in the directory (dvd-rom)/docu/en/
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