No GUI on laptop

[Patam]

Hello all,

It is my very first time to use linux. I made up my mind after microsoft windows kept causing me trouble and sometimes money.
So as you can imagine, I am know almost nothing about linux, ( but I also knew nothing about microsoft windows before I started using it), but I believe in learnig as you move on.

Now fellas, I have successfully installed suse 10.2 on my dell latitute D505. I can actually log in from the command line. Problem is, I don't get GUI at all. first I intalled GNOME and starting up, everything seems to be ok till when time for showing destop comes; there is just a blank greyish screen. I can even here the welcome tune, but I see nothing. When I press Ctrl + Alt + F1, the command line comes up and asks for my log in details which I provide and I am logged in. Now another problem is that I have never used command line interface. so I can't really do anything in command line.
Same thing happens even after I reinstall the whole thing and change GUI display to KDE.
I believe this just wrong monitor resolution setting asigned automatically by 10.2.

Can anyone please offer me assistance with the necessary step by step commands to resolve this, or tell me what other alternatives I have.

Thanks
Patam.

[oldcpu]

I have successfully installed suse 10.2 on my dell latitute D505. I can actually log in from the command line. Problem is, I don't get GUI at all.

No worries, ... many people have. See:
Linux on Dell Laptops & Notebooks

Can anyone please offer me assistance with the necessary step by step commands to resolve this, or tell me what other alternatives I have.

It appears your intel graphics were not properly setup. Boot to run level 3, and run sax2 and try to configure it to a conservative setting.

Specifically, reboot your Laptop, and when the Grub boot menu appears, under the options line, type "level 3" to boot to an ascii prompt. Log in as a regular user. After (and only after) you are logged in as a regular user, type "su" to get root permissions (enter root password). Then type "sax2" to configure your graphics. Pick a low conservative resolution initially. Test it. Once happy, exit sax2. Type "exit" enough times to get rid of root permissions. Then type "startx". If that works to bring up X Windows, then exit immediately. Once back at the ascii prompt, type "su" to get root permissions (enter root password) and type "shutdown -r now" to reboot. It should be ok then.

[The-Wise-Man]

I agree. But i just wanted to say that i think that kde is the most easy for old windows users. and i just like it better than gnome.


The-Wise-Man