DIGIT-ARC read-only archive · snapshot: July 23, 2026

didnt go to the desktop appear in terminal window when login

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/didnt-go-to-the-desktop-appear-in-terminal-window-when-login.66088/

T
thecreativeboy Original post #1
Aug 20, 2007 at 5:36 PM
hi friends,yesterday i installed suse-10.2 in my system.it is working fine for afternoon.then in afternoon when i try to login to suse linux it will appear in terminal mode.it will ask the user name and login password.then i give it it didnt go to the kde desktop.it will appear in the same terminal window.wat can i do for go to the kde desktop?please help me.
infra_red_dude
Aug 21, 2007 at 12:48 PM
type startx from the terminal
Pathik
Pathik #3
Aug 21, 2007 at 12:57 PM
yup type startx
or init 5 as root..
T
Aug 27, 2007 at 6:32 PM
the above two commands didnt work for me.
infra_red_dude
Aug 27, 2007 at 8:23 PM
did you install or remove anything prior to getting this problem? i think something has been uninstalled or some config file messed up.
praka123
Aug 27, 2007 at 8:29 PM
did u login as root and tried something OR used yast2 manager to remove unwanted packages etc?then most prolly kde may be removed.

another chance is runlevel /etc/inittab edited to 3(no X) but it seems ur not affected by that.
if not,try login from a tty and /etc/init.d/gdm force-reload could have worked.
or run startx;startkde too to make sure X and kde is there or not.
vish786
vish786 #7
Aug 31, 2007 at 11:29 PM
ctrl+alt+f7 is the shortcut key for bootin in GUI mode.

is it resolution or monitor blinking problem ?

or do u get any error messages after typin startx in terminal.