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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] No GNOME after upgrade
From:       "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty () suddenlinkmail ! com>
Date:       2010-09-17 19:16:37
Message-ID: 4C93BE95.6020604 () suddenlinkmail ! com
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On 09/17/2010 12:10 PM, Robert Schweikert wrote:
>
> OK, any pointers about what files I need to fiddle with would be much
> appreciated.
>
> Robert
>
>

Robert,

	Start with the basics:

(1) do you have the proper kernel module (driver) installed to support your 
graphics card? What is it? Intel, ATI, Nvidia?

(2) go move /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sav and restart X. 
(rcxdm/rcgdm restart) X has been able to choose reasonable defaults without an 
xorg.conf since ~7.2. Also, since you are using gnome, there is a big change 
between gdm 1X and the new gdm 2X. I don't know if you had a custom theme for 
gdm installed with 11.1, but it will not be supported in gdm 2X (there are 
presently very limited mods available for the new gdm) (further, I don't know if 
that would impact your X start or not, but it's worth looking into)

(3) make sure there is nothing funky in your ~/.Xdefaults

(4) make sure you have the right 11.3 gnome repositories available to zypper. I 
have:

baseurl=http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/GNOME:/Apps/openSUSE_11.3
baseurl=http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/GNOME:/Contrib/openSUSE_11.3
baseurl=http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/2.30/openSUSE_11.3

Those are the immediate ideas that come to mind.



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