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Old 10-24-2005
Cant get into desktop

I am a newb linux user. And i am running suse 9.3 pro.
When i first installed it a couple of days ago, it booted into the desktop
fine the first four or five times.
And not when i turn on my computer and boot linux and loads the devices, then it prompts me...

UserName:
Password:
(which it never asked before and i dont think i changed any settings)

After i imput my user name and password, it accepts it and then tells me to "Have Fun"

Next it prompts
UserName@Linux:

From here how can i get to the desktop?
# 2  
Old 10-26-2005
startx should start the X GUI (if you loaded it). Next time, search the forums as you will get a quicker response (and learn some of the other issues that folks have had...like this one
 
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