What Can I Do If I Cannot Perform Operations on the SUSE Linux Graphical Desktop Environment
Question
After using the SUSE Linux graphical desktop environment for a period of time, what can I do if the following problems appear?
1. The graphical desktop environment disappears. I cannot log in and no command prompt (# or $) is displayed on the GUI.
2. The GUI does not respond.
Answer
Restart the SUSE Linux graphical desktop environment service in command line mode.
- Use PuTTY tool to log in the SUSE Linux operating system as root.
If you cannot log in as the root user, use another account to log in and run the following command to switch to the root user:
su - root
- If the login fails, restart the SUSE Linux operating system.
- If the login succeeds, go to 2.
- Run the following command to stop the graphical desktop environment:
# init 3
- Run the following command to start the graphical desktop environment:
# init 5
- Access the SUSE Linux graphical desktop environment again.