After An Update The Graghical Login Screen Does Not Work Well Or At All

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.1
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Symptom

After updating to SuSE 7.1 the graphical login screen (xdm/kdm/gdm) does not work well or at all.

Cause

An error occured when updating the package xf86. After an update to SuSE 7.1 there are missing configuration files under /etc/X11. You can check this with the command rpm -V xf86.

Solution

Please uninstall package xf86 (Serie x) with YaST(2) and reinstall it.
Keywords: XDM, KDM, GDM, GRAPHICAL, LOGIN, X11

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