Hi Martyn Many thanks , I think you are correct Yast (or something) is overwriting the settings of the login manger. I have set login manger. Looking at the link above some posters seem to be blaming the Nvidia driver, but I have ATI cards. It only has happened, as yet, after a YOU update. You are presented with a grey login screen, and a non working console in lower corner, and nothing happens after login I see from forum: "Apparently its a YOU bug the resets /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager to "xdm" rather then "kdm" " and also a theory on resolution settings. I have changed resolution and, as yet no failure after 5 deliberate reboots I will make and send copies of Suse 9.3 if I can find someone to make copy of dual-layer DVD, failing that I will copy all 5 CD'S Regards Nick Daniels
Hi Have now found this: Display manager If the video driver fails to load properly, for some reason SuSE changes the displaymanager to xdm instead of the default of kdm. To change it back, edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and change DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm” to DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm". http://dan.hersam.com/archives/2005/05/13/suse-93-configuration So it does seem to be a resolution problem? Many thanks Nick Daniels