Title: What To Do If You Lose The Gui

If you cannot access the gui for any reason,e.g. kernel update, failed driver install, etc., follow these instructions & you will soon be up & running with a nice warm gui.

1 ) When the boot selection appears, select failsafe, let it load until the command prompt appears.
2 ) At the prompt, login with your username & password.
3 ) Once logged in type su at the prompt & press enter.
4 ) At the password prompt enter your root password & press enter.
5 ) At the prompt type & let it load. You can now reconfigure your graphics.
6 ) Once you have tested & saved your new configuration you will be back at the prompt. Type exit & press enter.
7 ) To test your gui type & press enter. You should now be in gui land.

If the above fails, follow the steps up to step 4.
After step 4
1 ) Type ( where 0 is a number not a letter ) and press enter.
This should give you basic graphics when you next log in.
From there you can go to yast ->hardware ->graphics card & monitor & set up your card there..

If that also fails, follow the steps up to step 4. Then at the prompt type and this will automatically try to set up your graphics.

If that fails,follow the steps up to step 4, then at the prompt type which will give you low res graphics when you next login.

If all this fails try man sax2 at the prompt for an in-depth guide to commands in sax.

credits: deltaflyer