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Old 03-Jul-2009, 21:47
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Exclamation screen goes totally black after 11.1 boot

i installed opensuse 11.1 on my machine from DVD,which is also running windows vista


after the install,i installed the updates that yast requires first,he told me to log out and back in to finish installing those updates,i logged out,and i had a black screen,and i can't even have a CLI


i restarted the machine,and yet the same happens


what can i do to solve this
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Default Re: screen goes totally black after 11.1 boot

More info.
Do you see a green boot menu when you start the computer?
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yes,but nothing afterwards
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Default Re: screen goes totally black after 11.1 boot

Sounds like grub is messed up:

Try repairing grub:
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HowTo Boot into openSUSE when it won't Boot from the Grub Code on the Hard Drive
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Old 04-Jul-2009, 09:22
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Default Re: screen goes totally black after 11.1 boot

i reinstalled GRUB,and nothing happened as well,i reinstalled the whole system,and it's working


if the problem rises again,i'll let you all know
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