11.3-M7 installs ok, won't boot

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#1

I’ve downloaded and installed the latest 11.3-M7 KDE 32bit using a live cd, it installs ok with no errors at all, the post-install config runs ok but after it reboots I don’t get a login screen.
There’s just a blank screen with some garbage on the lower right corner, I can’t ctrl+alt+f1 either, the system appears to be frozen.
When I press reset I get a terminal window on a blank screen after rebooting (no failsafe, normal boot) and I can run some gui programs (like yast2) from there but no desktop, no window manager, nothing!
I guess it may be a nouveau related problem since my gfx card is a nVIDIA 8800 GS.

Any help?
Thanks in advance!

System specs:
Mobo: Asus M4a785TD-M EVO
Proc: Athlon II x2 245
RAM: 2gb DDR3 1333
Video: nVIDIA 8800 GS 384 RAM

PS: I used to have ubuntu installed (7.04~10.04), it’s my first time trying openSUSE.

#2

11.3 milestone-7 intial look on various PCs - openSUSE Forums

Building/installing nVidia Proprietary Video Driver in MS7 - openSUSE Forums

#3

Still can’t boot to desktop even after blacklisting and uninstalling the nouveau driver. Since I can run gui programs from this terminal interface I’m downloading the nvidia .run driver at the moment to try installing it.

#4

Remember the pre-requisites like: make, gcc, kernel-source

#5

Blacklisted nouveau driver. Didn’t work, same problem.
Uninstalled nouveau driver. Same problem.
Downloaded and successfuly installed nvidia .run driver. Same problem, lower resolution.

Any sugestions?

#6

You say you don’t get a login screen, so I can assume you don’t have auto login enabled?
Was this a clean /home partition ?

I assume you have been booting to level 3 to install the nVidia driver

#7

Auto login was enabled during install.
Nope, not a clean /home, I used to have Ubuntu 10.04 32bit (Gnome) installed before installing openSUSE.
I boot into failsafe in order to install the driver, it installed fine but I still get thrown to this terminal screen, no DE =/
(now on a lower resolution than before installing the nvidia drivers)

PS.: Installing kernel-source created a new entry on my bootloader to a “kernel 2.6.34-8”, installed nvidia on this kernel too and still get the same problem.

#8

Re-install and format everything.
Otherwise we are dealing with an unknown quantity,

#9

Thanks for the help but that’s not an option since my home folder is full of personal files. I’m sticking to Ubuntu then.

The weird thing is that I can run nvidia-settings just fine (it reports the driver is installed ok), kwin --replace gives me windows border and everything seems to be working fine except it’s all a blank screen and a terminal window =/

#10

You could try level 3 boot
login as user then do

mv .kde4 .kde4-old

Just in case there is a old .kde4 in there. It may help.

then try again

#11

I just had the same idea but went ahead and cleaned up all dot files and folders from my home partition and now I’m re-installing openSUSE for what I hope to be the last time.

System
Processor: 2x AMD Athlon™ II X2 245 Processor
Main Memory: 2 GB
Partitioning
Format partition /dev/sda1 (14.01 GB) for / with ext4
Use /dev/sda5 as swap
Set mount point of /dev/sda6 to /home
Booting
Boot Loader Type: GRUB
Status Location: /dev/sda1 ("/")
Change Location:
Boot from MBR is disabled (enable)
Boot from “/” partition is enabled (disable)
Sections:

  • openSUSE 11.3 (default)
  • Failsafe – openSUSE 11.3
    Keyboard Layout
    Portuguese (Brazil)
    Time Zone
    Brazil / Sao Paulo - Hardware Clock Set To Local Time 2010-06-10 - 01:55:52
    Default Runlevel
    5: Full multiuser with network and display manager
#12

That’s official: openSUSE hates me! =(

#13

You give in way too easily

I bet it’s not a beta release you are using in Ubuntu, which is what M7 is really!

#14

You’re right, it isn’t but I’ve been using this version since the Beta2 release and I’ve never encountered any problems.
Anyway, thanks for all the help, maybe I’ll give openSUSE a try when the final version is out.