11.4 not starting X or KDE. New install

Hi there. I am new to openSUSE. I ve been using Kubuntu on my laptop for several years and CentOS in many servers for many years too. Since Kubuntu and KDE are sort of 2nd class citizens for Ubuntu I decided to move on to openSUSE.

I did a new install in my HP DV6646us laptop, which was running Kubuntu 9.04 perfectly for 2 yrs. No problems on the install. I downloaded the 11.4 DVD, checked md5 on download and after burning the dvd, both ok.

So, when installed finished and rebooted, i got a TTY login with crappy video.
I googled and found that i could add ‘nomodeset’ to the GRUB line, which sort of fixed the video. But when I try startkde I get this errors:


$ startkde
kcheckrunning: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xsetroot: error while loading shared libraries: libXmuu.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
kapplymousetheme: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ksplashx: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/mkfontscale: error while loading shared libraries: libfontenc.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xset: error while loading shared libraries: libXmuu.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xset: error while loading shared libraries: libXmuu.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xsetroot: error while loading shared libraries: libXmuu.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
startkde: Starting up...
/usr/bin/startkde: linea 292: dbus-launch: no se encontro la orden
startkde: Could not start D-Bus. Can you call qdbus?
xmessage: error while loading shared libraries: libXaw.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


# qdbus
Could not connect to D-bus server: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: /bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message


# startx
xauth: error while loading shared libraries: libXau.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xauth: error while loading shared libraries: libXau.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xauth: error while loading shared libraries: libXau.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xauth: error while loading shared libraries: libXau.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xauth: error while loading shared libraries: libXau.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xinit: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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xinit failed. /usr/bin/Xorg is not set uid, maybe thats the reason?
If so either use a display manager or adjust /etc/permissions.local
xauth: error while loading shared libraries: libXau.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Theres no /usr/bin/Xorg file!
So i cannot do Xorg -configure either, as I read in the NVidia drivers Sticky.

I managed to enable nvidia repos with yast and do a software update w/o problems.

My hardware specs:
HP Pavilion DV6646us: AMD 1.9 GHz Turion 64 X2 / 2Gb RAM / 160Gb HDD / NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M / 15.4" WXGA / BroadCom BCM4311 wireless / Built-in webcam.

If i start in failsafe mode, its the same thing.

Thanks for your help and tips!!

Did you do this before install?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/11.4_DVD_Install/1_mediacheck.jpg

If you have done the media check, I’d do a Live Session off the CD to see if the problem persists. If it doesn’t, then a reinstall is on order, if it does, something more sinister is at hand.

Well, the media check on the DVD turned out OK. So I just reinstalled and now its fine. Well, sort of. I have other issues that I have to go trough yet:

  1. An annoying crack on the speakers once in a while;
  2. I have to discover where to change the screen resolution;
  3. I have to make my broadcomm wlan work;
  4. and finally i have to check if the hdd load_cycle_count bug is solved in this distro.

I will go trough them and open the proper threads. (but you guys can leave tips of where to find them here :wink: )

Overall, I am much satisfied with openSUSE than with Kubuntu’s KDE. Nice work!

Most of the items are done. Just need to figure out the sound issue.
I opened a thread if someone wants to help. [1]
Thanks!

[1] Cracking sound trough speakers