12.1: Too many crashes. Even desktop lost. When is that all repaired?

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Im not amused after having installed 12.1!

  • Correct password is never accepted at first login, only at second.
  • Plasma crashes with (nearly) each regular shutdown.
  • After the last crash, even my desktop with program links, data, … vanished.

Is there anybody caring for that?
Regards,
K. Schröer

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Tell us more about your hardware. What is your computer’s brand/model? What video GPU does it use? Without knowing more, I suggest you use the kernel load option called nomodeset which you enter just before pressing the enter key while in the Grub OS selection menu and about to select the default normal load of openSUSE.

Thank You,

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Hello kschroer,

These are very strange problems, it could be caused by a corrupted iso file.
Have you checked the md5sum of the iso before installing?

Best of luck!:wink:

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There is a known login issue
Try typing slowly and carefully

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On 2011-12-13 03:26, kschroer wrote:
> - Correct password is never accepted at first login, only at second.

Known issue.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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  • Password: Thank you. Typing slowly helps.
  • However, also Skype does no more work properly. But with Suse11, I needed also months to solve that problem.

If it helps, here are my system specs:
Notebook: lenovo 4446

CPU: Intel(R) Core™2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 2,9 GiB
Swap : 2,0 G
Graphics: Intel, Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
2D: intel
3D: Unbekannt classic (7.11)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1.2-desktop i686
Distribution: openSUSE 12.1 (i586)
KDE: 4.7.2 (4.7.2) “release 5”

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start skype from command line see what errors are shown. If you installed 64 bit OS then you are probably missing a couple of 32 bit libraries

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Have you managed to update this system and install all the multimedia
http://forums.opensuse.org/content/61-re-multi-media-restricted-format-installation-guide.html

Once you have all that
Try and explain your problem with Skype, rather than just saying: “does no more work properly”
SDB:Skype - openSUSE

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He didn’t
It’s x86

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1.2-desktop i686
Distribution: openSUSE 12.1 (i586)
KDE: 4.7.2 (4.7.2) “release 5”

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One additional information for for each problem:

Skype:

  • I have installed pulseaudio, because this was my only way to have Skype work with Suse11. (see history: LINUX • Thema anzeigen - Keine Audio-Wiedergabe [gelöst])
  • When I start Skype and look at pavucontrol, everything is fine, and I can test audio in/out and video in/out.
  • When I really start a Skype session the video is OK, but I lost the audio in channel.
  • I should add: If I configure pulseaudio to use only the internal audio in/out it works (with horrible quality). The problem occurs when I use my external (USB) speaker and the micro of the external camera.

Shutdown Crash

  • Still occurs frequently.
  • I installed the debug versions and now have a nice crash report (plasma-desktop-20120103-133604.kcrash), but I cannot answer all those questions in KDE Bug Tracking System which are mandatory before submitting a crash report. So that seems not be for me.
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DId you reuse your /home ? If so, remove the plasma config files from ~/.kde4/share/config and reapply your personal prefs for the desktop appearance.

On Skype: IME this is a matter of finding the right settings in Skype. Most of the time it doesn’t like devices to appear and disappear, like USB headsets/speakersets etc. If your audio is OK on the desktop in all other situations, it’s Skype’s settings you need to adjust.