12.2 32 bit installation DVD keyboard problem

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I downloaded openSUSE-12.2-DVD-i586.iso, checked it with md5sum, burned it to a DVD, and put it into the DVD drive of the machine I’m hoping to install or upgrade. It is a 32-bit athlon system which has been running openSUSE 11.0, KDE 4.0.4 happily for a long time.

It boots from the DVD and displays an installation menu, but there’s no response from the USB keyboard. Eventually it times out and boots from the hard drive into the regular KDE session. The keyboard works fine. I can open the DVD in dolphin and it looks OK as far as I can see.

How can I get a 12.2 installation DVD that recognises the USB keyboard?

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Hello and welcome here.

As this worked for most people (I e.g. also have an USB keyboard and never had any problem on installing many openSUSE versions), some more information about the hardware might be useful.

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i am wondering as to whether we need to do this Enabling USB keyboard in BIOS?
Does your keyboard work in boot menu of 11.0 ?

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good you md5 sum checked the iso, but i think you may anyway have a
faulty disk (it should let you use the usb kb!!) so, hopefully you can
use the mouse or non-usb kb to select “Check Installation Media” instead
of Install or Boot From Hard Drive…

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dd http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat

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Thanks, I enabled the USB keyboard and mouse in the BIOS menu and now they work fine.

Another question: Am I right in assuming the jump from 11.0 to 12.2 is best done with a new installation rather than an upgrade?

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Absolutely correct !

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On 2012-12-26 08:46, jaiguevara wrote:

> Another question: Am I right in assuming the jump from 11.0 to 12.2 is
> best done with a new installation rather than an upgrade?

It is possible to do it with an offline upgrade; the chances of success
increase if you divide it in two upgrades at least. Read the doc in full:

Online upgrade
method

(the online method (zypper dup) does not support a jump of more than two
versions)

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))