New Linux user here and have run into an issue. I normally use Windows, but decided to go to Linux. I think I may know my issue, but it maybe something else. I copied the ISO to usb using imageusb. So then I tried to boot and install off the usb drive and the Install seemed to have gone well until I get to the desktop. It crashes/freezes right at the beginning. I am not able to do anything at all it just sits there. Some more information is that it is on a clean install of a hard drive with nothing else on it. The file system of the usb drive is NTFS if any of this helps. My graphics card if needed is a Nvidia gtx 550 ti. I have 12g of memory. Could it be possible that somehow the ISO became corrupt during the transfer since most people probably burn the ISO to dvd. My next try was going to burn it on dvd just want to make sure it isn’t anything else.
This is the likely issue. I suggest that you install the nvidia graphics drivers.
How would I do this from Linux if It hangs on start up. The driver isn’t installed. New user so not exactly sure how this works. I am currently on my Windows OS on separate hard drive and thanks for any help that can be given.
You should be able to login to Icewm.
You have not said which desktop you are using. I’m guessing Plasma 5.
You probably installed your system for auto-login, since that’s the default. So you are automatically logged into the desktop (probably Plasma 5). The crash you see is probably the desktop.
Option 1: When it starts to go wrong, use CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE (twice). That should give you a login screen. On the login screen, you should be able to select “Icewm” as the desktop. And login to Icewm should work, because the installer ran under Icewm.
Once in Icewm, you can start Yast and try installing the Nvidia driver.
Option 2: This assumes that you are indeed using Plasma 5. The key combination CTRL-ALT-F1 should give you a terminal where you can login at the command line. Then look at the file: “.config/kwinrc”. That’s a text file. The idea is to edit that file. You can use “nano” or “joe” as a simple editor – hmm, “nano” might not be installed. You are looking for the line
OpenGLIsUnsafe=false
It should be near the start of the file. Change that “false” to “true”. Then try again to login to your desktop. It should work, but without the fancy graphic effects. You can then think about adding Nvidia drivers.
Thank you I will try this.