I had to do a reinstall of my ‘openSUSE 42.1’ The installation was going along smoothly enough that I stepped away for a couple of minutes. When I came back, I was greeted with a ‘black screen’. After a number o failed attempts to get the screen back on I restarted the computer only to be greeted with a ‘black screen’.
I have no idea as ti what ahppened in thosen few short minutes I was away? AT the last moment something screwed up my install. I would rather not havne to do another reinstall as it will screw up the bootljoader for the Manjaro I ahaven alsi installed.
I did make an attempt to get into the home screen using the tty2 screen but again all I got was a black screene.
Any and all assistanv\ce will be gratefully welcomed.
I installed “openSUSE” first then followed up later with Manjaro, and I did see the bootloader at the ‘partition area’ of the installation process. As I mentioned, the installation appeared to be going smoothly, and it was whilst I was away for those few moments in which ‘s**t’ hit the fan and my screen ‘blacked’ out.
No, I am not able to boot from the install medium. I could start the installation process but as for booting completely into openSUSE, no. I don’t even get to the login screen, it goes through the prequel to the login screen, but no login screen just a black one.
Manjaro sits [FONT=book antiqua]atop[/FONT] the Grub Screen Menu. Is there a command I can use from the tty2 screen which will bypass any impediments and get me to the “openSUSE” start page?
This means that Manjaro has taken control over the bootloader. We can’t say anything about that unless we saw the Manjaro GRUB configuration
No, I am not able to boot from the install medium. I could start the installation process but as for booting completely into openSUSE, no. I don’t even get to the login screen, it goes through the prequel to the login screen, but no login screen just a black one.
That’s not what I meant, yet it answers my question. I was wondering if the install would even start.
Manjaro sits [FONT=book antiqua]atop[/FONT] the Grub Screen Menu. Is there a command I can use from the tty2 screen which will bypass any impediments and get me to the “openSUSE” start page?
Since my last posting I did this as regard Grub on my Manjaro:
“sudo pacman -S grub”
“sudo grub-install /dev/sda”
“sudo update-grub”
In the Installation Settings of openSUSE under Booting there is:
.Bootloader Type (Grub2)
.Status Location /dev/sda2 (This reflects where my openSUSE is located on the partition table.)
Change Location
.Do not install the bootcode into then MBR (install)
.Install bootcode into “/” (Do not install)
If I wanted to have openSUSE boot off of Manjaro would I change:
.Do not install the bootcode into the MBR to (Do not install)
Keeping
.Install bootcode into “/” (Do not install)
or vice versa?
A problem Manjaro Linux has is when you install another distro is ‘kernel panic’, which is something Id like to avoid. Do you think those alterations will allow me to boot into both distros with no issues on either side? Providing I don’t run into the same problem I had with openSUSE before?
What I am trying to determine is if I change
.Do not install the bootcode into the MBR (install)
to
.Do not install the bootcode into the MBR to (Do not install)
If this will keep Manjaro as the only bootloader? I don’t want openUSE to be the bootloader as this will invariably create a ‘kernel panic’ in Manjaro.
Both OS must use the same boot system to see and chain to one another if you install one OS in MBR mode and one in EFI mode then one grub can not boot to the other OS because they don’t use the same boot protocol
Both os must use the same boot protocol in a multi-boot situation
The original problem of black screen is a different problem and usually is a problem with the video drivers for what ever video chip you use.
The PC I am presently using is a Dell Dimension 9100 and is at least five years old. It was refurbished so it may be older. I believe it uses the ‘old’ style, not the EFI that more up to date PC’'s have. I installed both openSUSE and Manjaro as their installation settings were set up to do.
It appears I may need to reinstall openSUSE but I need to know exactly what I can do to assure Manjaro Linux is the bootloader in charge only to prevent it from not booting and showing the ‘kernel panic’ it otherwise will show.
Disk /dev/sda: 298.1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x05736b42
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 2048 15422399 15420352 7.4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 235223040 340080639 104857600 50G 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 15422400 99406774 83984375 40G 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 * 99406775 166301305 66894531 31.9G 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
“/dev/sda2 235223040 340080639 104857600 50G 83 Linux” This is where ‘openSUSE’ is situated on the partition table.
/dev/sda3 is Manjaro (Cup of Linux) Edition, and dev/sda4 is Manjaro Cinnamon.
Please use code blocks here (#) to stop reformat of computer text
So looks like maybe a MBR install. Note sharing a home may be a proble so be sure you use different user names and best to use different UID also sharing swap is OK. Different OS may use different versions of desktop so may the config files may not work as expected.
In MBR boot the boot flag determines which OS boots
Manjaro may not support BTRFS file system so may have problems chaining to openSUSE BTRFS partition. Use ext4 or be sure Manjaro actually supports BTRFS format
Well the boot flag determines which partition controls the boot for MBR booting
You need to add openSUSE to Manjaro or vice versa. Normally grub will scan for other OS when installed if it can rad all file systems involved. In openSUSE you can force a scan from Yast. Have no idea about Manjaro maybe take it to their forums
At the usual point in an installation where you are instructed to remove the disc and reboot. Well, the openSUSE medium I have does not do that but goes straight to black. I discovered this when I tried to reinstall my openSUSE twice.This has me thinking the installation disc somehow became corrupt and thus the problem with the black screen. I will look into acquiring a new installation openSUSE 42.1 discs, to see whether I get a clean install.
Could be bad image on DVD did you run media check. Note if on USB drive this does not work and normally is not an issue if the download meets checksum test
Don’t worry nothing is wrong with opensuse version. Problem is in laptop. From Dell Dimension 9100 Manual i want to share some tips that prevent black screen on your laptop:
When you switch ON your computer, start tapping the “F8” key to get “Windows Advanced Options”
Select the option “Last Known Good Configuration”.
If the problem still exists then follow the step 1 and this time select the option “Safe Mode”. Check if you are able to boot into Safe Mode.