Boot freeze showing suse logo with opensuse 12.2

English Install/Boot/Login
1

Hi!

My opensuse work fine 3 month, but from the last week I have problems, but rebooting work…

Today I can’t access to my desktop.

The system start and show the dance dot near to kamaleon. When the dance finished have a little black screen and return whith cursor whit spiral (wait state).

If I go to log screen I sew at last lines…:

gdm[724]: No symbol table info available.
gdm[724]: A debugging session is active.
gdm[724]:
gdm[724]: #011 Inferior 1 [process 717] will be detached.
gdm[724]:
gdm[724]: ) [answered Y; input not from terminal]
gdm[724]: ************* END ******************
gdm-simple-slave[626]: WARNING: Freeing conversation ‘gdm-welcome’ with active job

Switching to tty1 I can login with out problem.

Please… Helpme!!!

I need recover my desktop :slight_smile:

My notebook have 3 GB RAM, installed at 64 bits, kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop

2

Hi Again!

If I go to tty1, login with root and switch to init 3, wait 30 secs and switch again to init 5, the tty7 start fine, and i can use the desktop :slight_smile:

But, try rebooting and the error continue whitout changes…

3

Did this start after updating or installing software?
What is the video card, did you install any drivers?

4

Hello!

Theese freeze start after to some update, becouse work fine about 2 or 3 months.

I not installed any drives ti video, and repeat, when I go to tty1 switch to init 3 and after switch to init 5, the tty7 start without problems…

With detail app at graphics say:

  • Controller: Intel Sandybridge Mobile, Decoration Standard, force alternativ mode: off

With Somlt app:

  • Bus PCI, Contoller i915, type, video, description: 2nd Generation Core Processor Familiy Integrated Graphics Controller

The kernel is 64 bits, 3.4.11-2.16-desktop

Thanks!

5

Hi Again!

Now my notebook continue with this problem… but not occur all time.

Sometime boot ok, only a few more slowsly that in the past, appear the pointer (arrow) with black screen 5 or 10 seconds, and appear my desktop…

But other times, freeze with black screen and wait pointer (circle) and I need go to tty1, and put:
sudo /sbin/init 3
sudo /sbin/init 5

…

Any know about this problem?

Thanks!

6

I have a similar problem and I have created https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791091 for investigation.
Could you please share your gdm logs there?

P.S. Currently I use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace+Backspace as workaround