Hi there!
I’m using openSuse 11.2.
Some times, when I boot (or reboot) my box, the system starts normally, but login screen never is displayed.
The system, simply stops with a black screen. I can’t login the users and I can’t switch to console mode by clicking Ctrl+Alt+F1.
Only I can power off my PC. But every time I boot my PC, it happens the same thing again and again.
The only way to return to normal working, is booting the system in failsafe mode, do nothing, and then reboot normally.
I think, (but I’m not sure), this happens every time I install new packages or updates.
Thank you, for your help.
What video card? Did you install the proprietary driver for that card? If so how?
I have NVIDIA video card (GeForce4 MX 440).
I got the driver by adding “download.nvidia.com” server to my software repositories.
OK the problem is that your video card is no longer supported by the newest drivers.
You will need to goto
Welcome to NVIDIA - World Leader in Visual Computing Technologies
and download and install the recommended driver from there.
A link to the install instruction can be found on the download page on the additional info tab.
Note the instruction have not been updated fo a while but just follow the 11.1 instructions.
I followed instructions from Nvidia “adding download.nvidia.com server to my software repositories”.
Anyway, now I recompiled the nvidia kernel module and installed it by using sax2.
Thank you.
Keep the downloaded file. When you get a kernel update you will need to reinstall the driver from the command line.
Yeah, I know.
Thank you, very much.
I installed a new update (Adobe Flash Player), last night.
This morning, it happened the same thing:system boot hanged.
Any other idea?
Thank you.
Did you get to a terminal?
Try pressing 3 at that boot screen then boot.
log in as root
try
init 5
to start the GUI
if that does not work press enter to get a prompt and try this
init 3
shut down any level 5 stuff running and go to level 3
then
sax2 -m 0=“vesa” (that is a zero not a upper case o)
set video back to vesa driver
then
init 5
try GUI again.
post any errors or successes