Broken Slowroll - error and system hang loading USB Slowroll installation media

English Install/Boot/Login
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I’ve got a broken Slowroll system while experimenting, while my dual boot with Leap 15.6 is still working. Alder Lake Gigabyte model: Z790 AORUS ELITE AX, i7 and Arch A750.
Trying to boot Slowroll from Grub2 menu returns emergency mode message, cannot access to console, the root is locked, and the suggested enter to continue doesn’t work.

So I tried a to do a trivial reinstallation (upgrade or installation) from USB installation media, UEFI: Kingston DataTraveler 3.0MAP, which I moved to first boot in the boot sequence.
Unhappily loading Installation or Upgrade just cause a message screen
Loading kernel
Loading initial ramdisk
error: grub-core/kern/mm …
and shortly a full screen of messages and hang without loading the installation

No success with trying boot from hard disk either.

Other > Memory test run, but I exited after ca. 30GB (of total 127GB)

I have tested the USB Slowroll DVD installation media on anothre machine and it loads ok.

I have never had similar issues and I am stuck what to do further.
Suggestions are welcome?

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I will add that booting the USB installation media worked the first time, and I tried a Slowroll Upgrade installation. There were several packages that required manual selection (solution 1), and a message told the boot grub2 menu could not be updated due to Grub2 for BLS. In a way got a selection to change this to Grub2 for EFI.

I mention this anyway, in case there is some issue with the Grub2 menu for Slowroll. After the update installation and booting Slowroll, there was a new login menu similar to that for Leap 16. But as I said, login to Leap 15.6 works ok from the dual/triple boot Grub2 menu.

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NVIDIA? KDE Plasma?

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Arch A750 Intel DG2.
Gnome

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Additonal info:

1.)
I think what broke Slowroll, was when I experimented with was a unsuccessful install of the Tumbleweed version of ffmpeg-8-8.1 and codecs from Packman. Due to several dependices this deinstalled several gnome packages and other.

Now I’m able to boot Slowroll Advanced options - previous kernels from the Grub menu.
The green square login menu is possibly a fallback menu if the Gnome login menu is lost. The problem is that this results in incorrect logins. Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login attempts from the console, also say incorrect login. Seemingly user and/or password (also root) also is gone.

Trying to boot the USB Slowroll installation media again, after selecting or moving it up from 3 in the boot sequence to top in BIOS. Next attempt to launch i.e Installation, bring up this first, temporary message in the tempconsole window (used now a photo):

Loading kernel …
Loading initial ramdisk
error: …/…/grub-core/kern/mm.c:grub_memalign:548:out of memory.
Press any key to continue

Shortly after, the whole screen is filled with messages and it hangs.

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I have made some progress, as I am able to boot an older Slowroll kernel in Advanced Recovery mode. It comes to Give root password for maintenance, and Ctrl-D continues to the Gnome login menu, and I can logon to Gnome desktop.

The main issue now is that the Wired network doesn’t connect. I tried to disable Network Manager and configure the with YaST > Hardware > Network, but with no success. So possibly there is missing network drivers.

That is I have no Internet and no online upgrade with zypper available.

Just a thought; is it possible to run some “online upgrade” from the mounted USB install media, possibly how?
This USB install media burned from the downloaded the SR DVD iso with Impression. Trying to boot it cause the above mentioned error after loading initial ramdisk. I also ran the YaST2 Bootloader which seemingly should create initrd.

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I added the mounted USB installation media as repo with zypper and then ran
zypper dup

Unhappily I have still to boot the new Slowroll kernel in Recovery mode as above, and the Wired Network still doesn’t connect after user logon.

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@terjejh did you check the default boot entry matches. I faced a similar issue awhile back, see < https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242144> it seems to pop up every now and again…

If your installing, suggest you try out Agama 19, I did a Tumbleweed install with it today (It does MicroOS, Tumbleweed and Slowroll)…

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Try running inxi:

> inxi -n
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM driver: e1000e
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 89:59:3a:7e:1f:bb
  Device-2: ASUSTek USB-N14 802.11b/g/n (2x2) Wireless Adapter [Ralink
    RT5372] driver: rt2800usb type: USB
  IF: wlp0s20f0u2 state: up mac: 5c:3d:a6:1d :c6:5e
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A

To check addresses and up/down, run ip address

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@malcolmlewis @marel

I feel it’s a bit too low-level for me to follow the debugging details above and to change to Agama now. If burning an older known working Slowroll installation image that works I can do that.

In the mean-time I have removed kernel-default 6.19.9-1 and 6.19.5.1 and got 6.19.5-1 force reinstalled from the mounted USB media.

inxi -Sna
System:
  Host: localhost.localdomain Kernel: 6.19.5-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.19.5-1-default
    root=UUID=6bac1654-8da3-47a6-8b4e-93c0691e3c1f single
  Desktop: GNOME v: 49.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.51 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy avail: xscreensaver dm: GDM v: 49.2
    Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed-Slowroll 20260302
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: f6:25:e3:e6:7f:ce
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 74:56:3c:b7:24:29
  Info: services: NetworkManager,wpa_supplicant

But unhappily the Network is still not working, just a [?] visible on the Network Manager applet.

If I select to boot using the normal Slowroll boot option = 6.19.5.1 default on the Grub2 menu, just a console screen with repeating text as follows appears:

Failed to execute /usr/sbin/su login: Permission denied
Reloading system manager configuration
Starting default.target
You are in emergency mode. After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot or "exit" to continue bootup.

I found only Ctrl-Alt-Del working to reboot and then selected the
Advanced option on the Grub2 boot menu: Slowroll 6.19.5-1 Recovery mode
…screen text ends with

Enter root password for system maintenance or
Ctrl-D to continue - which bring up the correct Gnome user login menu
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Looks like text files cannot be uploaded here. In case someone is capable to troubleshoot something from the output of this journalctl command after logging in to Recovery mode, I paste it in below:

journalctl -xb | grep -iE 'error|warn|fail'
Mar 25 14:57:39 localhost kernel: x86/split lock detection: #AC: crashing the kernel on kernel split_locks and warning on user-space split_locks
Mar 25 14:57:39 localhost kernel: RAS: Correctable Errors collector initialized.
Mar 25 14:57:43 localhost dracut-pre-pivot[722]: Warning: SELinux is off in labelled system!
Mar 25 14:57:44 localhost kernel: intel-hid INTC1070:00: failed to enable HID power button
Mar 25 14:57:44 localhost kernel: faux_driver regulatory: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
Mar 25 14:57:44 localhost kernel: cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
Mar 25 14:57:44 localhost kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB.PC00.CNVW._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20250807/nsarguments-61)
Mar 25 14:57:44 localhost kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB.PC00.XHCI.RHUB.HS14._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Integer], ACPI requires [Package] (20250807/nsarguments-61)
Mar 25 14:57:44 localhost (udev-worker)[846]: sr0: Process '/usr/sbin/pktsetup -i -d 11:0' failed with exit code 1.
Mar 25 14:57:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: \_TZ_.TZ10: _PSL evaluation failure
Mar 25 14:57:50 localhost avahi-daemon[1218]: Failed to open /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
Mar 25 14:57:50 localhost smartd[1227]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], WARNING: A firmware update for this drive may be available,
Mar 25 14:57:50 localhost irqbalance[1219]: thermal: failed to receive messages.
Mar 25 14:57:50 localhost irqbalance[1219]: Failed to initialize thermal events.
Mar 25 14:57:51 localhost smartd[1227]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], WARNING: A firmware update for this drive may be available,
Mar 25 14:57:51 localhost.localdomain smartd[1227]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 112 to 113
Mar 25 14:57:51 localhost.localdomain smartd[1227]: Device: /dev/nvme0, NVMe error count increased from 4402 to 4406 (0 new, 2 ignored, 2 unknown)
Mar 25 14:57:51 localhost.localdomain accounts-daemon[1470]: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_get_object_path: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_INTERFACE_SKELETON (interface_)' failed
░░ For backwards compatibility, we only warn when files do not follow this
░░ convention when run as a user bus. The system bus considers this an error
░░ For backwards compatibility, we only warn when files do not follow this
░░ convention when run as a user bus. The system bus considers this an error
░░ For backwards compatibility, we only warn when files do not follow this
░░ convention when run as a user bus. The system bus considers this an error
Mar 25 14:57:52 localhost.localdomain (udev-worker)[827]: sr0: Process '/usr/sbin/pktsetup -i -d 11:0' failed with exit code 1.
Mar 25 14:57:52 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[1540]: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to execute child process “ibus-daemon” (No such file or directory)
Mar 25 14:57:52 localhost.localdomain gsd-sharing[1646]: Failed to stop rygel.service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit rygel.service not loaded.
Mar 25 14:57:52 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[1540]: Error looking up permission: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for geolocation
Mar 25 14:57:52 localhost.localdomain gsd-usb-protection[1651]: Failed to fetch USBGuard parameters: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Mar 25 14:57:52 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[1643]: Failed to grab accelerator for keybinding settings:hibernate
Mar 25 14:57:52 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[1643]: Failed to grab accelerator for keybinding settings:playback-repeat
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[2710]: > Warning:          Multiple symbols for level 1/group 1 on key <FK23>
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[2710]: > Warning:          Symbol map for key <FK23> redefined
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[2710]: > Warning:          Symbol map for key <FK24> redefined
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[2710]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[2711]: > Warning:          Unsupported maximum keycode 709, clipping.
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[2711]: > Warning:          Virtual modifier Hyper multiply defined
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[2711]: > Warning:          Virtual modifier ScrollLock multiply defined
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[1540]: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to execute child process “ibus-daemon” (No such file or directory)
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[2711]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gsd-xsettings[2713]: Failed to get current UI scaling factor: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Destination does not exist
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain wireplumber[1789]: [0:00:15.551425742] [1789]  WARN IPAManager ipa_manager.cpp:158 No IPA found in '/usr/lib64/libcamera/ipa'
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[1643]: gvc_mixer_ui_device_get_id: assertion 'GVC_IS_MIXER_UI_DEVICE (device)' failed
Mar 25 14:57:53 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[1540]: gvc_mixer_ui_device_get_id: assertion 'GVC_IS_MIXER_UI_DEVICE (device)' failed
Mar 25 14:57:56 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1334]: ((../src/libnm-systemd-core/src/libsystemd/sd-event/sd-event.c:4488)): assertion '<dropped>' failed
Mar 25 14:57:56 localhost.localdomain gsd-sharing[1646]: Failed to stop rygel.service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit rygel.service not loaded.
░░ For backwards compatibility, we only warn when files do not follow this
░░ convention when run as a user bus. The system bus considers this an error
░░ For backwards compatibility, we only warn when files do not follow this
░░ convention when run as a user bus. The system bus considers this an error
░░ For backwards compatibility, we only warn when files do not follow this
░░ convention when run as a user bus. The system bus considers this an error
Mar 25 14:58:04 localhost.localdomain (udev-worker)[3770]: sr0: Process '/usr/sbin/pktsetup -i -d 11:0' failed with exit code 1.
Mar 25 14:58:04 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3845]: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to execute child process “ibus-daemon” (No such file or directory)
Mar 25 14:58:04 localhost.localdomain gnome-session-service[3836]: Could not create transient scope for PID 3986: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnixProcessIdUnknown: Failed to set unit properties: No such process
Mar 25 14:58:04 localhost.localdomain gsd-sharing[3967]: Failed to stop rygel.service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit rygel.service not loaded.
Mar 25 14:58:04 localhost.localdomain gsd-usb-protection[3974]: Failed to fetch USBGuard parameters: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name is not activatable
Mar 25 14:58:04 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[3959]: Failed to grab accelerator for keybinding settings:playback-repeat
Mar 25 14:58:04 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[3959]: Failed to grab accelerator for keybinding settings:hibernate
Mar 25 14:58:04 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3845]: Error looking up permission: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for geolocation
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3845]: Extension Applications_Menu@rmy.pobox.com: Error: Requiring GMenu, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'GMenu' (any version) not found
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop[3970]: Cannot register authentication agent: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[5169]: > Warning:          Multiple symbols for level 1/group 1 on key <FK23>
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[5169]: > Warning:          Symbol map for key <FK23> redefined
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[5169]: > Warning:          Symbol map for key <FK24> redefined
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[5169]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gsd-xsettings[5590]: Failed to get current UI scaling factor: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Destination does not exist
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3845]: clutter_actor_set_child_above_sibling: assertion 'sibling->priv->parent == self' failed
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3845]: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to execute child process “ibus-daemon” (No such file or directory)
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3845]: Extension apps-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com: Error: Requiring GMenu, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'GMenu' (any version) not found
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[5757]: > Warning:          Unsupported maximum keycode 709, clipping.
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[5757]: > Warning:          Virtual modifier Hyper multiply defined
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[5757]: > Warning:          Virtual modifier ScrollLock multiply defined
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[5757]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3845]: Update check failed: Error resolving “extensions.gnome.org”: Temporary failure in name resolution
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain wireplumber[4089]: [0:00:27.301932468] [4089]  WARN IPAManager ipa_manager.cpp:158 No IPA found in '/usr/lib64/libcamera/ipa'
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gsd-media-keys[3959]: gvc_mixer_ui_device_get_id: assertion 'GVC_IS_MIXER_UI_DEVICE (device)' failed
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3845]: gvc_mixer_ui_device_get_id: assertion 'GVC_IS_MIXER_UI_DEVICE (device)' failed
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain systemd[1494]: dbus-:1.2-org.gnome.Settings.GlobalShortcutsProvider@0.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain systemd[1494]: dbus-:1.2-org.gnome.Settings.GlobalShortcutsProvider@0.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ The unit UNIT has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 25 14:58:05 localhost.localdomain gnome-session-ctl[5938]: Failed to restart DBus service: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.OnlyByDependency: Operation refused, unit dbus-broker.service may be requested by dependency only (it is configured to refuse manual start/stop).
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: ERROR:tcti:src/tss2-tcti/tctildr-dl.c:263:tctildr_get_default() No standard TCTI could be loaded
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: ERROR:tcti:src/tss2-tcti/tctildr.c:477:tctildr_init_context_data() Failed to instantiate TCTI
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: ERROR:esys:src/tss2-esys/esys_context.c:71:Esys_Initialize() Initialize default tcti. ErrorCode (0x000a000a)
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.747 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:0/block/sdf: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdf: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.750 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:0/block/sdf: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdf: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.752 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:1/block/sdg: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdg: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.755 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:1/block/sdg: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdg: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.757 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:2/block/sdh: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdh: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.760 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:2/block/sdh: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdh: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.762 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:3/block/sdi: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdi: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.765 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:3/block/sdi: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdi: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.768 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:4/block/sdj: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdj: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.770 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-9/2-9:1.0/host10/target10:0:0/10:0:0:4/block/sdj: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sdj: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:06 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:06.941 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/ata3/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sr0: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sr0: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:07 localhost.localdomain fwupd[5861]: 13:58:07.061 FuEngine             failed to add device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:17.0/ata3/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sr0: failed to subclass open: failed to open /dev/sr0: No medium found
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: updates-shell: failed to get upgrades: no plugin could handle listing distro upgrades
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.videolan.VLC.Locale/x86_64/stable is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.videolan.VLC.Locale/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.mozilla.Thunderbird.Locale/x86_64/stable is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.mozilla.Thunderbird.Locale/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.kde.WaylandDecoration.QAdwaitaDecorations/x86_64/5.15-24.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.kde.WaylandDecoration.QAdwaitaDecorations/x86_64/5.15-24.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.kde.PlatformTheme.QGnomePlatform/x86_64/5.15-24.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.kde.PlatformTheme.QGnomePlatform/x86_64/5.15-24.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.kde.Platform/x86_64/5.15-24.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.kde.Platform/x86_64/5.15-24.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.kde.Platform.Locale/x86_64/5.15-24.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.kde.Platform.Locale/x86_64/5.15-24.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.kde.KStyle.Adwaita/x86_64/5.15-24.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.kde.KStyle.Adwaita/x86_64/5.15-24.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.gnome.gedit.Locale/x86_64/stable is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.gnome.gedit.Locale/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/50 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/50' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/49 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/49' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.gnome.Platform.Locale/x86_64/50 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.gnome.Platform.Locale/x86_64/50' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.gnome.Platform.Locale/x86_64/49 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.gnome.Platform.Locale/x86_64/49' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/24.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/24.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.5.1 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.5.1' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra/x86_64/25.08-extra is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra/x86_64/25.08-extra' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/25.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/25.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/24.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/24.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale/x86_64/24.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale/x86_64/24.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/25.08-extra is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/25.08-extra' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/25.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/25.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/24.08extra is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/24.08extra' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/24.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/24.08' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/io.gitlab.adhami3310.Impression.Locale/x86_64/stable is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/io.gitlab.adhami3310.Impression.Locale/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since app/org.videolan.VLC/x86_64/stable is already installed: No such ref 'app/org.videolan.VLC/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/x86_64/stable is already installed: No such ref 'app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since app/org.gnome.gedit/x86_64/stable is already installed: No such ref 'app/org.gnome.gedit/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:58:10 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since app/io.gitlab.adhami3310.Impression/x86_64/stable is already installed: No such ref 'app/io.gitlab.adhami3310.Impression/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub
Mar 25 14:59:07 localhost.localdomain gnome-software[4104]: failed to get upgrades: no plugin could handle listing distro upgrades
Mar 25 14:59:32 localhost.localdomain su[6928]: pam_systemd(su-l:session): Failed to check if /run/user/0/bus exists, ignoring: Permission denied
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And what about the output of ip address?

Mar 25 14:57:51 localhost.localdomain smartd[1227]: Device: /dev/nvme0, NVMe error count increased from 4402 to 4406 (0 new, 2 ignored, 2 unknown)

Looks like your NVME drive is corrupted.

The filtered journal is not too helpful at least not to me, can you upload the complete log to https://paste.opensuse.org/?

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@terjejh smartctl -x /dev/nvme0 should provide more information on any errors.

14

I can add here I also have burned the same Slowroll DVD iso image to a DVD disc with Brasero. Trying to boot the installer from this DVD disc cause the same error as for the USB installation image. I have tried to look for BIOS settings without finding some that helped here. The remarkable thing is that this has never happened before on this relative powerful and new Alder Lake workstation, while the USB installer boots ok on a legacy SkyLake workstation as previously.

Tried a google-ai search which replies:

The openSUSE installation error
`grub-core/kern/mm.c:548:out of memory` typically occurs during the boot process when the GRUB bootloader cannot allocate enough contiguous memory to load the initial ramdisk (`initrd`). This is rarely a physical RAM deficiency and more often a limitation in how the firmware (UEFI/BIOS) or GRUB handles memory allocation.

Common Causes & Fixes

* **TPM Conflict (Most Likely)**: Modern openSUSE versions enable TPM measurement by default in GRUB2. This process requires GRUB to copy files like the `initrd` into memory for measurement, effectively **doubling** the memory requirement.
  * **Fix**: Enter your BIOS/UEFI settings and **disable TPM** (or Intel PTT / AMD PSP) temporarily to complete the installation.
* **Large Initial Ramdisk**: The installation `initrd` is significantly larger than a standard boot `initrd` (often ~200MB vs. ~30MB). If the firmware only initializes a small portion of memory for early boot, GRUB will fail to load this large file.
  * **Fix**: Ensure your BIOS is updated to the latest version, as firmware updates often improve early-boot memory initialization.
* **Compatibility Support Module (CSM) Issues**: Booting in a "Legacy" or CSM mode on a modern UEFI system can cause memory mapping issues for GRUB.
  * **Fix**: Disable **CSM** in your BIOS and ensure you are booting the installation media in pure **UEFI mode**.
* **Microcode or Driver Incompatibility**: Sometimes specific CPU microcode or display settings interfere with the handover from GRUB to the kernel.
  * **Fix**: At the GRUB boot menu, press **'e'** to edit the boot entry and append `dis_ucode_ldr` or `nomodeset` to the end of the line starting with `linux`. Press **F10** to boot with these options.
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@marel @malcolmlewis

I uploaded the full output file journalctl_xb.gz
https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/058075689ced

ip address
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp7s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 74:56:3c:b7:24:29 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enx74563cb72429
    inet 192.168.10.189/24 brd 192.168.10.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp7s0
       valid_lft 86342sec preferred_lft 86342sec
    inet6 2a01:799:1e9d:5800:f69f:2447:adb1:58ce/64 scope global temporary dynamic 
       valid_lft 24312sec preferred_lft 24312sec
    inet6 2a01:799:1e9d:5800:7656:3cff:feb7:2429/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute 
       valid_lft 24312sec preferred_lft 24312sec
    inet6 fe80::7656:3cff:feb7:2429/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlo1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether fe:d1:97:30:a1:4c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr f4:3b:d8:47:ce:d0
    altname wlp0s20f3
    altname wlxf43bd847ced0

This is the drive I use for Slowroll, and I have not encountered issues with it

df -h | grep 'nvme0'
/dev/nvme0n1p1   30G   18G   11G  62% /
/dev/nvme0n1p3  256M  6,3M  250M   3% /boot/efi
/dev/nvme0n1p5   49G   15G   32G  32% /home3
/dev/nvme0n1p4   98G   81G   13G  87% /home
/dev/nvme0n1p6  492G  391G   76G  84% /Videoklipp

inxi -Da
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 10.21 TiB used: 7.32 TiB (71.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SKC3000D2048G
    size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: 50026B7686A68B23 fw-rev: EIFK31.6 temp: 39.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 304d 21h cycles: 1,060
    read-units: 14,435,168 [7.39 TB] written-units: 13,300,051 [6.80 TB]

fdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1.86 TiB, 2048408248320 bytes, 4000797360 sectors
Disk model: KINGSTON SKC3000D2048G                  
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: gpt
Disk identifier: F8F800F1-72BC-4800-9748-57EA14321CAC

Device             Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1      2048   62916607   62914560   30G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p2  62916608  331352063  268435456  128G Linux swap
/dev/nvme0n1p3 331352064  331876351     524288  256M Microsoft basic data
/dev/nvme0n1p4 331876352  541591551  209715200  100G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p5 541591552  646449151  104857600   50G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p6 646449152 1695025151 1048576000  500G Linux filesystem

smartctl -x /dev/nvme0
smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [x86_64-linux-6.19.5-1-default] (SUSE RPM)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Number:                       KINGSTON SKC3000D2048G
Serial Number:                      50026B7686A68B23
Firmware Version:                   EIFK31.6
PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID:            0x2646
IEEE OUI Identifier:                0x0026b7
Total NVM Capacity:                 2,048,408,248,320 [2.04 TB]
Unallocated NVM Capacity:           0
Controller ID:                      1
NVMe Version:                       1.4
Number of Namespaces:               1
Namespace 1 Size/Capacity:          2,048,408,248,320 [2.04 TB]
Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size:     512
Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64:            0026b7 686a68b235
Local Time is:                      Wed Mar 25 23:43:15 2026 CET
Firmware Updates (0x12):            1 Slot, no Reset required
Optional Admin Commands (0x0017):   Security Format Frmw_DL Self_Test
Optional NVM Commands (0x005d):     Comp DS_Mngmt Wr_Zero Sav/Sel_Feat Timestmp
Log Page Attributes (0x08):         Telmtry_Lg
Maximum Data Transfer Size:         512 Pages
Warning  Comp. Temp. Threshold:     84 Celsius
Critical Comp. Temp. Threshold:     89 Celsius

Supported Power States
St Op     Max   Active     Idle   RL RT WL WT  Ent_Lat  Ex_Lat
 0 +     8.80W       -        -    0  0  0  0        0       0
 1 +     7.10W       -        -    1  1  1  1        0       0
 2 +     5.20W       -        -    2  2  2  2        0       0
 3 -   0.0620W       -        -    3  3  3  3     2500    7500
 4 -   0.0620W       -        -    4  4  4  4     2500    7500

Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1)
Id Fmt  Data  Metadt  Rel_Perf
 0 +     512       0         2
 1 -    4096       0         1

=== START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02, NSID 0xffffffff)
Critical Warning:                   0x00
Temperature:                        40 Celsius
Available Spare:                    100%
Available Spare Threshold:          10%
Percentage Used:                    0%
Data Units Read:                    14,435,278 [7.39 TB]
Data Units Written:                 13,300,069 [6.80 TB]
Host Read Commands:                 142,107,923
Host Write Commands:                247,174,148
Controller Busy Time:               1,417
Power Cycles:                       1,060
Power On Hours:                     7,317
Unsafe Shutdowns:                   86
Media and Data Integrity Errors:    0
Error Information Log Entries:      4,422
Warning  Comp. Temperature Time:    0
Critical Comp. Temperature Time:    0
Temperature Sensor 2:               56 Celsius

Error Information (NVMe Log 0x01, 16 of 63 entries)
Num   ErrCount  SQId   CmdId  Status  PELoc          LBA  NSID    VS  Message
  0       4422     0  0x0010  0x4004  0x028            0     0     -  Invalid Field in Command
  1       4421     0  0x101c  0x4004      -            0     0     -  Invalid Field in Command

Self-test Log (NVMe Log 0x06, NSID 0xffffffff)
Self-test status: No self-test in progress
Num  Test_Description  Status                       Power_on_Hours  Failing_LBA  NSID Seg SCT Code
 0   Short             Completed without error                7304            -     -   -   -    -
 1   Short             Completed without error                7286            -     -   -   -    -
 2   Extended          Completed without error                7277            -     -   -   -    -
 3   Short             Completed without error                7273            -     -   -   -    -
 4   Short             Completed without error                7263            -     -   -   -    -
 5   Short             Completed without error                7262            -     -   -   -    -
 6   Short             Completed without error                7248            -     -   -   -    -
 7   Short             Completed without error                7235            -     -   -   -    -
 8   Short             Completed without error                7219            -     -   -   -    -
 9   Short             Completed without error                7206            -     -   -   -    -
10   Short             Completed without error                7189            -     -   -   -    -
11   Short             Completed without error                7174            -     -   -   -    -
12   Short             Completed without error                7161            -     -   -   -    -
13   Short             Completed without error                7147            -     -   -   -    -
14   Short             Completed without error                7134            -     -   -   -    -
15   Short             Completed without error                7123            -     -   -   -    -
16   Short             Aborted: Controller Reset              7107            -     -   -   -    -
17   Short             Completed without error                7093            -     -   -   -    -
18   Short             Completed without error                7078            -     -   -   -    -
19   Short             Completed without error                7064            -     -   -   -    -
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@terjejh That storage device looks fine to me. If you ever do a fresh install, look at changing the LBA to 4096 (from a live or rescue boot with the nvme command) should give a performance boost.

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Your Ethernet has an IP address, looks like your are on a private net with a gateway to the Internet.

Your journal shows that network manager is happy:

Mar 25 23:21:48 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1369]: <info>  [1774477308.4085] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Mar 25 23:21:48 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1369]: <info>  [1774477308.4091] device (enp7s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Mar 25 23:21:48 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[1369]: <info>  [1774477308.4105] manager: startup complete
Mar 25 23:21:48 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Finished Network Manager Wait Online.

If you see still problems it is probably DNS, you can check with ping 8.8.8.8 that should work, to check DNS try nslookup forums.opensuse.org

On the other problems, this seems to me pointing at the root cause:

Mar 25 23:21:57 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3871]: can't init metadata tree /home/terje/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/root: open: Permission denied
Mar 25 23:21:57 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3871]: can't init metadata tree /home/terje/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/root: open: Permission denied
Mar 25 23:21:57 localhost.localdomain gnome-shell[3871]: can't init metadata tree /home/terje/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/root: open: Permission denied

On changing the LBA block size with a new install, I have multiple NVME’s and checked:

WD BLACK SN7100 2TB

> sudo nvme id-ns -H /dev/nvme0n1 | grep 'Relative Performance'
LBA Format  0 : Metadata Size: 0   bytes - Data Size: 512 bytes - Relative Performance: 0x2 Good (in use)
LBA Format  1 : Metadata Size: 0   bytes - Data Size: 4096 bytes - Relative Performance: 0x1 Better

Lexar NM790 2TB

LBA Format 0 : Metadata Size: 0 bytes - Data Size: 512 bytes - Relative Performance: 0 Best (in use)

Crucial CT1000P1SSD8 1 TB

LBA Format 0 : Metadata Size: 0 bytes - Data Size: 512 bytes - Relative Performance: 0 Best (in use)

Not sure if the Kingston drive supports LBA format 1.

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@marel Looks like it does :wink:

Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1)
Id Fmt  Data  Metadt  Rel_Perf
 0 +     512       0         2
 1 -    4096       0         1
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@marel
I have Slowroll, Leap 15-6 and Leap 16 in triple boot on this machine. Network and internet has worked for all installations, but not now on Slowroll for some reason.
In case it is easier to see what is broken with the internet connection on Slowroll, I paste in the eqicalent output from booted Leap 15.6:

ip address
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 74:56:3c:b7:24:29 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp7s0
    inet 192.168.10.189/24 brd 192.168.10.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0
       valid_lft 85619sec preferred_lft 85619sec
    inet6 2a01:799:1e9d:5800:2432:1092:58b2:14d7/64 scope global temporary dynamic 
       valid_lft 24310sec preferred_lft 24310sec
    inet6 2a01:799:1e9d:5800:7656:3cff:feb7:2429/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute 
       valid_lft 24310sec preferred_lft 24310sec
    inet6 fe80::7656:3cff:feb7:2429/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether fe:c0:1c:01:ff:ad brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr f4:3b:d8:47:ce:d0
    altname wlo1
    altname wlp0s20f3
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I tried to burn the Agama iso to USB which boots, yes, but maybe I did oversee something on the first installation screens:
Is it possible it lacks the most important option that the YaST installer has had for decades?
Expert > Start with existing partitions

During testing a SUSE beta several years ago, I discovered and got avoided I think, that this feature was forgotten and left out.

IMO this is the most important option, especially for Upgrade installations but also new installations on earlier Linux disk partitions