Can no longer install openSUSE tumbleweed

[vcharette]

I can no longer do a fresh install of Tumbleweed using the latest ISO (KDE).

It gets to Starting Virtual Console Setup and it hangs there indefinitely. Failsafe gets me to bash. I previously did an install using a slightly older ISO (from last week) and I had no such issue.

First thing I would try is to boot using last week’s ISO but I no longer have it and only the current ISO is served on the site.

[Sauerland]

How do you get the ISO to USB-Stick or DVD?

Have you checked the downloaded ISO for errors with the checksum?

[vcharette]

I tried with both dd and iso image writer.

For dd i used the following command sudo dd bs=4M if=~/Downloads/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-KDE-Live-x86_64-Snapshot20241023-Media.iso of=/dev/sda conv=fdatasync status=progress

I also compared the checksum using sha256sum openSUSE-Tumbleweed-KDE-Live-x86_64-Snapshot20241023-Media.iso with the .sha256 file. They are the same.

I’d like to add that nothing has changed on the hardware side. I even tried unplugging everything and keeping the bare minimum and it didn’t help.

[sfalken]

Installing from the Live ISO’s isn’t a recommended practice. They’re extremely lightly maintained, and have been problematic for years.

Direct from get.opensuse.org, where you select the Live ISO’s for download:

Please be aware of the following limitations of the live images:

    They should not be used to install or upgrade. Please use the installation media instead
    They have a limited package and driver selection, so cannot be considered an accurate reflection as to whether the distribution will work on your hardware or not
    Kernel and initrd can’t be updated, so they shouldn’t be used as a persistent installation

I suggest grabbing the full DVD install image and trying with that.

[vcharette]

I think you’re right! From what I recall my last installation had a list of DE I could choose from, whereas now I’m using a KDE only image so I am definitely not booting from the same source as before.

Thank you!

[mrmazda]

Why are you repeatedly installing? The vast majority of TW users only install afresh on occasion, the rest opting to zypper dup to obtain the most recent release. That includes me, even though the openSUSE installer is my favorite among all installers I’ve used. I dread having to restore all my deviations from defaults, and ascertain whether each such remains a viable preference, so only do fresh installations for good reason.