Trying to install OpenSUSE 11.0 x86_64 from a DVD and after I choose Installation from the boot menu it goes to a black screen and does nothing.
I then tried changing the Kernel to different options to see if that made a difference. When I choose No ACPI it will get farther. It looks like it tries to start the graphical installer interface and fails back to text mode with an error message “An error occurred during the installation.”. If I then attempt to install through this text mode it keeps trying to start a graphics interface and fails back to text again (never ending loop).
I verified the DVD and it passed.
I appears that No ACPI and Text mode will work, but what are the odds that the graphics interface will startup after install?
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
Hardware
Custom Built Machine
ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
8GB DDR2 800
Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS
if you don’t get a GUI on re-boot after install or can’t startx at login prompt. Switch to vesa driver until you get nVidia installed.
at the boot screen, pause the boot by moving the down button, then move back up and clear any text in the boot arguments by holding backspace. Then just type the number: 3
At the login
Type “root” then enter and then your root password and press enter.
@caf4926 is correct - your 8800GTS probably needs the proprietary nvidia driver; this is especially true if you have SLI. So try to get through the installation using ncurses (gui in text mode, the old DOS way), then try the vesa driver as he described. If vesa doesn’t work let us know and we’ll work on getting the nvidia driver installed from the command line. If you are not able to get through the installation, but you do get the first installation GUI screens (in the beginning of the install it is using the framebuffer driver, later after graphics device detection it switches to the X server and its driver), then choose a server install instead of KDE or Gnome (it’s under the “Other” button). The X server and graphics drivers will not be installed at all then. Then from the command line (where server work is typically done) we can install the nvidia driver and subsequently the X server and desktop environment of your choice. Not difficult.