Failure to install Tumbleweed

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Brand new laptop: Alienware m16 r2 with an Intel ultra core 9, 32gb ram, 1tb nvme storage.

When I insert the usb stick and do the 1-time-menu to boot from the USB stick.

  1. I get to the grub
  2. select install
  3. get a “bunch” of scrolling
  4. starting udev <<<

and that’s it. TW stalls and nothing happens. Waited as much as 20 minutes.

TW with kernel 6.13 is supposed to support the Intel ultra core 9.

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Does it have an NVidia GPU, or some other hardware too new to be supported?

Is “starting udev” the exact message, including case? I don’t see that happen here in an ordinary TW boot’s dmesg or journal.

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Try using nomodeset kernel parameter.

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Thanks but it made no difference

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2 gpus:

  1. NVidia gpu: yes, but it’s an older one: the 4060 with 8Gb memory
  2. Built-in Intel arc and the i915 is well support by anything above 6.1 kernel

Not the exact case/spelling:

>>> openSUSE Tumbleweed installation program program v9.3 (c) 1996-2024 SUSE LLC  <<<
Starting udev...

3 dots + 1 space then the cursor stays.

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Oops: wrong: it’s: …program v9.4…

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Loading basic drivers… should have been next. :frowning: I just booted TW20250319 to check.

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@elfroggio try adding the boot options fbdev=1 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau nomodeset to the installation grub options.

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  1. Thanks. I’ll try it tonight when I’m back home.
  2. Does this need to be permanently on the grub boot options?
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@elfroggio No, just to see if it helps for the installation. Installing the nvidia rpms will add rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau at some point, I also use fbdev=1 nvidia_drm.modeset=1 on the grub line for my setup, going forward it may/maynot be needed for your setup.

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No didn’t work :frowning:

Tried both slowroll and tumbleweed and it didn’t worked in neither.

Any further suggestions?

Thanks

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Select the text install rather than default and also use the nomodeset option

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I want to reply to all that helped.

Now it’s working. This is if other people have similar problems.

The problem was solved by disabling the optimus (the sharing/balancing of the nvidia gpu and the intel gpu), and the install went ahead without a hitch.

Thank you

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