So I just installed openSUSE 13.1 on my netbook… or at least attempted to. After it has successfully installed, when I try to boot the computer it hangs at boot and gives me this:
Trying manual resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0_WD-WX31EB1DEC92-part1
Invoking userspace resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0_WD-WX31EB1DEC92-part1
resume: libgcrypt version: 1.5.3
Trying manual resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0_WD-WX31EB1DEC92-part1
Invoking in-kernel resume from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0_WD-WX31EB1DEC92-part1
Waiting for device /dev/root to appear: ok
fsck from util-linux 2.23.2
[/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) – /] fsck.ext4 -a /dev/sda2
/dev/sda2: recovering journal
/dev/sda2: clean, 139588/19406848 files, 2329396/77616640 blocks
fsck succeeded. Mounting root device read-write.
Mounting root /dev/root
mount -o rw,acl,user_xattr -t ext4 /dev/root /root
Welcome to openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64)!
And then it just hangs. The strange thing is I had absolutely no problem booting in openSUSE 12.3, and the OS functioned just fine. I’ve tried both an upgrade and a fresh install, and the default kernel instead of the desktop kernel with no luck. If it helps at all, when I want to boot the installation, I have to hit one of the function keys (can’t remember which one) to change my display settings to 1024x600 or else it doesn’t start the installation properly. However, after doing this, the installation completes as normal without any errors. It’s just that the installed system won’t boot. Can someone please help??? :\
No, that doesn’t look like it’s really resuming. It just checks if it should resume.
But of course one could try to prevent the resume by adding “noresume” to the boot options. (press ‘e’ at the boot menu to edit them)
And then it just hangs. The strange thing is I had absolutely no problem booting in openSUSE 12.3, and the OS functioned just fine. I’ve tried both an upgrade and a fresh install, and the default kernel instead of the desktop kernel with no luck. If it helps at all, when I want to boot the installation, I have to hit one of the function keys (can’t remember which one) to change my display settings to 1024x600 or else it doesn’t start the installation properly. However, after doing this, the installation completes as normal without any errors. It’s just that the installed system won’t boot. Can someone please help??? :\
Does it really hang?
Or can you login in text mode?
In the latter case there seems to be a problem with the graphics driver (well, there seems to be anyway, if you have to change the resolution to make the installation work) preventing X to start.
Which graphics card do you have?
If you have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf try to remove/rename it.
Do you get a graphical system, if you select “Recovery Mode” (“Advanced Options” at the boot menu)?
Can you please post your X logs? (/var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old; upload them to SUSE Paste and post a link)
Since the installation works when you change the resolution, maybe it helps to set the resolution for the installed system as well.
Press ‘e’ at the boot menu, search for a line starting with “linux” and append “video=1024x600” at the end. Then press ‘F10’ to boot.
Does that work?
If this relates to KDE then I’m having the same problem. System hasn’t crashed as can log in via console mode OK. Just cannot get KDE to launch from login screen, startx from console just hangs as well.
Is this your Radeon HD 6750 hardware ? Any chance this is a plymouth compatibility problem ? Does pressing <escape> during the boot (before the problem occurs) to disable plymouth make any difference ?
I ask this as I have observed this problem with plymouth with other radeon hardware.
I’ve tried both an upgrade and a clean install with the same results. I also checked the media several times.
I tried adding noresume but apparently it’s not a valid boot option. It does actually hang… I can’t get to a terminal login prompt. I have an intel GMA500 which I know has a lot of issues with Linux, but it worked fine under openSUSE 12.3. I also tried the video=1024x600 boot flag with the same problem. How can I post my X logs without having to boot the system? A live CD and then access the hard drive perhaps??
Interesting… I have the intel GMA500 so that could be a problem.
Yes, that would be possible.
Or you could boot to runlevel 3 (text mode) and access them there. (copy to somewhere else or view them and make a picture)
Just add ‘3’ to the kernel boot options in that case. Would be interesting to know if that works then anyway, or if your system still hangs.
But have you tried booting to “Recovery Mode” (“Advanced Options” at the boot menu)? If it’s indeed an issue with the intel driver, this should work and give you a graphical system.
I tried runlevel 3 with no luck, so I booted a live CD of Kubuntu, and I don’t have any xorg log or config file… I forgot to mention in my last reply that I did try recovery mode and got the same problem.
Also, the installation never actually finished. This is after it installs the base system and requires you to restart where it is hanging.
Based on my recent investigation into Intel GPU support in the kernel used by 13.1, your GPU is very old… originally released in 2004.
Linux kernel support for Intel GPU has only been around for maybe 2 yrs now, and until this last summer was severely lacking.
So, bottom line…
If you read the 13.1 release notes and combine with some other things, it becomes somewhat obvious that you will almost certainly have to be running the “intellegacy” driver, additionally likely in User Mode. Do some research based on that.
But, in the meantime,
I highly recommend doing your initial install in “No KMS” mode or even in text mode.
You can choose these two settings when you arrive at the first main screen where you choose the “Installation” option. At the bottom of the screen it says to press “F3” to choose your non-default video setting.
Sorry, I probably should have specified that the actual graphics card is an intel GMA 3600, but since it is related to the 500, it works under the GMA 500 drivers (at least it did in openSUSE 12.3).
Again strange, the messages file exists, but there is nothing in it. (I tried as root too)
That would imply that you have no syslog daemon running/installed. (although rsyslog should be installed automatically AFAIK)
You can take a look at systemd’s journal with “journalctl”.
I forgot to mention in my last reply that I did try recovery mode and got the same problem.