Have always checked OpenSuse revisions by downloading and trying on my old hardware prior to upgrading/new install.
Regret OpenSUSE 12.1 does not even load to desktop on KDE live edition , and on Gnome edition it loads desktop but will not accept any selection of or display applications before total failure with error ‘some parts need to be disabled to operate’ , switching off and re log in does nor clear.
Hardware Athlon II, HP motherboard circa 2000 HP MS Millennium compatible (MS Windows long removed and using on OpenSuse from 8 to 11.4 OK), upgraded Ram 2GB, two 120Gb hard discs, two DVD read write. Radion video card (old).
On 11/19/2011 05:36 PM, eionmac wrote:
> Any advice?
buy some hardware less than 5 years old…or run software over 5 years
ole…
or load a modern Linux made for old, weak, systems…here is an old
posting of mine to get you started: http://tinyurl.com/ylf8zq9 (i would
start by loading the most recent Puppy Linux)
Am 19.11.2011 17:36, schrieb eionmac:
> Hardware Athlon II, HP motherboard circa 2000 HP MS Millennium
> compatible (MS Windows long removed and using on OpenSuse from 8 to
> 11.4 OK), upgraded Ram 2GB, two 120Gb hard discs, two DVD read
> write. Radion video card (old).
>
Your hardware is more than good enough except the graphics card which
you do not specify exactly. Give the precise model. It is almost sure
that you have a problem with that.
Let’s see if this can be solved then.
In your 11.4 please give us the output from /sbin/lspci -k (only the
part for the VGA).
Maybe consider to plug in a newer graphics card which is better supported.
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PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.7.3 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram
On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:38:45 +0000, Martin Helm wrote:
> Maybe consider to plug in a newer graphics card which is better
> supported.
I’d second that. Some of the older ATI cards are no longer supported in
the proprietary driver, and the radeon driver might work (my laptop has
an X300 in it, and it works OK for GNOME3, but not Compiz+KDE4).
I ran into a similar issue on 2 separate older systems.
My specs:
Motherboard: Intel D875PBZ (One Intel brand, one Gateway brand)
CPU: Pentium 4 (3.0 and 3.4 GHz)
RAM: 3GB
GPU: Nvidia 7700GS, ATI Radeon HD 3450
Problem:
Would not boot with KDE Live CD or DVD (Kernel panic)
Googling found a fix that would allow boot. Either acpi=off or maxcpus=1.
This allowed me to install but obviously the system was very slow.
After install I tried to remove the boot options and the result was something like “cannot load kernel”.
Based on the gibberish (to me) that is barely visible during boot I believe the motherboard and/or CPU are either not being identified or being misidentified.
I would file a bug but I honestly wouldn’t know where to start on this one.
Solution:
Back to 11.4 (KDE4 & KDE3) which runs flawlessly. (This is my multimedia box, mostly a glorified home stereo).
Your issue appears to be unrelated the the OP’s (which is probably graphics related, based on description given). I note that there a re a number of bug reports and threads concerning >2.6.39 kernels and Pentium 4 hardware:
Yes, it does boot into failsafe.
I have wiped and restored the 1st system to 11.4.
I should note that I did try and use kernel 3.1.x from the repo Index of /repositories/Kernel:/openSUSE-12.1/standard without any change.
I will setup the other box and report back tomorrow.
Thanks!
Disabling hyperthreading does indeed work. Personally I would rather not disable it.
For my pentium 4 multimedia box I will be sticking with 11.4 and hope they get the kernel fixed before end of life (September 15th, 2012).
For my other boxes 12.1 is running fantastic!
Thanks for your help deano_ferrari!
the hard part would be finding a compatible VC not too old. I still see a few AGP’s for selling around, but the OP may be talking about a PCI card. These got so expensive (compared to what they are worth) that if it wasn’t an HP mobo I’d go for a cheap mobo/processor upgrade with onboard graphics and at least one IDE port. However, HP CPUs are notoriously customized and a new mobo may not fit the box.