I have been having no end of problems with the live CD. A brief run down. DL 64 bit via bit torrent, check DL, md5 and sha1 hash check on iso. Unetbootin > USB no good on two different computers. Ditto 32 bit. Another computer download direct. Unetbootin no good. Tried these with suse studio imagewriter. same. tried all of these with safe settings/no apci no apic. tried nomodeset. Tried burning to CD.
Could I suggest to the devs that nomodeset is included as option in the f4 drop down as virtually all responses to posts on forum seem to suggest it. I do not know how to proceed now.
I have a usb version which now boots but:
Default gives me a small terminal (top left) with corrupted screen, no Kb or mouse response
Default + nomodeset gives small terminal, startx gives:
hostname: Name or service not known
xauth: file /home/linux/.serverauth .3936 does not exist
fatal server error server already active for display 0
safe settings + nomodeset gives small terminal, no mouse or kb.
Ii tried the gnome live cd on my nvidia box
Splash wasn’t pretty, but it arrived at the Desktop OK, but no effects. Otherwise all was well once at the running desktop.
My G550 laptop however was perfect all the way and effects too.
I was able to install on my test box with no problems. However, I wish I had changed something, but I don’t know how. I think I would be better off with a desktop install rather than the default install I have now. How do I get a different kernel to install? I have no problem with re-doing this test box.
Also, is it possible to prevent the install of unneeded languages? I get loads of updates (even some errors) for languages I will never use.
Just delete the kernel-default
And select kernel-desktop
You’ll have fun. I did it,just as you are asking.
It really gets my goat. You have to be totally brutal in Yast Software Management. When you mark to delete all kinds of hell breaks loose and it tries to drag in stuff you don’t want.
A tip: Use the option Taboo Do Not Install on packages such as anything with ndiswrapper in them, or virtualbox or even the kernel flavour you DON’T want.
On 03/01/2011 09:06 PM, caf4926 wrote:
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…] Management. When you mark to delete all kinds of hell breaks
loose and
> it tries to drag in stuff you don’t want.
> A tip: Use the option Taboo Do Not Install on packages such as anything
> with ndiswrapper in them, or virtualbox or even the kernel flavour you
> DON’T want.
>
>
In my case on the RC1, it was “bundle-lang-gnome-??”. Some package was
calling for Arabic. In YaST2, I marked it to delete. As soon as I did
it, another bundle for a random language popped up, automagicaly marked
to install, and so on. It was like a game of ‘Whack-A-Mole’. I ‘tabooed’
all ‘bundle-gnome-’ and enabled only for English.