New install 11.1 Gnome garbled screen after install

English Install/Boot/Login
#1

I just downloaded and burned this disc for 11.1 and burned it as instructed with Infrarecorder. It boots up to the selection screen aka (normal gnome, failsafe, floppy…) but if I go beyond this screen, my screen becomes a garbled mess, kind of like a burn in test in an old arcade game machine. I tried using 11.2 gnome and it wont install correctly either. This is my 5th install of 3 different types of openSUSE today. What is the deal?? Don’t get me wrong, Ubuntu has its problems too, but at least it installs! I really want to change to openSUSE, but it hasn’t worked in 5 tries! What can I do?

Computer: Intel Celeron (R) 2.6Ghz
Graphics: Intel i845

#2

did you try to install KDE? If so, did it have the same results?

#3

Installed gnome again, but this time it says that I have 1 MB of space for the install. Should I continue with the install and if so, which? LVM or partitioned?

#4

what do you have on the hard drive you are trying to install on and how many GB of each

#5

11.1 was installed before. Trying to get 11.2

#6

are you doing an upgrade or fresh install?

#7

Upgrade or Fresh, it doesnt seem to matter…as long as I have a working OS. Got 11.2 working, but the only one that works is RC2. Tried gnome and KDE, but neither worked. Screen came out garbled and just showed pretty colors:\ Just my luck. But if RC2 works, whats the quickest way to get new software?

#8

i would try upgrade through the desktop system.

#9

11.1’s Intel driver was FUBAR, they switched from the old i810 driver to the Intel one and it more or less broke everything.