On 2011-03-22 09:06, TaiwanTom wrote:
> Installation had no problems but when I try to boot into the normal
> mode it just gets stuck on the screen that has a loading bar.
Next time, press “ESC” when it starts booting, so that the bar is replaced
with a text display that registers what is being done, and at what point
exactly it gets stuck.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
Hi,
Alright, just forget the first options. It’s a black screen with boot options, I thought I’d remember something about loading GRUB 2, but it might have been GRUB stage 2
Just doing nothing gives me 3 different openSuse 11.4 alternatives, each with it’s own failsafe.
No, there are no other operating systems on the box.
Best regards
/Kjell
So move the down arrow when that screen comes up and it pauses the timer. That will give you time to note down those options and write them here. Either that or take a photo of it.
But if you have 3 different Failsafe options it almost certainly means you have 3 different kernels.
Have you tried all 3 of the default options, only one of them will be the original flavour from the install, the others were probably added by you accidentally.
What details do you see if you press Esc when booting the default options?
Hi again!
Tanks for your efforts, here are some additional info.
Boot options:
openSUSE 11.4-2.6.37.1-1.2 (default)
Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.4-2.6.37.1-1.2 (default)
openSUSE 11.4-2.6.37.1-1.2 (pae) <-- This is the preselected option
Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.4-2.6.37.1-1.2 (pae)
openSUSE 11.4-2.6.37.1-1.2 (pae)
Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.4-2.6.37.1-1.2 (pae)
Bootoptions for failsafe alternatives are all:
p noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off x11failsafe nomodeset vga=0x317
For all the others the alternatives are:
vga=0x317
The non-failsafe options disables the keyboard quite soon after it’s been started, but I once managed to start booting and press Esc. The result is in the attached file.
In a couple of minutes I will edit this post and attach a picture
Since the keyboard was locked on boot I once tried to first disable the graphic boot menu and I was surprised to find the system starting up on the preselected option.
Still Confused, my forum status is very descriptive 
/Kjell
Personally I wouldn’t choose either of those kernels (default or pae)
If you have text or images you want us to see, paste it here:
SUSE Paste
Be sure to choose to keep forever
Refresh us on you installation
Did you use a DVD or CD
What desktop did you choose?
Was it an update or new install?
Hi,
use none… That’s interesting
I had a working 11.0-system which didn’t get any patches.
I read about upgrades using zypper and found it easy enough, so I followed the instructions and got an 11.4 system, half and half since there was a couple of conflict issues where I obviously didn’t understand the meaning of.
Then I realized that I should do a proper upgrade using the DVD, but to my surprise my DVD-recorder wouldn’t read any DVD’s. CD’s were fine, not DVD’s. So I downloaded a starter CD for upgrading, didn’t work too well. Can’t remember why, could have been that I didn’t knew where to fine online installation. Last try, which got my computer back to work was to attach a USB-driver with the 11.4 files on, start the upgrade from the NET-CD and point to the USB-driver for the files.
I have always used KDE and I will stick to that.
Best regards
/Kjell
OK
That explains alot
Backup your files if you didn’t already
Wipe the HD and do a clean install. If your optical drive is not working you might want to consider a replacement.
If that’s all too much, give this a go. Boot to Yast like this:
Boot to Level 3, then Yast and More…
Make sure you only have the 3 main 11.4 repos: OSS, NON-OSS, UPDATES
Then quit yast
You should still be su, so now do:
zypper dup
What I meant was (about the kernel), kernel-desktop would be the normal these days. It raised my suspicion when you listed what you have.
Ok,
seems like the best thing to do is thorough backup, and then a clean install with a new DVD-drive.
/home, /etc, /srv What else would I want to backup? Easiest way, rsync?
Have to wait a couple of days though, work has a negative influence on my spare time…
Thanks a lot!
/Kjell