I have updated my OpenSUSE installation from 12.2 to 12.3 by following the instructions at https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade
No problems while it was upgrading, but after it was finished I rebooted the system and now it is going to the command line, and not booting it with a GUI / Gnome.
While booting I am able to click advanced options. There are 2 lines with options, but the text is too long to fit on the screen space, so both look thes same “openSUSE, with Linux 3.7.10.1.1”
When I choose the first line, it looks the same as the default and gives me the command prompt after some time. When I choose the second option it boots with a minimum graphical interface and a low resolution.
often the failure to boot to a GUI after any sort of GNU/Linux update can be due to the change of X version, or a kernel version, or Mesa version, and also dependant on one’s hardware and the type of graphic driver one was using before the update.
Can you advise as to what graphic hardware is in your PC ?
The nvidia driver was already installed. I tried to reinstall it, but that didn’t work.
I decided to do a clean install of 12.3, it boots to gnome, but hangs after a few seconds/minutes (randomly). I had the same problem when I upgraded Ubuntu from 12.04 to 12.10, and that was the reason why I switched to OpenSUSE. It looks like a Kernel version problem with my Nvidia card drivers.
I decided to switch back to 12.2 . I hope someone can fix this in the future, else I need to buy another videocard.
The same thing happened to me after an update in 12.2, I did a clean upgrade (without wiping my home folder of course) to 12.3 after no GUI in 12.2 and it is the G03 nVidia driver that is the culprit. I am now stuck in 12.3 with no GUI trying to fix it now.
I would uninstall the “G03 drivers”, download the latest driver from the nVidia driver and install it to isolate the problem. ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/319.12/
It would be very helpful if you would post the /var/log/Xorg0.log file.
By now, there are multiple tens, perhaps over a hundred posts about this issue which although possibly has several causes, all are likely solved using the same proceedure trying various recognised fixes.
You can optionally click the ESC key after selecting your OS so that you can view the boot messages, in all likely your system will hang on “reached graphical display.” From there if you wish you can ALT-F1 to enter command line mode to either troubleshoot your failed bootup or shutdown and reboot gracefully.
In other posts I have described these are the different possible fixes you should try in order
Disable KMS. See the Release Notes which should describe opening YAST in curses mode or YAST2in emergency mode, opening the /etc/sysconfig editor, searching for kms and enabling the “no_kms” option.
If running nvidia family drivers, configure the nomodeset option.
If you’re using proprietary nVidia drivers, switch to nouveau drivers. But, for this to work you <must> also delete (remove) the xorg.cf file.
Lastly, try a different proprietary nVidia driver. Be sure to uninstall unnecessary drivers instead of relying on a new driver blacklisting previous drivers.
I’ve posted all this at least 3 times in other threads already…
Do search the Forums when you first have a problem, you’ll likely find your solution faster and more accurately if you do so.
Dated thread I realize, but these fixes are more than should be necessary. Novell/Suse should provide for these “BUGS”, during the install, which are large problems that do not allow the use of the machine at all.
i now have 3 machines I cannot use because of 12.3 and then an experiment with 13.1, which Novell promises so much but has not installed on either machine I attempted to install it on.
Not all users can follow what you are all suggesting, in fact few can, which is why Linux is floundering.