I Can’t get the live cd to boot. I think it hangs detecting hardware. I’m new to linux so help is appreciated.
Did you try the Failsafe selection? If that didn’t work, try again the regular selection and when the graphical screen displays, hit the Escape key. That will drop the graphic and you will see what the kernel is doing and where it stops.
By the way, it is important to (1) check the md5sum of the .iso file you downloaded and (2) from the CD menu, do the “Media Check”, too. A flaw in the download or the burn is surprisingly common, and that can easily bork the loading or installation.
Same thing happening here…
No matter what option I choose in the first menu, the LiveCD (KDE4, x86) gets stuck in the loading process. The CD is ok. I did a md5 check. But not with “Media Check” in the menu, gets stuck too.
The booting stops after a few seconds at
probing module - ohci-hcd
any suggestions?
thanks.
If the liveCD burn is ok as Mingus mentioned.
I’m wondering what video card do you have?
Since you’re using the LiveCD you always get
the native driver, which might not work for you. Unfortunately specifying a different driver is not possible for the LiveCD.
The card in my laptop is the radeon 9000 mobility. Normally I have no problems running LiveCDs on this computer.
So the
probing module - ohci-hcd
has to do with the video card? Doesn’t it rather have to do with USB/Firewire ports? Is there a way to circumvent it with some bootoption?
Solved!
For me at least…
I had a old and simple USB mouse connected to my laptop. After disconnecting the mouse, the LiveCD boots as intended. Never had this problem. I guess there is a little bug hiding somewhere.
Glad you were able to solve this. If you have the chance, you could write a bug report on this. … 
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Submitting Bug Reports - openSUSE
Enjoy your openSUSE !
As old CPU mentioned glad you got it solved.
I guess we will need to also keep USB peripherals in mind. Using the liveCD
Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes this problem is due to the BIOS or the device. In some cases, there is a BIOS setting for “legacy USB” devices which must be enabled. Even if the computer ordinarily does not need this for the device to work, it may require it for installation of a new OS. Similarly, the BIOS will not include a USB device in its hardware map; the kernel queries the device’s firmware when it is sensed on the USB hub - occasionally that data is faulty or it confuses the kernel, causing the hang.
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:56:03 GMT
mingus725 <mingus725@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> padre999;1858882 Wrote:
> > I had a old and simple USB mouse connected to my laptop. After
> > disconnecting the mouse, the LiveCD boots as intended. Never had this
> > problem. I guess there is a little bug hiding somewhere.
>
> Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes this problem is due to the BIOS or the
> device. In some cases, there is a BIOS setting for “legacy USB”
> devices which must be enabled. Even if the computer ordinarily does
> not need this for the device to work, it may require it for
> installation of a new OS. Similarly, the BIOS will not include a USB
> device in its hardware map; the kernel queries the device’s firmware
> when it is sensed on the USB hub - occasionally that data is faulty or
> it confuses the kernel, causing the hang.
>
>
OHCI is a part of the USB1.1 standard, created to deal with the more
‘proprietary’ UHCI standards. An older mouse might be confused by the
OHCI query mechanism if it expects UHCI since it was older and designed for
the slightly older UHCI spec.
Remember to post the mouse’s VENDOR/ID codes if you submit a bug report,
along with the full model number of the wee meeses.
Actually, I’d be interested in the vender/id codes myself, if only for my
own curiosity… could you post them here?
You can find them with:
lsusb
It will list all the usb devices plugged in… you could just post the whole
lot. (do remember to plug the mouse back in…)
Loni
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L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
when I try lsusb I get the following:
user@linuxbox:~> lsusb
bash: lsusb: command not found
This simply means you need to install usbutils which contains the application lsusb.
You can find usbutils here on webpin.
Webpin search results for usbutils
Install it with the one-click install, and the install will be as long as you do not reboot your PC (alternatively you can use zypper to install it if you wish) and then run “lsusb” again.