openSUSE 11.2 does not boot

English Install/Boot/Login
#1

Hi,

I was wondering if you could offer some advice. when i boot to the live cd i can see all the menu options (install, try without any changes etc.) but when i try and install, or run live the splash screen loads okay and then i am left with a half black half multi colour mess on my screen.

What can i do?

#2

When you see the splash screen press ESC to see the boot messages. Maybe there are some error messages.

#3

there doesnt appear to be any errors but i cant be sure is there any way to dump the text into a file?

#4

sounds a lot like you have a corrupted install disk…

  1. did you check the md5sum of the downloaded iso?
  2. burn the disk as slow as you can?
  3. use good media?
  4. do this http://tinyurl.com/yajm2aq before install attempt?

if you answered “no” (or “don’t know”) to any of those then see the
following cites, and if we can help further, pleas ask because we want
you to be successful:
http://en.opensuse.org/Download_Help
http://tinyurl.com/yhf65pv
http://tinyurl.com/ycly3eg
http://tinyurl.com/l9ta5n

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palladium

#5

install disk is fine, ive tried it on a usb stick as well. i get the same problem when i try to install ubuntu also. i think the error is
I/O resource piix4_smbus conflicts with ACPI region SM00
ive tried disabling acpi in my bios and then changing the kernal option to no acpi but i get no joy

#6

gillepy wrote:
> install disk is fine, ive tried it on a usb stick as well. i get the
> same problem when i try to install ubuntu also. i think the error is
> I/O resource piix4_smbus conflicts with ACPI region SM00
> ive tried disabling acpi in my bios and then changing the kernal option
> to no acpi but i get no joy

its always friendly to begin by offering such information when asking
a help question…instead of forcing potential helpers into typing out
the questions to learn the obvious…

so, now that i know you get the same error with another distro i can
guess you have a hardware/kernel problem…and, that it has probably
occurred to someone else…so, i’m gonna suggest that you google a
search string kinda like this:

linux “exact error message” “Brand Model”

for example:
linux “I/O resource piix4_smbus conflicts with ACPI region SM00” “DELL
Mini 10”

and see if you can’t find what is going on…maybe there is a kernel
bug and you have to wait for it to be fixed…because all distros use
pretty much the same kernel…

or, you might find a work around for this or some other distro…

let us know how you get on…and, ask more if you wish…

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palladium

#7

i built the system myself so would it be the motherboard that is the issue?

#8

ive just tried and i can install both as virtual machines using VMware and windows 7. i dont know if that changes anything

i also found this

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/443097

but im not really sure what this means

could you help

#9

It could be many things.

What video card? Tell use about your hardware. The more you tell use the easier it is to help you.

#10

This sort of looks like a BIOS setting problem I saw here a few days ago. As I recall it was had to do with a setting BIOS memory setting to NOT map holes. (what ever that means LOL)

#11

Thanks for all the help so far.

My hardware is as follows:
AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.60GHz
MSI 770-C45 motherboard
PowerColor HD 4730 512MB GFX
4GB (2x2GB) Crucial DDR3 Ram

hope that helps

#12

tried to boot again and the error message is

ACPI I/O resource conflict between piix4_smbus and ACPI region SOR1 (not SM00)

i found this bug which relates at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/444235

from what ive read it seems like it solved but i dont know how, can anyone help?