OpenSUSE 12.1 hang during installation with distorted graphics.

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I have tried to install Opensuse 12.1 on two different computers. Both experience the same issue.

I boot to the DVD and perform a new installation. I accept all the defaults except I choose to delete the current partitions and create new ones.

The graphics are perfect during this portion of the setup.

When the installation finishes, it says something along the lines of “trying to boot kernel without restarting”, or something like that, then it hangs with distorted graphics.

Both of these machines I am trying to install 12.1 on have been running 11.4 perfectly fine.

Does anyone else have this issue?

Thanks

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On 01/25/2012 07:26 PM, karozans wrote:
> then it hangs with distorted graphics.

i consider that a video problem, you need to probably go here, and
consider your distorted video is near enough to a black screen, and work
your way down the page http://tinyurl.com/23mgej6

if the first thing to try works for you then good, but tell us that and
ask what to do next…

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READ all the neat stuff about openSUSE here http://tinyurl.com/SUSEonDW

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Thanks for the reply DenverD.

One of my machines hung at a completely black screen and the other two hung with frozen distorted graphics.

I was able to reboot the machines and got into suse where I installed the Nvidia drivers.

All 3 of these machines use Nvidia cards.

One is a Geforce 8800GTS and the other two have Quaddro FX 1800’s.

All of these video cards work flawlessly with Opensuse 11.4 and Windows 7. During installation of 12.1 the video is perfect until the final stage.

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I am having a similar issue. I am installing opensuse for the first time, and after clicking installation it hangs at the oopensuse green screen with logo.

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Do you get distorted graphics, a black screen, or does the machine just freeze?

You might change the resolution down at the bottom to a lower resolution.

My installation doesn’t freeze until the very end. My installation seems to complete, although I am not sure if it actually does. I don’t know if my machine hangs after the installation is completed, or just before…

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Did you try typing nomodeset at the boot screen? Then if that works install the drivers for your card.

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No distorted graphics, it just freezes. I changed the resolution to 800x600, typed nomodeset in the area that says boot option after i select installation, still froze.

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I decide to try the text option, and got a black screen with a bunch of words…last line says openSUSE installation program v3.515 (c) 1996-2011 SUSE linux products Gmbh
Starting udev… and then a flashing cursor…and it stays there

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Sorry man. This is beyond my knowledge of linux.

If it were me at this point I would start blaming hardware for the problems since it happens so early in the installation.

Did you have suse on this machine before?

You might do a bios update and reset bios to the default values. How old is your machine? Do you have any special hardware setup? RAID, SCSI, or funky non-typical hardware?

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What hardware and did you run the check media option? Also did you check the checksums of the download?

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Hardware is Everex laptop 1.6 GHZ intel core duo 1gig ram, 120 gig hard drive. Check media options hangs also. Don’t know anything about checksums
I downloaded it from the opensuse site, and it the dvd option because i want to run as home media server.
Seems like my media might be the issue, i am downloading the gnome version now.

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Ok took the harddrive out, and put into another laptop and all is well. So on that everex, hardware is the issue. Thanks for the help.

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I have the same problem when installing on my box with Nvidia video. I just do a “hard reboot” and the installer picks up from where it was before it got stuck. A dirty workaround but it seems to work.

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I’m also having this problem. (Hope this isn’t considered hijacking.)

When I install OpenSUSE almost finishes the install and graphics are clean with no errors. Green and white install GUI is fine. Then it flashes to a mostly black screen with ten to fifteen horizontal lines across the screen and stays there. It stayed there for about two hours, and I did a hard reset. OpenSUSE doesn’t even load. Grub 1.5 starts, then almost immediately goes to a black screen that says “MBR 1:”. That’s it.
I am unable to type anything.

  • Quadcore set at default settings, no overclocking. Can’t recall the exact CPU model.
  • Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT, over three years old
  • Gigabyte P45 motherboard (can’t recall exact model, will try to get it tonight and post)
  • Being installed on a harddrive that is only a year old, Western Digital, one of the green power-saving models. OpenSUSE 12.1 has been installed twice before on this harddrive in the past two months and has worked and ran fine.
  • In the past the distorted black screen came up during installation, but only for a few minutes, then the install continued.

I have been researching for two days but haven’t found anything useful. (I can’t boot so I can’t do the “nomodereset” option.)

If I should start my own thread for this please say so.

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Oh, forgot to mention. I have a Windows hdd, brand new, and a Linux hdd, and both have acted up and not found the MBR or Grub (if OpenSUSE ever installed properly, which it did a couple times previously) after unplugging the hdds and reseating them.