Good evening everyone. I installed the OpenSuSe 13.1 with no problem. But when I get to the desktop and tried to update it, the pc crashed. I tried Installing it again but also crashed in the desktop.
I am using Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz, 2g ram, no video card attached. Is this a driver incompatibility? Before 13.1, i was using 12.2 at same unit without any problem.
Thank you.
OK, that’s the processor. But what graphics chip does your system have?
/sbin/lspci | grep VGA
Does it also crash when booting to recovery mode? (“Advanced Options” in the boot menu).
ah yes sorry. I am using g31t-m7 board. I think its integrated intel graphics. I am not using any video card. I havent tried booting in recovery mode.
The lspci line I gave you would have shown.
But google suggests that it is indeed intel graphics.
Well, then it’s probably one of two problems:
I havent tried booting in recovery mode.
Well, do so. 
If your crashes are related to the video driver, “recovery mode” should prevent them.
Then install all updates (YaST->Online Updates, “sudo zypper up” or “sudo zypper patch”) to get the newer intel driver. You might have to do that twice, because the first time only the software management stack will be updated.
If that still doesn’t help, see here for how to switch to UXA:
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Switch_xf86-video-intel_to_UXA
Thank you wolfi323. I will install again the 13.1 and try your suggestion.
Why reinstall?
I thought it crashed in the graphical desktop. Just select recovery mode at the boot menu and it would hopefully not crash.
Or did it crashing during installation of the updates and doesn’t boot any more?
What exactly do you mean with “crash” anyway?
the 13.1 crashed while in the desktop. Since I couldnt make it work, i installed back the 12.2 that I previously used. Now i’m going to install the 13.1 again and update it in the recovery mode.
On 2014-05-28 02:36, moj591669 wrote:
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> the 13.1 crashed while in the desktop. Since I couldnt make it work, i
> installed back the 12.2 that I previously used. Now i’m going to install
> the 13.1 again and update it in the recovery mode.
I hope you are not attempting to update while the initial install?
And besides that, you do not need a desktop at all to do the updates.
You can simply boot in text mode, and run “zypper patch”, or “yast”,
which runs fine in text mode.
Notice that recovery mode uses only one cpu core, and other
restrictions, that make the computer much slower.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
I’m not a cli person, that is why the first time I tried opensuse I liked it immediately because of its gui. Its easier for me. I have a extra hd for testing purposes and I do a clean install everytime.
I installed the 13.1 this afternoon, updated it through yast but I selected the update a few at a time. Important update first then recommended. I read a update for the intel onboard and included, and also i found a update for a certain video card and it was not on my hardware so i opted it out.
After that, no crashes yet. I left it running and will check on it tomorrow.
hi, let me tell you that I am not CLI person either.
hence I choose OpenSuse for the same reason you did.
BUT, I have found that even though you do have a rich and capable GUI, some time it is better to run small commands from CLI.
case-in-point system update/upgrade.
yes you can run it from Yast most of the time, but I still run zypper up from terminal now and than as I have found that it runs faster from there.
so I decided it was not a big deal to run it from CLI.
now adding repo, or unpacking a archive from CLI is not my cup of tea 
On 2014-05-28 16:16, vl1969 wrote:
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> hi, let me tell you that I am not CLI person either.
> hence I choose OpenSuse for the same reason you did.
>
> BUT, I have found that even though you do have a rich and capable GUI,
> some time it is better to run small commands from CLI.
>
> case-in-point system update/upgrade.
>
> yes you can run it from Yast most of the time, but I still run zypper up
> from terminal now and than as I have found that it runs faster from
> there.
And, in cases where the desktop fails, you have the recourse of using
the CLI to solve the problem.
> so I decided it was not a big deal to run it from CLI.
>
> now adding repo, or unpacking a archive from CLI is not my cup of tea
>
Notice that YaST also works in CLI mode. It displays in text mode with
boxes, and can be used remotely, over ssh.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
yes that too 
Hi guys. Sad to say but the newly installed and updated opensuse 13.1 hangs up. Same pc, opensuse 12.2 running with no problem. I dont think it is a hardware defect. What log file do I check?
On 2014-06-03 15:46, moj591669 wrote:
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> Hi guys. Sad to say but the newly installed and updated opensuse 13.1
> hangs up. Same pc, opensuse 12.2 running with no problem. I dont think
> it is a hardware defect. What log file do I check?
/var/log/messages
If the system is hanged, you can have a look at tty10, if the keyboard
still responds.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Did you try Advanced Options, Recovery or Failsafe mode?