So I just burned the iso of openSUSe 11.4 onto a dvd, and I make it through all of the installation. At the end it reboots the computer and starts in the kernel/command line or whatever you call it. I think it’s kernel. Anyway, it asks for my username and password and then it says like “have fun…” (:sarcastic:) or something and then just has like my directory or whatever waiting for commands. Is there some command to start up the OS? This is probably a pretty noob question, thanks for the help.
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Sounds like it’s not starting the GUI for some reason. Feel free to try
running ‘startx’ once logged in but you may need to figure out why the
graphical environment isn’t coming up (assuming you didn’t deselect it
during installation, which you’d hopefully remember doing and would also
mention here).
Good luck.
On 03/22/2011 10:36 PM, kamenomagic wrote:
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> So I just burned the iso of openSUSe 11.4 onto a dvd, and I make it
> through all of the installation. At the end it reboots the computer and
> starts in the kernel/command line or whatever you call it. I think it’s
> kernel. Anyway, it asks for my username and password and then it says
> like “have fun…” (:sarcastic:) or something and then just has like my
> directory or whatever waiting for commands. Is there some command to
> start up the OS? This is probably a pretty noob question, thanks for the
> help.
>
>
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So yeah when I installed I chose GNOME as my GUI, and i don’t remember seeing anything that said no GUI, so I assume I had that correctly. When it boots it has like the little chameleon and stuff but goes to kernel.
So it says
“linux-wf4b login:”
I put my username and password,
then it says "Last login: Tue Mar 22 09:11:32 MST 2011 on tty1
Have a lot of fun…
Jacob@linux-wf4b:~> "
I typed in startx and it said “no startx installed”
should i try reinstalling again and look at something in particular?
Thanks for your help
By the way, this is the site I downloaded the iso from:
(32 bit, direct link)
I think You don’t have the X server installed. The easiest way of fixing this would be to reinstall.
By the way did You run the media check included on the DVD ?
Best regards,
Greg
On 03/23/2011 07:06 AM, kamenomagic wrote:
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> By the way, this is the site I downloaded the iso from:
> (32 bit, direct link)
>
> ‘software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 11.4’
> (http://software.opensuse.org/114/en)
did you do this: <http://tinyurl.com/2ebcf27> before installing…
and then if it gave no error, did you then boot from the DVD, or what?
did you install into a VM or on to bare metal?
did you see any errors during install? did you install while connected
to the internet and did you allow the system to update to the latest
code during the install, and then reboot?
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CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.1.8, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11
I’m installing onto just an older laptop. Had XP originally on it. The first two times i didn’t do the media check. i have it connected to ethernet-cabled internet. anyway it did have an error when i did those, but i don’t remember.
So it said dvd is broken. Why is that? error reading a sector. So where can I download a good one? or should i just reburn it with the same iso on another dvd?
On 03/24/2011 08:36 PM, kamenomagic wrote:
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> it did have an error when i did those,
> but i don’t remember.
do NOT install from faulty install media: Garbage in, garbage out.
mark that DVD as bad and use it as a coaster…
> So it said dvd is broken. Why is that? error reading a sector. So where
> can I download a good one? or should i just reburn it with the same iso
> on another dvd?
first check md5sum of the downloaded iso using the instructions on the
download page, if the iso fails that test do NOT burn a disk until you
have a perfect iso…if it fails please find the link on the download
page pointing to “Download Help”
<http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Download_help> and follow the instructions
there…
and then burn the DVD on high quality blank stock (the least expensive
you can find at the grocery store is probably not very good) and at
the slowest speed possible, and follow the other advice available from
the download page:
“More information on burning the ISO file to CD/DVD”
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Download_help#Burn_the_ISO_image.28s.29
and in
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DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.1.8, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11
So how do I check the md5sum on my vista laptop?
For example using ImgBurn by burning with verify and test options enabled.
To be sure that the downloaded file is ok download again using metalink (downthemall addon for firefox can help You with that)
Best regards,
Greg
So i already have imgburn, how do i get to those settings?
I got downthemall, how am i supposed to use that exactly?
These are to insure the iso and dvd I burn aren’t broken right?
On 03/24/2011 10:36 PM, kamenomagic wrote:
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> So how do I check the md5sum on my vista laptop?
>
you have to get a free program and then run it, that is explained in
http://tinyurl.com/6c8xpgp
http://tinyurl.com/65kkp79
–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.1.8, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11
So imgburn says the md5sum is: d542ba446bb4e5171c2aaf364a3aa1…
and the one here: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/iso/openSUSE-11.4-DVD-i586.iso.md5
says: 5f6d6d67c3e256b2513311f4ed650515 openSUSE-11.4-DVD-i586.iso
(i could not figure out the other two programs found on this site for md5sum or whatever, so i assumed this one was the same thing)
should i redownload it? how do I use the metalink or whatever with downthemall to make sure it’s alright?
and are high quality dvds vital to this or can i just put the burning speed low (1x) and stuff
Yes You’ve got a broken image. Here’s an example on DownThemAll usage (for downloading openSUSE 11.4 KDE liveCD 64bit choose the one You want to download) :
SUSE Paste
SUSE Paste
SUSE Paste
In case of problems use DownThemAll help 
You’ll find it somwhere here.
Any media will do if the verify after burning passes but You’ve got higher chanses of success with good media.
Best regards,
Greg
Using downthemall, I plugged in the md5 into it and after 1 Mb of downloading it says they don’t match.
Should I just download it anyway or from somewhere else or an older version or what?
well now i’ve got one without the md5 check and one with, both working. So if the one with the check works out i’ll use that one. I’ll let you guys know if I have any problems along the way… Thanks for your help so far!
If I have questions on installing WINE should I start a new thread or continue this one?
(assuming WINE works ok on openSUSE…)
Yes of course it works and yes please start a new thread on this one good luck and have fun.
Best regards,
Greg
What the heck!
I downloaded it with downthemall, clicked metalink, and pasted the given md5 into downthem all and it checked for it, downloaded, and verified it was right, but when I open imgburn it has a different md5 than the one above? What the heck is going on? Should i still burn it or what? Just ask if you need the md5s
I’d say it’s fine and I guess You’re looking at the wrong checksum and the ImgBurn checksum you’re checking is the checksum of something else. As far as I know ImgBurn reports the MD5 checksum only in the logs and only after the burn and verification process passes but You’ll have to consult ImgBurn help on that.
You can always burn the DVD then boot from it and run the included media check just to be sure that everything is fine. The worst thing that can happen is wasting one DVD which are really cheap nowadays.
Best regards,
Greg
Yeah the media check passed and I reinstalled it, but it was rebooting and stuff and this time it froze on a black screen and there was the little mouse loading symbol. I restarted the computer manually cause it stayed black all night, and it booted to desktop, but as soon as i clicked on firefox to see if it was all working it just stayed on the mouse loading symbol. So should I reinstall, or do you think my computer’s just too slow? It had XP on it originally so I wouldn’t think so… but anyway. Thanks for all of our help so far!