openSUSE Leap 16

English Install/Boot/Login
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That wasn’t my goal… Just didn’t seem like the problem and I have now proven it at home its OpenSuse 16 because all other versions work.

I even did Rufus and still not working…

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I will also try later today. but yes it seems that OpenSuse has done a little too much before release of 16.0

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Install helpers in general do not support openSUSE. Only a pure unmodified binary copy of the install ISO to the device (not a partition) works. Some people use dd I use plain old cp

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That maybe true but non of the other versions had issues and I even tried other sources of making the USB and still issues.

I’m sure one day they figure it out because this version looks promising and hope it comes around.

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@Fierylove at the install grub entry press the “e” key to edit, arrow down to the line starting linux press end key and add nomodeset then press F10 to boot the installer and see if that helps.

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Hey, thank you but I tried Betcher and raw the iso and got it to work!

Wish they make it more user friendly like other distros but must say loving the new installer!

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Installed with KDE and its very smooth and stable even has my wifi working smooth and I have a difficult wifi chip! lol

So no 32Bit Support I assuming I can just run FlatPak Steam then and that should solve any issues for gaming?

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Yes. At first open Ternimal and run this command:

sudo zypper install grub2-compat-ia32

Then you run this:

sudo vi /etc/default/grub

After that on this line -->> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=........ you add this -->>>ia32_emulation=1 and leave the other as is, do not touch them.

E.g. on my GRUB settings are these commands:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="ia32_emulation=1 mitigations=auto quiet security=selinux selinux=1 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau"

Then you hit once “esc” on your keyboard and then do :wq and hit “enter” on your keyboard.

Then run this command:

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Finally reboot and use the Steam from Flatpak…

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If you edit this file manually anyway, you do not need to install this package. And if you still need to edit this file manually, the package failed to do what it was designed for.

The only thing this package does is adding the ia32_emulation=1 to the bootloader configuration. Except it failed to do it.

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247052

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I have the exact same problem. The Leap installer reaches Session 3 (or somesuch and no graphical screen) on a linux box (with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti) running opensuse Leap 16 Beta and then hangs. The same installer from the same offline USB key runs fine (reaching a graphical install screen) on a different machine (with an NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPU).

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@anton

I was running Leap 16 yesterday on my Ryzen 5700G machine. When I installed or tried to install it back in June there was a problem with the Agama installer, so I downloaded the Leap 15.6 iso . . . installed that, and then edited the repos changing 15.6 to 16 in the various places . . . . I think then that I only had two line items in the sources activated . . . then I ran a zypper dup . . . and 16 was “live” theater.

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I added nomodeset to the grub menu (under linux $root etc. at the end) and was able to install opensuse Leap 16. No nvidia repositories though (but presumably that will get populated at some point). Bad resolution due to nomodeset in place.

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If you install the proprietary NVIDIA driver manually, then you need to update it manually. But in Leap instead, and more conveniently, you can install it automatically, from repositories.

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Let’s stop misunderstandings… Nvidia drivers for Leap 16 are in the repo as usual so @Jniko likely meant “open Myrlyn and select the correct driver to install” since apparently the installer didn’t properly resolve automatically the HW supplements for his GPU.
After a “manual install” with Myrlyn (or zypper) any upgrade is automatic; that is not an install the hard way via the .run file (which needs a manual reinstall on each driver upgrade).

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This is a “my experience” post. Please limit any criticism. It works for me but may not work for others.

Leap 16 is a whole new animal, for sure. I have found that I have needed to take some time to figure out how to get my desktop set up like it used to be. A big perspective shift.

I use Gnome. I’m all AMD. So to get Gnome extensions to work, I had to install Myrlyn and then activate the non-oss repo, followed by installing the gnome-extension app.

To set up Leap 16 for Steam Games:

Install:
sudo zypper install grub2-compat-ia32 selinux-policy-targeted-gaming steam-devices

then:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
Edit the following line to read - GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=“ia32_emulation=1”

Update grub:
sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

then:
Reboot

Install Cockpit
sudo zypper in -t pattern cockpit

Enable Cockpit
systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket

For Gnome-Boxes Add User Groups
sudo usermod -aG kvm,libvirt,qemu “userid”

To set up GSConnect
In addition to entering the respective IP Addresses,

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=kdeconnect
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

As for apps - Most of my apps are flatpaks now. They work great for me.
Hplip packages are now in the repo for hp printers.

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@iamjiwjr Hi update-bootloader will work instead of the grub2-mkconfig .... just future proofing for the different boot loaders available these days :wink:

The extension-manager package is a better choice these days as you can search direct and install, you should try that out :smile:

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Hi all,
Please avoid piggy-backing onto this topic. If you need support, open your own topic with your specific question. Otherwise, general discussion belongs in Open Chat. Threads like this can quickly become lengthy and confusing. Thanks!"

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Oops. That’s what I meant to say. Thanks for the correction.

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I can’t believe that in 2025 I have to go through hundreds of those so-called “solved” forum entries after installing Leap 16 which does not boot in GUI mode! I also had to search why Leap can’t use Ventoy. The prompt says “Have a lot of fun …” but this is not funny at all!

I have done distro-hopping for the past 6 months and I had boot problems with all distros I have tried. This is a big, really big pain in the neck!

If the programmers read openSuse forums here’s my question to them :

Did the brick wall need to be so high?

Nerds & experts (probably) know how to do stuff they want to do. But then, should normal people not expect to install Leap (or other distros) and get on with it, instead of having to search for solutions online?

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This is only the openSUSE forum. We can’t tell why you have problems with all other distros you tried. Maybe ancient hardware which is no longer supported by any distro? Who knows…