Problem with normal boot vs failsafe

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Hi

I’ve installed on my workstation the opensuse 11.2!
After the reboot when I enter the username/password, nothing occurs… nada!
On the other hand, it’s running well with the failsave, why??


title openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1
  root (hd0,1)
  kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-etc... root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-etc...
  resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-etc....
  splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317
  initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-default

title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1
  root (hd0,1)
  kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-etc... root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-etc...
  showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersafe=off
  nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x317
  initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-default

How to find the problem?

regards,
nm

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Try reconfiguring the boot loader by going to yast2>system>boot settings and choose the option to propose new config from the drop down menu.

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delete - advice applicable to different openSUSE version.

4

Just a guess but start by adding one opt for normal boot, say edd=off


title openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1
  root (hd0,1)
  kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-etc... root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-etc...
  resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-etc....
  splash=silent quiet showopts**  edd=off** vga=0x317
  initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-default

title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1
  root (hd0,1)
  kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-etc... root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-etc...
  showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersafe=off
  nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x317
  initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-default
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Thanks for your answers and your help!

Just a guess but start by adding one opt for normal boot, say edd=off

So, the edd=off don’t resolv the problem and…

Try reconfiguring the boot loader by going to yast2>system>boot settings and choose the option to propose new config from the drop down menu.

…create the same boot loader like the normal “openSUSE 11.2” boot loader!

I could try to test each boot option command at a time but I don’t known if it really resolve my problem… or any others ideas?

Thanks
nm

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No doubt but we’re only working with a snip of the menu.lst pls post the complete menu.lst and I’d like to see

tail -n 30 ~/.xsession-errors