Embedded development - liked the idea of linux tools & server supporting IOT experiments.
Bought Acer Aspire desktop - cheap, common, encouraging start.
Got 13.? 32-bit - DVD
Download - X times, eventually checksums matched.
Burned it -
Install - ok (a couple of hours, I guess)
Graphics funny - crashes after a time
Hours googling suggests nvidia graphics drivers are not included. Can crash.
er - nvidia is sort of common - surely it could tell me of the problem or load a workable driver?
In the process - work out that the X1800 is 64-bit : )
Try 42.1
Loads - crashes before boot completes (in graphics) (a couple of hours, I guess)
Google - yes same issue.
Simple solution YAST
- er crashes during boot - solution impossible.
Google (a couple of hours, I guess) - change run level
“a” during grub & add “3”
not having it. - well Yes, I don’t claim to be an expert -0 but I sort of expect SOMETHING to actually work.
Google - Alt F2 - get text console
Yes - mostly works
Google (a couple of hours, I guess) - zypper add nvidia repository & inr
Won’t ftp reliably ?
Download drivers (Google: a couple of hours, I guess)
burn to DVD
mount - Google - a while I guess - just read the DVD for goodness sake
So inr loads all sort of rubbish that I’d skipped on install.
More google explains recommended.
Crashes on boot.
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Google: (a couple of hours, I guess)
Yast will run in text
add community repositories nvidia
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yast - runs
No community repositories ?
ping router - fine
router is providing internet for my win7 machine on the same desk.
Mystery
Just doesn’t work.
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Simple way just does not work
google: (a couple of hours, I guess)
Hard way
google: (a while - find out what video you have)
download xxxxxx?xxx.run
cp to local disk
xmod …
run
can’t do this with nouveau
Try automatic fix?
YES!!!@!!
nope, sorry
What?
google: (a while - many answers - some in agreement)
stop nouveau
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echo <magic incantation - blacklist …>
reboot
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crashes on boot
reboot - alt f2
text console
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run NV… .run
can’t find the kernel source tree…
WHAT - could have disclosed this? Could have said, BTW …
I used to joke that every linux how-to, no matter how simple started with “To recompile the kernel …”
Estimated chances of success of this install - 0
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It’s a common machine.
I though it might just go.
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I have/saw a saying: Linux is like zen: It’s a better way (as long as you devote your life to it).
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I’ve invested hours, many hours: I know a little about zypper & yast command line, & repositories & nvidia driver licenses & nvidia drivers & nvidia install scripts & mounting a DVD & a windows share & nouveau & a blacklist & I’ve seen & waited on many installs & reboots.
And, I have nothing but a brick.
I just though it would, work?
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Some time in the future, I’d be very pleased to hear when SUSE is a viable system, but for now, common machine, common hardware, abundant fixes online, no go: nothing, no single component seems to behave as expected.
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Maybe a consumer edition?
BTW this system complains that I included 5 images & I’m only allowed 4. so I guess : followed by ) is no longer allowed.
3rd try at the image verification string