I built a new computer with mostly new parts and some used parts - the computer posts fine and there is no noticeable issues with it. But when I run the Opensuse 12.3 64bit DVD, during installation I get a blank screen where 3 green progress bars go across the screen and they reach the end of the screen and nothing happens. When I tried Alt+F4 or Alt+F3, I get a messages on the screen that says “Linuxrc crashed” and it tries to load drivers but everything freezes and the scroll lock and the caps lock indicators on my keyboard start blinking. I have to hard reboot to get the computer functional again.
Computer Specs:
G41MT-S2PT Motherboard
Intel E7500 Core2Duo
4GB 800MHz DDR2 RAM
2 - 500GB WD Blue HDD in Raid1 setup using a Vantec UGT-ST310R Raid Card.
ATI Radeon HD 5450
Things I have tried:
Replace DVD drive: no change.
Re-burn 12.3 64bit: no change.
Used 12.3 64bit Live Disc: different error message (Failed to mount clic filesystem. failed to mount root filesystem. rebootException) but occured before linuxrc could launch.
Used Live USB: no change.
checked MD5 check sum for all iso files I downloaded: all appear correct.
Ran check media through the disc: crashes at the same place.
Tried Text mode install and safe settings kernel: no change
Used single HDD instead of through the raid: no change.
change mobo and ram. no change.
Tried windows 7 64bit install DVD: worked fine (I stopped at the point where it asks for which HDD to format and so on)
Tried Ubuntu 12.10 64bit: got a message similar to “segfault at 2 … error 4 in libc.so.6…kernel panic - not syncing…”. This error occurs before installation GUI as well.
Tried 12.3 32bit: Now here is the interesting thing. It actually launches the installation GUI. But when I tried to format the raid array to the right partitions, I get an unable to format message and a -3030 error.
Now I can try and solve the problem with HDD or the raid card but it would be a waste of time because 12.3 32bit is not really an option. I need the 64bit version working because of the applications I plan to run on it and also I want the option to upgrade the ram if needed.
As you can see I have tried many different things and none of them seems to be working. I can provided more detailed information if you want for any of the tests I tried. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
On 04/10/2013 08:26 PM, rohithpatel wrote:
> Ran check media through the disc: crashes at the same place.
since you verified the md5 sum of the iso, i guess the disk is not
burning correctly…
are you burning at the lowest possible speed?
using GOOD media (some of the cheap just won’t work)?
OR, maybe your reader is not reading correctly…take your disk to a
different computer and see if you boot from it if it will self test ok…
sometimes the burner on one machine will burn a disk which can not be
correctly read on that machine, but will on another…and, sometimes
the disk burned on one machine cannot be read on any other machine…
until you get a disk which will self test ok, there is no sense in
going on.
WAIT!! now i read deeper and see you have similar problems with
Ubuntu…which would indicate to me that you have a hardware
problem…or maybe a BIOS problem, have you gone through the BIOS
step by step with the motherboard’s manual?
Ya, I believe I got everything on the motherboard settings correct. I even swapped out the motherboard I had initially planned to use (GA-G41MT-S2PT rev 2.1) to the current one. The only hardware I haven’t swapped out is the CPU.
On 04/10/2013 02:36 PM, rohithpatel wrote:
>
> DenverD;2546454 Wrote:
>> On 04/10/2013 08:26 PM, rohithpatel wrote:
>>
>> WAIT!! now i read deeper and see you have similar problems with
>> Ubuntu…which would indicate to me that you have a hardware
>> problem…or maybe a BIOS problem, have you gone through the BIOS
>> step by step with the motherboard’s manual?
>>
>>
>
> Ya, I believe I got everything on the motherboard settings correct. I
> even swapped out the motherboard I had initially planned to use
> (GA-G41MT-S2PT rev 2.1) to the current one. The only hardware I haven’t
> swapped out is the CPU.
When the keyboard LEDS blink, you are getting a kernel panic. To see more about
the cause, press the ESC when the green bars boot splash appears. That way, the
kernel startup messages will be displayed. Until we know what it is saying, all
attempts to troubleshoot will probably fail.
On 04/10/2013 03:36 PM, rohithpatel pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> DenverD;2546454 Wrote:
>> On 04/10/2013 08:26 PM, rohithpatel wrote:
>>
>> WAIT!! now i read deeper and see you have similar problems with
>> Ubuntu…which would indicate to me that you have a hardware
>> problem…or maybe a BIOS problem, have you gone through the BIOS
>> step by step with the motherboard’s manual?
>>
>>
> Ya, I believe I got everything on the motherboard settings correct. I
> even swapped out the motherboard I had initially planned to use
> (GA-G41MT-S2PT rev 2.1) to the current one. The only hardware I haven’t
> swapped out is the CPU.
>
> - Rohith.
>
>
Or graphics card?
On 04/10/2013 04:46 PM, rohithpatel wrote:
>
> rohithpatel;2546466 Wrote:
>> Ya, the first menu which looks like
>> http://www.tweakhound.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/os123_db_4.jpg
>> shows up. I had tried video mode set to text-mode and Kernel set to
>> Safe-settings, but I will try the nokms option.
>>
>> I did run the memory check. It passed through once. But I swapped out
>> that memory anyway. Problem still persists.
>
> NO KMS option yields the same result.
>
> lwfinger;2546470 Wrote:
>> On 04/10/2013 02:36 PM, rohithpatel wrote:
>>>
>>> DenverD;2546454 Wrote:
>>>> On 04/10/2013 08:26 PM, rohithpatel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> WAIT!! now i read deeper and see you have similar problems with
>>>> Ubuntu…which would indicate to me that you have a hardware
>>>> problem…or maybe a BIOS problem, have you gone through the BIOS
>>>> step by step with the motherboard’s manual?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ya, I believe I got everything on the motherboard settings correct. I
>>> even swapped out the motherboard I had initially planned to use
>>> (GA-G41MT-S2PT rev 2.1) to the current one. The only hardware I
>> haven’t
>>> swapped out is the CPU.
>>
>> When the keyboard LEDS blink, you are getting a kernel panic. To see
>> more about
>> the cause, press the ESC when the green bars boot splash appears. That
>> way, the
>> kernel startup messages will be displayed. Until we know what it is
>> saying, all
>> attempts to troubleshoot will probably fail.
>
> None of the keys work when the keyboard LEDS are blinking but I was
> able to take a picture of the alt+f3 screen.
>
> http://i.imgur.com/pqxzZTJ.png
A photo is the right thing to do when you get a kernel panic.
You are getting a segfault in linuxrc. I would certainly suspect memory
problems. For some problems, a single pass is sufficient. For others, a much
longet test is needed. When I suspect a memory problem, I always run mem86+ for
~24 hours.
