Hi,
yesterday I had problems with upgrading from 13.1 to 13.2 - Error: “unriliable thermal sensor …” I tried the “force=1” code. I don’t know if is helped. But gave up.
Today, the start-up from both - the USB Stick or the DVD stopped loading after “open Linux installation program…”
at “Starting udev…”
I am unable to overcome this problem. Yesterday, I did not have this problem.
Now I cannot upgrade nor install.
Help is appreciated.
Hardware failing maybe??
I discuss my install problems in another thread, but briefly: I have 2 computers I have updated. On my “test” box, I tried a net install which failed. I went to the full DVD install and that failed. I could not boot at all. I re-installed 13.1 and then tried a zypper dup which with a couple of hiccups related to my network card, got me running. On my main box, zypper dup failed as did the full DVD install. I don’t know how, but my bios got messed up! All boot devices were listed as unavailable. Finally, I used the net install disc that failed on the other machine and that worked, giving me the upgrade. I also tried every variation of install/upgrade on the discs. Try every variation until you get lucky.
Maybe you have to be VERY patient: on a box of mine “starting udev” took a life (maybe 6 minutes, no kidding) but eventually everything worked.
There are a few known problems for upgrade from 13.1; see for instance 903736 – disk device name changed after update 13.1->13.2, grub2 can not load initrd, system does not boot
If your box has a first partition starting at sector 63 (originally formatted by WinXP or Vista, say) have a look at https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/502134-GRUB2-amp-BTRFS?p=2676933#post2676933
Having a rescue tool or disk handy might be useful if you end up with an unbootable system (not so unlikely with 13.2, it seems). But don’t be scared: if you manage to boot your system one way or the other, reinstalling GRUB2 with YAST-bootloader from within the running system seems to solve every problem from the second boot on.
Good luck and have fun.
My sense, too. Could be a power supply age problem, or a cpu failing from overheating, previous or current. Or, a few other things.
If it is really a thermal problem try removing dust from the fan, the CPU heathsink and the like.
If you are used to tinker with HW and dare DANGEROUS options, you might consider putting some thermal paste between the CPU case and the heathsink and/or (gently) pressing the heathsink to the CPU case.
These are best done in a repair shop, since it can permanently fry or break your CPU or MB if you don’t know what you are doing; and it might be a temporary fix only.
Confirming ageing pwr supply on my 6-minute box, BTW.
Good luck.