Updated from 13.1, KDE Freezes after login

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Hi,

I updated from 13.1, first using the Network install. That ended up in a system not connecting to the network and only going to command level login. Couldn’t start X manually, either.
I then found a thread on this forum where someone said that the Network update does not install all necessary packages.
I then burned another DVD with the full installation media and ran the Leap Update again.
Now it boots into graphics mode. After login I can see the green openSUSE lamp, but the system is practically frozen. (Although I do get response after a few minutes or so, but that’s useless).

There are no errors during boot.

I think it might have something to do with the NVIDIA drivers/settings. If not, please advise me what to look for next.

Graphics card: GeForce 7300 LE
Installed drivers:
nvidia-computeG02
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default (instead of this I had a driver named “nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop” in 13.1)
x11-video-nvidiaG02
xf86-video-nouveau
xf86-video-nv

This is pretty much the same driver configuration I had before, so they should at least be the right ones for my graphics card.
In some other thread someone said to get rid of the -nouveau driver, but I really do not know what to try and why.

Any ideas?

Rgds,
Hank

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No leave the nouveau driver alone. It is part of the kernel so you can’t really remove the whole thing anyway.

In leap there is no longer a desktop flavoured kernel all should be default now unless you have installed some odd kernel

IMO leaping from 13.1 to LEAP may be too much. Leap is a true departure form the past and as such should probably be installed fresh and not attempted to update form older versions. Most people having the most problems appear to be those that upgraded rather then doing a clean install.

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You might be right, gogalthorp, that the leap was kinda too much, because I managed to fix it by going to text mode Yast and forcing to update all the nvidia drivers, even though they seemed to be up to date. Something was changed, though, as now it works as expected.

I have just standard kernel and stuff, the only tweaked part is the Xorg.conf file that I have changed to load the monitor EDID file from disk. (My monitor does not send it itself, or it sends a corrupt file).

Thanks for your comments!