Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (249 mails)

[Larry Stotler <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Next update - I turned on swap using swapon and watched what was
happening from tty2.  It never ran out of RAM, but still managed to
hard lock.  No way to get at the logs.....

On 2/16/10, Larry Stotler <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, no luck.  It locked up at 29% of copying the image.......... Oh well
>
> I guess it ran out of RAM
>
> On 2/16/10, Larry Stotler <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > When I use the M1 disk, I get a corrupted desktop that basically
> > freezes the computer unless I select Text Mode.  The display is
> > 1400x1050 with an ATI Mobility M3/8MB chip.  None of the graphics
> > options worked(I did not try VESA).  This chip is very well supported.
> >
> > When selecting Text Mode and Installation, you don't get anything
> > except a login prompt.  If we aren't supporting installation from Text
> > Mode, maybe that shouldn't be an allowed option?  Or maybe there
> > should be some text explaining that you can't install from Text mode?
> >
> > I was able to run SaX2 from Text Mode to properly select the video
> > settings and when I did an "init 5" the installation started.
> >
> > I was given a warning that I need 1GB to run the installation from the
> > LiveCD.  Is this really a requirement now?  The machine only supports
> > 512MB MAX.  Also, I have a swap partition.  Perhaps it could be set to
> > ask if an existing swap partition should be used?
> >
> > Installing now.  Will update on what happens when it's done.
> >
> > And Yes, I know M2 is out.  Don't have an internet connection fast
> > enough to pull it ATM, and I needed to do a reinstall because my 11.0
> > install got corrupted and only had the M1 disk handy so thought I
> > would give it a go.
> >
> > Also, now we have to check the box to agree with the license
> > agreement?  I thought that it wasn't necessary anymore as of 11.1 or
> > something....
> >
> > Thanx
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