Twice today I started NET installs on a Core2 Duo. Both aborted at various times after package installation had been moving along. The first was evidently a kernel failure of some sort because of blinking LEDs and self-rebooting. The second I added nomce to the kernel cmdline. It simply put up the little red text window reporting non-descript failure. That one I tried to restart via the text window, but before reaching YaST it rebooted itself. It has a few dozen existing installations, some of which I boot via nomce, but not including 15.4 or TW, which seem to work just fine without it. These are the tails from /var/log/history and /var/log/YaST2/y2start.log, the only logs left behind: Stage [call]: Check selected medium... Stage [call]: ======================== |-- Wished medium is: QT |-- Selected medium is: QT |-- X-Server is ready: 4168 Stage [call]: HiDPI Check... Stage [call]: ============== |-- Monitor size: DVI-I-1 connected primary 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 473mm x 296mm |-- Monitor width px: 1440 |-- Monitor width mm: 473 |-- Monitor DPI is too low (72), using 96 dpi |-- Monitor DPI: 96 |-- Reference DPI: 144 |-- No Qt scaling needed. Stage [call]: ================ Stage [call]: Starting YaST... Stage [call]: ================ |-- Allow big memory allocation: overcommit_memory=1 |-- MODULE_NAME: installation |-- MODE_FLAGS: |-- MODULE_ARGS: --arg initial |-- MODE: qt |-- UI_ARGS: --noborder --auto-fonts --fullscreen |-- QT_IM_MODULE: xim Stage [call]: =============== Stage [call]: YaST terminated Stage [call]: =============== |-- Y2_EXIT_CODE: 139 |-- Reset memory allocation: overcommit_memory=0 |-- Copy first level log file to installed system # Updating /etc/sysconfig/security ... # 2023-02-21 22:14:49|install|permissions|20201225-150400.5.16.1|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|ceca321de3ebba21d847518683347bd696f2b4fb21d1f2a3960cf2c6d8d84a60| 2023-02-21 22:14:51|install|p7zip|16.02-150200.14.9.2|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|89f29154f0ef91314ea20db33bc5df069ad2db6485005a3bceaeb371e04c2daf| 2023-02-21 22:14:55|install|p7zip-full|16.02-150200.14.9.2|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|3f94e66eed2944527661e41e7d5ddda5eba13bc4339ea60bb72761241e290221| 2023-02-21 22:14:56|install|openssh-common|8.4p1-150300.3.15.4|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|867321a6f70affee94a99e4450748f3acb53f780216c17ce25697ba8f00432ea| 2023-02-21 22:14:58|install|openslp|2.0.0-6.15.1|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|66d5e2f54e0a2e3b33dad33773dc44d876e7cc26e4c5ebee9c91b4045eae2639| 2023-02-21 22:15:01|install|netcfg|11.6-3.3.1|noarch||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|4bde1360f3e5cf4d52093fd5e1c4a7540c19ca207ec422ff421c204d684c2bc0| 2023-02-21 22:15:03|install|mkfontdir|1.0.7-1.20|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|57dedf705b21928fc8082bf9fe50bccc189a135b386b287e5fcb458844927b0c| 2023-02-21 22:15:05|install|lsb-release|3.1-1.16|noarch||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|533c28598f238ec65a086a92bf5f60c67131f998ba563ea1c9ce79560ed6f3c5| 2023-02-21 22:15:07|install|login_defs|4.8.1-150400.10.3.1|noarch||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|b8b9ea73c16e92e9c10452a961c60e7ac6ea71e6c9740a0129a56731200badea| 2023-02-21 22:15:08|install|libzck1|1.1.16-150400.3.2.1|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|dcb38dff1d58edb52132604e299c164d792e954a0f741a4c76496584c899e887| 2023-02-21 22:15:10|install|libssh4|0.9.6-150400.1.5|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|666acf7449538fc23ce8868e1138a60414d1e86bcc03dc53e9896ed7ab465e4a| 2023-02-21 22:15:12|install|libssh2-1|1.9.0-4.13.1|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|5c32d7976025a63d8bb75e300b68d043afe997599a1d6bcf3d83ee63df1ebc88| 2023-02-21 22:15:15|install|libsqlcipher-3_39_2-0|4.5.2-bp155.1.4|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|8a4c2b7b69e228a4e5e26f65cdc95533c4158af71b1aca40bb282be68fd5af72| 2023-02-21 22:15:17|install|libldap-2_4-2|2.4.46-150200.14.11.2|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|fd72b530ddbfd9c94b1afd44d1db652e4b877df377622a43dc806586b4787555| 2023-02-21 22:15:19|install|libkmod2|29-4.15.1|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|5694988a5dfe112903ee7fb058bae1aa20ebb7fd58b9e3a003e4f7ed79e4cc3d| 2023-02-21 22:15:21|install|libfido2-udev|1.5.0-1.30|noarch||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|7e0307466257918706853f4e15d7177a9f07c1df468cc2fe3a2816cd2aacac84| 2023-02-21 22:15:24|install|libevent-2_1-8|2.1.8-2.23|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|8619b29ef4c31647da70d761624947da2389857beb1fd0eae64adb56025537b3| 2023-02-21 22:15:26|install|libdevmapper1_03|2.03.16_1.02.185-150500.5.2|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|9d9ce62064ee2ced0e99c57fe30fbf2a5b27d7939dc31523b7ea3efbc2e83bd1| 2023-02-21 22:15:28|install|libcrack2|2.9.7-11.6.1|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|4e86663d2ebb1479e73e7d4e6aa2338976e328b10ccf1cb1716e6f579b76d1bb| 2023-02-21 22:15:29|install|cracklib|2.9.7-11.6.1|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|e9a2f8df054725649045dc14ae9e6f8d4a168f2e475aaad1853b42e873a9364d| 2023-02-21 22:15:31|install|keyutils|1.6.3-5.6.1|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|9ed7a5df977fe2629311b32c0586b289c146c6da662b80cf9ddbc0c492b87aa4| 2023-02-21 22:15:33|install|iproute2|5.14-150400.1.8|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|e35ff177ccab4b51e2aafd9851d9357e4c6ad996c0d90280b90bd18488e7789d| 2023-02-21 22:15:35|install|initviocons|0.5-1.27|x86_64||openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1|dff8f95343b4f62de9f05631802c90e0f4e4d624b103fc804cb3b46068994056| y2start.log head: Stage [1]: YaST2 startup level (1)... Stage [1]: ========================== |-- declare -x BrokenModules="floppy" |-- declare -x Cmdline="net.ifnames=0 ipv6.disable=1 noresume video=1440x900 3 vga=791 nomce" |-- declare -x EFI="0" |-- declare -x EGL_LOG_LEVEL="fatal" |-- declare -x ESCDELAY="10" |-- declare -x HOME="/" |-- declare -x Hostname="hp945" |-- declare -x InitrdID="2023-02-17.da82ca54" |-- declare -x InitrdModules="zram loop scsi_mod scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_rdac thermal libata libahci ahci cdrom sr_mod crc64 crc64-rocksoft t10-pi sd_mod iscsi_boot_sysfs st sg" |-- declare -x Insecure="0" |-- declare -x InstsysID="2023-02-17.da82ca54" /root/inst-sys didn't happen. # inxi -CMm Machine: Type: Desktop System: HP-Pavilion product: RX900AA-ABA a6010n v: N/A serial: CNX71002LP Mobo: ASUSTek model: LEONITE v: 5.00 serial: MS1C71S40800293 BIOS: Phoenix v: 5.10 date: 01/30/2007 Memory: RAM: total: 2.94 GiB used: 278 MiB (9.2%) Array-1: capacity: 4 GiB slots: 4 EC: None Device-1: A0 type: DDR2 size: 1024 MiB speed: 1334 MT/s (667 MHz) Device-2: A1 type: DDR2 size: 512 MiB speed: 1334 MT/s (667 MHz) Device-3: A2 type: DDR2 size: 1024 MiB speed: 1334 MT/s (667 MHz) Device-4: A3 type: DDR2 size: 512 MiB speed: 1334 MT/s (667 MHz) CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 6600 bits: 64 type: MCP cache: L2: 4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1600 min/max: 1600/2400 cores: 1: 1600 2: 1600 Memtest86+ has yet to produce any errors when I've run it. Each installation attempt was Generic Desktop with detailed selection and expert using existing partitions. How can I start with a possibility to determine what problem has occurred if/when it fails again? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata