On 23/07/2022 00.59, mark neidorff wrote:
Following up as of today. The computer sometimes hangs on login, sometimes on boot, sometimes in an app. So, either downloaded patch, disk or PC at fault. I downloaded a linux-lite live boot image, burned a DVD, and booted from that. Boots up fine....runs for days without crash. Checked disk with "badblacks" no errors. So, I think I've narrowed it down to a bad download. **IF ANYBODY HAS THE PROPER EAR, WITH THE POWERS THAT BE, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A WAY TO VERIFY A PATCH (md5 sum?) BEFORE INSTALLING IT.** So, now I think know my course, back up data, download latest version, install, reconfigure, restore data and get back to work. Have I missed anything?
In a default openSUSE installation, you always can boot the previous kernel. You haven't done so. Also in a default openSUSE installation, you can revert to a previous snapshot, in this case the one before the update. You have not done this (only if using the previous kernel doesn't improve things). So yes, there are things you can do, without reinstalling. And no, you can not blame any md5 sum. All this is explained in the book (doc.opensuse.org). -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.3 (Legolas))