On 2013-02-04 09:57 (GMT) peter.chiu@stfc.ac.uk composed:
I have mounted OpenSuse 12.2 on a DELL Optiplx 960 from scratch.
After the installation, all seems to be working fine.
I then applied YOU to update all components, and rebooted. The system starts up to the point that says starting up ramdisk, the console screen then goes blank (black).
I can log on over the network afterwards.
The Xorg.log says: x server for display 0 cannot be started - session disabled.
No screen is specified.
Looks like the console start up screen is somehow corrupted.
There is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but a set of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ files. A new scheme that I am not familiar with now.
Those files are nothing but xorg.conf separated into separate sections. Some are optional, and if you look inside them you'll see the video related ones are nothing but comments. They're useful to uncomment if one needs to override automagic configuration, e.g. to force a specific non-native resolution, enable panning, or to force DPI. You might want to try renaming the directory temporarily before a boot to see if it changes your problem.
Does anyone have any idea what happens?
No, but I'm going to guess it's Plymouth related. None of my older Optiplexes have done this. Try adding noplymouth & splash=verbose to the cmdline, and remove quiet, before booting to see if there are any clues in the startup messages. Does booting using the failsafe stanza help at all? The failsafe stanza adds nomodeset, which prevents use of the Intel driver, so it's only a workaround for diagnostic purposes. Without doing failsafe boot, can you show us Xorg.0.log via susepaste.org, and output from 'lspci | grep VGA' and 'cat /proc/cmdline'? If using a DVI cable, can you try switching to a VGA cable, or vice versa, just to see if it changes anything? Check http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Configuring_graphics_cards to see if anything looks helpful. Also try from cmdline 'zypper ref; zypper up' to see if maybe you got a mix of older and fresh updates that are incompatible in some way and missed by YOU. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org