On 02/11/2012 10:55 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2012/02/11 22:32 (GMT-0600) Billie Walsh composed:
Well, it appears I won't try openSUSE after all. I burned, and verified, another 64 bit DVD. Booted it with and without "nomodeset". No joy. Still gets to the splash screen and sits there. Downloaded and burned/verified the 32 bit version. Same thing. Maybe another time.
For the thread record, what models of motherboard chipset and video chip are failing here?
I looked through every one of your posts in this thread, and found no evidence anyone suggested trying installation instructions such as on http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Installation_help
Did you try selecting text mode from the F3 menu, or don't you even get that far? Can you try switching to a different keyboard connection type, USB if PS/2 now, or vice versa?
It's an Intel dual core Celeron D, ATI Radeon 200 series graphics, two gigs of memory, and an HP LCD monitor [ HPvs15 ]. The keyboard [ PS2 ], mouse [ PS2 Microsoft tracball actually ] and monitor are switched by a KVM between my main computer and the one I wish to load openSUSE onto. I don't know if there might be some way to disconnect the keyboard and tracball from the KVM and just switch the video. Don't know if there would be some interference or not. [ On my main computer I use the two monitors as a dual monitor/single screen setup in Kubuntu and Windows 7 ] I don't think it's a keyboard/mouse problem because once it's past the boot selection screen there's no input from either one. The keyboard works just fine on the boot selection screen. Once the splash screen loads it never has anything that you could click on or enter data into. I can't even switch back to the other computer with the keyboard stroke. It's like there is no keyboard/mouse driver turned on. I have to push the button on the KVM. -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org