Jim Sabatke wrote:
On Feb 10, 2016, at 1:14 AM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote:
Jim Sabatke wrote:
OK, I've done two installs and both had almost the exact same problems, they wouldn't reboot after the install. I've really never had a problem installing a SuSE distro until Leap. The first was on my desktop, which has 4 SATA drives. I initially used the installer's recommended configuration, with / on sda and /home on sda. That refused to boot, with a blank screen on reboot, until I put /home on sda. Then it went perfectly.
That sounds totally odd. I think it's highly unlikely that this has actually to do with what's being mounted where.
FWIW, I have two Leap systems -
a test desktop, nvidia graphics, boots from software raid1. a server with very basic graphics, booting from iSCSI.
Then I tried to load Leap on a friend's laptop. He had only one drive, so I figured it would be easy. Same problem on reboot with a blank, unresponsive screen.
Sounds like a graphics issue, in both cases perhaps. You're an experienced user - did you try switching to a virtual console, Ctrl-Alt-F1 ? It's been a little while since I've dabbled with difficult graphics cards, my desktops are all fairly backlevel hardware-wise. Did you try using "nomodeset"?
First, thanks for the effort so far.
I tried the virtual console, no luck. I have a GeForce 9800 GT sound card. Resolution is 1680x1050.
Sounds good except not being able to get to a virtual console is not so good. If you google that card, you'll see some problems with it - I wonder if blacklisting 'nouveau' might be worth trying. If you can access the system via ssh, try removing 'nouveau', otherwise you can blacklist it when you're booting: "BrokenModules=nouveau". Some reference material: https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_the_hard_way#openSUSE_Tumbleweed_and_Leap
I did not try nomodeset. I'm about ready to try the other guy's laptop as soon as he gets me some network info, so I'll try that if it happens again. The laptop has Windows 8.1, does that provide any challenges I may have missed?
I doubt it, but it's been years since I've dabbled in Windows. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.1°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org