On 2012/02/11 23:17 (GMT-0600) Billie Walsh composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
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 CPU is for all practical purposes irrelevant. I asked which chipset. lspci from a Kubuntu shell prompt will provide this and more possibly helpful info. It might also matter where that Radeon 200 is. Is it on a separate card, or built onto the motherboard. If the latter, is it sharing RAM with the CPU?
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 initial boot menu works entirely on BIOS calls. After that, it's the kernel doing its thing. Sounds like one of the F5 noXXX cmdline parameters may be needed for the installation kernel to work with your hardware. Interrupts must be getting lost or diverted if RAM sharing isn't the problem. -- "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