SUSE 10.0 crashes as soon as it boots

JohnnyNapalm · 04-24-2006, 10:16 PM

Just installed 10.0 in a dual-boot setup with my xp installation. Everytime I boot to SUSE, I either get to the desktop, to have the computer lock up (no input response and solid hard drive light), or I get a blank screen with the same symptoms.

Just out of curiosity, I have an AMD 64 bit athlon, and installed the 32 bit OS...would this have anything to do with it? I tried a Mandrake live CD, and it worked just fine, so I doubt it's video card/X related.

Thanks for any help.

zulfilee · 04-24-2006, 11:44 PM

Have u tried to go into command line mode [a runlevel 3 option] ?
Do you face the same problem there?

Cheers
Zulfi

Michael_S · 04-25-2006, 12:28 PM

Maybe you know about all this, but have you tried the Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a text console?

If the command fails or the console does not respond, then you're definitely locked up. If not, the problem is probably your X configuration. (Not that it's necessarily your fault. A lot of Linux distributions have problems with different video cards and monitor combinations.)

Sören Schneider · 04-25-2006, 06:59 PM

I don't think it's a X-Problem. The system should fallback to console itself.

JohnnyNapalm · 04-26-2006, 09:28 AM

apparently, it was some BIOS option that was crashing it...after fiddling around for a while, I finally found a config that worked.