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i downloaded SuSE 10.2 dvd for i386. i burned it with toast 7 off of a macbook. when i put the disc in the tray of my compaq desktop it loads the welcome screen and goes right to the install menu. give you all the options about apci and whatever. it says that it is going to install from dvd, when i click install, a window pops up saying: loading kernal...gets to 100%. but then it goes to a blank screen, and eventually the disc stop spinning in the drive...
i tried acpi disabled and i've tried a handful of commands. when i tried vga=normal i got text mode, but it stoped, and nothing happened when i hit any keys on my keyboard. a friend of mine actually tole me about kubuntu, i installed it this morning, seems to be running fine, but i would like linux instead...
i tried acpi disabled and i've tried a handful of commands. when i tried vga=normal i got text mode, but it stoped, and nothing happened when i hit any keys on my keyboard. a friend of mine actually tole me about kubuntu, i installed it this morning, seems to be running fine, but i would like linux instead...
kubuntu is linux Updating the BIOS is a big drastic step and probably totally useless.
This ia more likely a screen problem and is common lately with laptop and lcd screens. The xorg.config file isnt right.
So if you feel the urge try fiddling with that or copy ubuntu's but if your a newby stick with ubuntu for a good while first
Just wanted to post a reply to this message since I was having this same problem and tried all of the suggestions that I could find and none of them worked for me. I continued to get the blank screen after selecting any of the installation options.
I finally went into text installation mode and it also hung, but I was able to write down the point at which it hung. The last message was "NET: Registered protocol family 2." I googled this and found a bug report on the OpenSuse website which provided a work around. The work around is to simply type "maxcpus=0" as a boot option. This worked for me simply using the Installation option. I am assuming that some may have to select one of the other options and adding this to the boot options.
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