Can't boot, can't update
I have upgraded from SuSE version 11.3 (which worked well) using zypper dup. Unfortunately, an earlier post regarding resolution of a CPU crash during boot turned out to be premature, as it is now intermittent. When booting, the system: (1) UDV reports a CPU crash (on-screen dump) (2) if the computer is reset (turned off, then on again), it will eventually either boot up normally (rare) or display a screen with a very wrong resolution setting. Repeatedly rebooting will eventually tease the system into normal operation, but it usually takes several attempts. Several Grub parameters have been tried but don't seem to make any difference. The display adapter is an Intel 845G for which a /etc/dhcpd.conf file has been configured. (3) Once operating, the system cannot update, either using zypper up or the Gnome GUI update manager. Running zypper update from root yields: GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL). After several such messages, the update proceeds, but locks up with: Retrieving: timezone-2011b_2011c-1.2.1_0.3.1.i586.delta.rpm [0% (0 B/s)] Interestingly, the download of timezone data often continues up to 74%, then stalls. Initially, the timezone file begins to download, but stops at 74%. The B/s then counts down to zero. The download attempt will time out, then continue to retry until manually aborted. The GLib error can be supressed with su - root, but update still fails with the timezone download. Any help appreciated. All seems normal until it reaches a time -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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hbco2
3/19/2011 4:36:02 AM
Here is a paste of /var/log/Xorg.0.log URL: 'SUSE Paste' (http://susepaste.org/3356455) -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/19/2011 4:36:03 AM
Did you give any though to doing a new install? If that were my machine, even if I managed to get it working, I'd never be content with it., having all that history -- Box: openSUSE 11.4 | Gnome 2.3 | AMD 64 X2 5200+ | nVidia 8500GT | 4GB RAM Lap #1: openSUSE 11.4 | Duo T4300 | KDE 4.6 | Gnome 2.3 | Intel M4 Graphics | Lenovo G550 | 3GB RAM Lap#2: 11.4 | Gnome | Celeron 550 | Intel 965GM | Lenovo R61 | Tumbleweed 'My Guides' (http://tinyurl.com/yk25bhr) 'Forum Terms and Conditions' (http://forums.opensuse.org/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_novellgen) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ caf4926's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=204 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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caf4926
3/19/2011 5:06:01 AM
I'd rather resolve the issues with the display driver and update manager. The rest of the system seems ok (it has been used to send this message). A reinstall is a good 12 hour project, with reconfiguration and re-installation of an admittedly few applications. -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/19/2011 7:36:01 AM
12 hours Heavens above! I have a fairly simple install too but a couple of hours is more than enough. Re Your issue. If you boot to level 3 is the network still down? -- Box: openSUSE 11.4 | Gnome 2.3 | AMD 64 X2 5200+ | nVidia 8500GT | 4GB RAM Lap #1: openSUSE 11.4 | Duo T4300 | KDE 4.6 | Gnome 2.3 | Intel M4 Graphics | Lenovo G550 | 3GB RAM Lap#2: 11.4 | Gnome | Celeron 550 | Intel 965GM | Lenovo R61 | Tumbleweed 'My Guides' (http://tinyurl.com/yk25bhr) 'Forum Terms and Conditions' (http://forums.opensuse.org/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_novellgen) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ caf4926's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=204 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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caf4926
3/19/2011 9:06:02 AM
Init 3 brings me to a terminal prompt. The network seems to be functional, (ping shows response to another computer in the LAN here, and so Internet should also be accessible) but attempts to run firefox indicate a screen is not defined, and startx brings up a desktop in an invalid screen resolution. 12 hour install is not unusual by the time one spends teasing programs that need special configuration and interface (access to a printer though another computer for example) in a Windows workgroup network. Try installing Irfanview with the proper desktop icon, for example. Turns out one has to manually install the icon file and then reconfigure the launcher. To get the Intel screen driver to work (at least in 11.3) it is necessary to install dhcp.conf, which was borrowed from a working system (after hours of configuration) and transfer the file from a terminal. Could be the dhcp.conf file is not identified properly in 11.4, and that is what is wrong with the 11.4 installation. A number of other special stunts are needed to get a SuSE Linux OS operating properly on the Dell computers here, and the stunts change with each new release. With the accolades presented on the OpenSuSE page for 11.4, I thought I'd see if some of the particularities would disappear, but.... It does seem to run faster when it is working. -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/19/2011 10:06:02 AM
One curiosity, I notice in the System Monitor screen the report of two CPU's, even though the system has only one processor. It is a Pentium 4 with 512MB memory. -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/19/2011 10:36:01 AM
You can't run a graphical firefox in level 3 My thought was considering your comment > (3) Once operating, the system cannot update, either using zypper up or > the Gnome GUI update managerThat you could try running updates from level 3 You can run yast like this BTW 'Boot to Level 3, then Yast and More....' (http://tinyurl.com/yam9x9f) -- Box: openSUSE 11.4 | Gnome 2.3 | AMD 64 X2 5200+ | nVidia 8500GT | 4GB RAM Lap #1: openSUSE 11.4 | Duo T4300 | KDE 4.6 | Gnome 2.3 | Intel M4 Graphics | Lenovo G550 | 3GB RAM Lap#2: 11.4 | Gnome | Celeron 550 | Intel 965GM | Lenovo R61 | Tumbleweed 'My Guides' (http://tinyurl.com/yk25bhr) 'Forum Terms and Conditions' (http://forums.opensuse.org/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_novellgen) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ caf4926's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=204 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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caf4926
3/19/2011 12:36:01 PM
On 03/19/2011 05:36 AM, hbco2 wrote: > > One curiosity, I notice in the System Monitor screen the report of two > CPU's, even though the system has only one processor. It is a Pentium 4 > with 512MB memory. Your CPU probably implements HT. That counts as a second processor even though that capability is mostly Intel hype.
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Larry
3/19/2011 1:48:26 PM
hbco2;2308048 Wrote: > Init 3 brings me to a terminal prompt. The network seems to be > functional, (ping shows response to another computer in the LAN here, > and so Internet should also be accessible) but attempts to run firefox > indicate a screen is not defined, and startx brings up a desktop in an > invalid screen resolution. > 12 hour install is not unusual by the time one spends teasing programs > that need special configuration and interface (access to a printer > though another computer for example) in a Windows workgroup network. > Try installing Irfanview with the proper desktop icon, for example. > Turns out one has to manually install the icon file and then reconfigure > the launcher. To get the Intel screen driver to work (at least in 11.3) > it is necessary to install dhcp.conf, which was borrowed from a working > system (after hours of configuration) and transfer the file from a > terminal. Could be the dhcp.conf file is not identified properly in > 11.4, and that is what is wrong with the 11.4 installation. A number of > other special stunts are needed to get a SuSE Linux OS operating > properly on the Dell computers here, and the stunts change with each new > release. > With the accolades presented on the OpenSuSE page for 11.4, I thought > I'd see if some of the particularities would disappear, but.... It does > seem to run faster when it is working. IMHO, the cpu crash or whatever interferes with the boot. The Xorg.0.log looks clean no problems, preferred res 1280x whatever right? Try booting with your installation DVD into Rescue Mode Then run fsck on all of your partitions. Reboot check for errors in /var/log/messages, boot.msg, dmesg and Xorg.0.log man fsck -- Box 1: OpenSuse 11.1/Win7 | Linux 2.6.27 Gnome | AMD 64 X2 6000+ | nVidia 8600GT | 2GB RAM Box 2: OpenSuse 11.2 | Linux 2.6.31 Gnome | AMD 64 3000+ | ATI X800 Pro | 1GB RAM Box 3: Win7 Premium Home | Intel P4 3.0Gz | ATI AIW 2006 | 2GB RAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tararpharazon's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=47390 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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tararpharazon
3/19/2011 6:36:01 PM
I am attempting to download an image of the 11.4 installation disk. I have upgraded via zypper from 11.3 and bypassed generating a DVD. In another post, the suggestion of correcting the screen resolution seems to work "xrandr -s 1280x1024+0+0." However it is not permanent, and attempting to make it default in the Monitor management window of Control Center yielded "Cannot set monitor to default setting." That is likely due to the fact that as far as the Monitor panel reports, there is no monitor defined. Is there a manual way to define a monitor? Doesn't the (installed by me) file dhcp.conf do that? TIA -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/20/2011 10:36:02 AM
On 2011-03-20 11:36, hbco2 wrote: > is no monitor defined. Is there a manual way to define a monitor? > Doesn't the (installed by me) file dhcp.conf do that? No, that file is for automatically getting an IP from the dhcpd server in your lan. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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Carlos
3/20/2011 1:50:06 PM
On 2011-03-19 05:36, hbco2 wrote: > (3) Once operating, the system cannot update, either using zypper up or > the Gnome GUI update manager. Running zypper update from root yields: > GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: I think I saw an update related to that, don't remember for sure. However, it is possible to update manually: you have to download the rpms from the update repo (zypper at least works to the point of giving you the list, so that's some thing). So you manually download the updates with a browser, then install/upgrade them with command line "rpm". The patches come in three versions, if I remember correctly: full, delta, and... patch? The later needs the original rpm to rebuild locally the rpm, it is more intricate to install manually. Then reboot (or verify "zypper ps"). Hopefully zypper will run now. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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Carlos
3/20/2011 1:50:07 PM
hbco2;2308628 Wrote: > I am attempting to download an image of the 11.4 installation disk. I > have upgraded via zypper from 11.3 and bypassed generating a DVD. In > another post, the suggestion of correcting the screen resolution seems > to work "xrandr -s 1280x1024+0+0." However it is not permanent, and > attempting to make it default in the Monitor management window of > Control Center yielded "Cannot set monitor to default setting." That is > likely due to the fact that as far as the Monitor panel reports, there > is no monitor defined. Is there a manual way to define a monitor? > Doesn't the (installed by me) file dhcp.conf do that? > TIA Pls read this topic thread about setting the max resolution. It should answer some questions for you before you proceed. After you have read through the threads please provide more information about your video card and monitor. '11.4 max resolution 1024x768 - how can I raise it?' (http://tinyurl.com/4vt3sfu) -- Box 1: OpenSuse 11.1/Win7 | Linux 2.6.27 Gnome | AMD 64 X2 6000+ | nVidia 8600GT | 2GB RAM Box 2: OpenSuse 11.2 | Linux 2.6.31 Gnome | AMD 64 3000+ | ATI X800 Pro | 1GB RAM Box 3: Win7 Premium Home | Intel P4 3.0Gz | ATI AIW 2006 | 2GB RAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tararpharazon's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=47390 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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tararpharazon
3/20/2011 11:06:03 PM
Regarding boot freeze, have the same problem that is described in the message "11.4 Boot Freeze." I have to restart the system several times to get past the CPU crash. Unfortunately, the resolution of removing redundant Linux versions won't apply here, as only one version (default) is installed. hbsv:/home/mcair # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Mar 21 00:52:06 PDT 2011 # THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader # Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader default 0 timeout 8 gfxmenu (hd0,2)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.1-1.2 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.1-1.2-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part3 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x303 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.37.1-1.2-default ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.1-1.2 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.1-1.2-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part3 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.37.1-1.2-default ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows### title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy### title Floppy rootnoverify (fd0) chainloader +1 Secondly, regarding wrong resolution settings once a Linux OS is booted. I had hoped to redefine the resolution using xrandr -s 2048x1024+0+0, but receive the error "No Display Defined" I tried a variety of options, but xrandr responded with the same message. After repeated reboots, the 'display' is found, somehow, and results in the following: hbsv:/home/mcair # xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 2048 x 2048 VGA1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1280x1024 60.0*+ 1400x1050 60.0 1280x960 60.0 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9 59.9 Are there any further insights into why the boot stalls with udev? Is there a way to define a monitor? These seem to be two separate issues. -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/21/2011 9:36:02 AM
On 2011-03-21 10:36, hbco2 wrote: > Are there any further insights into why the boot stalls with udev? Have you managed to update? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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Carlos
3/21/2011 1:38:08 PM
No, pondered your suggestion to manually update, and don't have enough information to establish a procedure. Are you suggesting the use of an ftp file manager to open the update repository and find several files related to timezone, including a patch to the update (?), apply the patch to the update (don't have any idea how), then manually perform the update. Don't know how to do that, either. Maybe it is an rpm, that I can install. Frankly, can't see how the download process is somehow affected by a timezone update. I spent a good part of the weekend on this project, one effort was attempting to download a 11.4 install image so that I can run fsck as recommended in a previous response. The most successful attempt resulted in "File too large to store" or some similar error. After three attempts, was obligated to stop as have many other demands on time. Perhaps I can use a fsck from a 11.2 install disk. Perhaps the suggestion of a new install was the wiser, or simply put up with the broken system until more time is available. Thank you for your suggestions! -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/21/2011 8:36:03 PM
Regarding dhcp.conf comment, my mistake. The screen parameter file is really /etc/X11/xorg.conf, not dhcp.conf as mistakenly identified. Here is an extract, which provides screen/adapter definition information. Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 337 270 HorizSync 29-65 Identifier "VGA1" ModelName "1280X1024@75HZ" Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" VendorName "--> VESA" VertRefresh 50-60 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection The Display Unit is a Westinghouse LCM-17v2 SL. The computer is a Dell 3000 (Intel P4 processor, 512MB memory). It is operated through a Rose SPM-4UB **** switch. -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/21/2011 9:06:02 PM
Section "Device" BoardName "845 G" Driver "intel" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "monitor-VGA" "VGA1" Screen 0 VendorName "Intel" EndSection -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/21/2011 9:06:02 PM
On 2011-03-21 22:06, hbco2 wrote: > The Display Unit is a Westinghouse LCM-17v2 SL. The computer is a Dell > 3000 (Intel P4 processor, 512MB memory). It is operated through a Rose > SPM-4UB **** switch. Bypass that switch, maybe it recognizes the monitor that way. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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Carlos
3/21/2011 9:33:07 PM
On 2011-03-21 21:36, hbco2 wrote: > > No, pondered your suggestion to manually update, and don't have enough > information to establish a procedure. Are you suggesting the use of an > ftp file manager to open the update repository and find several files > related to timezone, including a patch to the update (?), apply the > patch to the update (don't have any idea how), then manually perform the > update. Don't know how to do that, either. Maybe it is an rpm, that I > can install. Frankly, can't see how the download process is somehow > affected by a timezone update. I don't know how many updates you have pending, I thought you would have more than "timezone". But let's assume you wanted to update "timezone" manually, as an example. And assume you have the 64 bit version. You point a browser to: > [URL="http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/"]http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/[/URL] And see the available updates. There are two related to timezone: Code: -------------------- > [ ] timezone-2011b_2011c-1.2.1_0.3.1.x86_64.delta.rpm 14-Mar-2011 01:20 180K Details > [ ] timezone-2011c-0.3.1.x86_64.rpm 14-Mar-2011 01:02 328K Details -------------------- The easiest to install (manually) is the second one. Click on it, or download using wget, whatever. Get it. Run "rpm --upgrade packagename", done. I believe it is also possible to do: Code: -------------------- rpm --upgrade http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/timezone-2011c-0.3.1.x86_64.rpm -------------------- in one step, but without a local copy of the rpm. In this case, both versions of the package have a similar size, on others there is a 10 or 100 fold difference. How can a delta rpm be installed? I don't remember, but I did it once with the help of the man page. :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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Carlos
3/21/2011 9:33:08 PM
hbco2;2309194 Wrote: > Regarding boot freeze, have the same problem that is described in the > message "11.4 Boot Freeze." I have to restart the system several times > to get past the CPU crash. Unfortunately, the resolution of removing > redundant Linux versions won't apply here, as only one version (default) > is installed. > > Code: -------------------- > > > hbsv:/home/mcair # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst > # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Mar 21 00:52:06 PDT 2011 > # THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader > # Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader > > default 0 > timeout 8 > gfxmenu (hd0,2)/boot/message > ##YaST - activate > > ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### > title openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.1-1.2 > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.1-1.2-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part3 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x303 > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.37.1-1.2-default > > ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### > title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.1-1.2 > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.1-1.2-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part3 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.37.1-1.2-default > > ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows### > title Windows > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 > > ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy### > title Floppy > rootnoverify (fd0) > chainloader +1 > -------------------- > > > Secondly, regarding wrong resolution settings once a Linux OS is > booted. I had hoped to redefine the resolution using xrandr -s > 2048x1024+0+0, but receive the error "No Display Defined" I tried a > variety of options, but xrandr responded with the same message. After > repeated reboots, the 'display' is found, somehow, and > results in the following: > > hbsv:/home/mcair # xrandr -q > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 2048 x 2048 > VGA1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y > axis) 0mm x 0mm > 1280x1024 60.0*+ > 1400x1050 60.0 > 1280x960 60.0 > 1024x768 60.0 > 800x600 60.3 56.2 > 848x480 60.0 > 640x480 59.9 59.9 > > Are there any further insights into why the boot stalls with udev? Is > there a way to define a monitor? These seem to be two separate > issues. 11.4 Freeze ? I'm supposed to remember those details? Re: boot issue could you post an fdisk -l and /etc/fstab output? Re: Screen. Easy way. roughly 1 Shutdown PC, connect PC to DVI on monitor and boot. 2 Add nomodset to grub command. 3 When in suse use proprietary software of vga to generate clean xorg.conf. Hard way 1 Reboot 2 As in 2 above 3 use terminal to run gtf 2048 1024 60 and generate a modeset line for that resolution 4 update /etc/X11/xorg.conf by adding the modeset line from gtf to your monitor section. Yours will be different from ModeLine "1680x1050_60.00" 147.14 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync Option "Preferred Mode" "1680x1050_60.00" -- Box 1: OpenSuse 11.1/Win7 | Linux 2.6.27 Gnome | AMD 64 X2 6000+ | nVidia 8600GT | 2GB RAM Box 2: OpenSuse 11.2 | Linux 2.6.31 Gnome | AMD 64 3000+ | ATI X800 Pro | 1GB RAM Box 3: Win7 Premium Home | Intel P4 3.0Gz | ATI AIW 2006 | 2GB RAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tararpharazon's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=47390 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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tararpharazon
3/22/2011 12:36:03 AM
bsv:/home/mcair # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders, total 156250000 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x41ab2316 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 58058972 29029455 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 153244035 156248189 1502077+ 5 Extended /dev/sda3 * 58058973 96132960 19036994 83 Linux /dev/sda4 96132961 153244034 28555537 83 Linux /dev/sda5 153244098 156248189 1502046 82 Linux swap / Solaris Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdb: 2029 MB, 2029518848 bytes 17 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7286 cylinders, total 3963904 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 32 3963903 1981936 6 FAT16 ================= /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part3 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part4 /home ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y080L0_Y2JD6V6E-part1 /windows/C ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/SONYVAULT auto noauto,owner,kuzo 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/22/2011 9:06:02 AM
Regarding nomodset and ModeLine, would an xorg.conf from SuSE 11.2 suffice? The xorg.conf-11.2 file worked in 11.3 and it is installed in /etc/X11 on this 11.4 system. xorg.conf apparently defines the monitor when it is recognized by the operating system, although recognition is intermittent. Intermittent in the sense that it takes several computer on-off cycles/reboots to establish a working linux system. As mentioned, either CPU timeout dumps appear as text after a udev failure (udev stalls), or the system comes up with an incorrect resolution set for the screen. Or the system boots normally (as it has and I am using it at this time). The xorg.conf file can be viewed at 'SUSE Paste' (http://www.susepaste.org/88895509) -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/22/2011 9:06:02 AM
robin listas I have tried to manually upgrate timezone. I was able to find the files (including the delta). Unfortunately, I installed the timezone update before applying the delta. Apparently the delta should have been applied first, as attempting to run the rpm after yielded an "already installed" error. At any rate, there must be something wrong with the file system, as attempting other updates yielded the same problem. Downloading a wine update, for example, reached 98% before the B/s counter slowly decreased from 300+ B/s to 0. I skipped that update, but ran into several others in the list of 38 updates. I notice in fdisk-l the announcement "Partition table entries are not in disk order." I wonder if that might be the problem. -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/22/2011 9:06:02 AM
On 2011-03-22 10:06, hbco2 wrote: > > robin listas > > I have tried to manually upgrate timezone. I was able to find the > files (including the delta). Unfortunately, I installed the timezone > update before applying the delta. Apparently the delta should have been > applied first, as attempting to run the rpm after yielded an "already > installed" error. I think you misunderstood. It is either the rpm from the update repo, or the delta. One of them, not both. > At any rate, there must be something wrong with the file system, as > attempting other updates yielded the same problem. Downloading a wine > update, for example, reached 98% before the B/s counter slowly decreased > from 300+ B/s to 0. I skipped that update, but ran into several others > in the list of 38 updates. I don't know about that. I would try to manually apply all the updates I could, just in case one of them helps. Anything related to udev, glib, etc. > I notice in fdisk-l the announcement "Partition table entries are not > in disk order." I wonder if that might be the problem. No, that doesn't matter at all. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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Carlos
3/22/2011 1:33:06 PM
On 2011-03-22 10:06, hbco2 wrote: > As > mentioned, either CPU timeout dumps appear as text after a udev failure > (udev stalls), or the system comes up with an incorrect resolution set > for the screen. Or the system boots normally (as it has and I am using > it at this time). Considering you are connecting your display via a switch, I would remove it temporarily and try. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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Carlos
3/22/2011 1:33:07 PM
hbco2;2309837 Wrote: > Regarding nomodset and ModeLine, would an xorg.conf from SuSE 11.2 > suffice? The xorg.conf-11.2 file worked in 11.3 and it is installed in > /etc/X11 on this 11.4 system. xorg.conf apparently defines the monitor > when it is recognized by the operating system, although recognition is > intermittent. Intermittent in the sense that it takes several computer > on-off cycles/reboots to establish a working linux system. As > mentioned, either CPU timeout dumps appear as text after a udev failure > (udev stalls), or the system comes up with an incorrect resolution set > for the screen. Or the system boots normally (as it has and I am using > it at this time). > The xorg.conf file can be viewed at 'SUSE Paste' > (http://www.susepaste.org/88895509) Yes if you're satisfied with resolution 1280x1024. I thought you wanted 2048x1024. Re: reboots: How did you partition your drive and install 11.4? I assume your /home is on a seaparte partititon to avoid formatting and losing your data? IMHO, you're had a bad install for some reason and if you back up the /etc configuration files, you could reinstall 11.4. Then you could restore your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, /etc/hosts*, etc. -- Box 1: OpenSuse 11.1/Win7 | Linux 2.6.27 Gnome | AMD 64 X2 6000+ | nVidia 8600GT | 2GB RAM Box 2: OpenSuse 11.2 | Linux 2.6.31 Gnome | AMD 64 3000+ | ATI X800 Pro | 1GB RAM Box 3: Win7 Premium Home | Intel P4 3.0Gz | ATI AIW 2006 | 2GB RAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tararpharazon's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=47390 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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tararpharazon
3/22/2011 4:36:02 PM
The drive was auto partitioned by the 11.3 installation program. Upgrade to 11.4 was accomplished online through zypper after redefining repositories. There shouldn't have been anything unusual about the install, but fair warning to anyone wishing to use online upgrade. 11.3 was running fine. Am still trying to tease zypper update, but it is still stalling in an attempt to download packages. It downloads some completely, but others, such as a wine upgrade/reinstall file downloads to 98%, then the B/s counter slowly fades to zero. Yes, a reinstall seems ever more likely. As mentioned, after all the fussing, it will likely be a 12 hour project. Thank you for your attention. -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/22/2011 10:36:03 PM
Finally managed to get an install disk and rescue system operating. Attempting to run fsck -p /dev/sda yields "bad magic number in superblock while trying to open /dev/sda" fsck -p /dev/sda2 yields "short read... could this be a zero-length partition?" No luck here either.... -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/22/2011 11:36:01 PM
hbco2;2310313 Wrote:
> The drive was auto partitioned by the 11.3 installation program.
> Upgrade to 11.4 was accomplished online through zypper after redefining
> repositories. There shouldn't have been anything unusual about the
> install, but fair warning to anyone wishing to use online upgrade. 11.3
> was running fine.
> Am still trying to tease zypper update, but it is still stalling in an
> attempt to download packages. It downloads some completely, but others,
> such as a wine upgrade/reinstall file downloads to 98%, then the B/s
> counter slowly fades to zero.
> Yes, a reinstall seems ever more likely. As mentioned, after all the
> fussing, it will likely be a 12 hour project.
> Thank you for your attention. That sounds okay. Can I refresh your status? Solved:
GLIB errors
Resolution size at 1280x1024 and you're using xorg.conf from 11.3.
Unsolved:
Still long intermittent boot
Can't use zypper or YaST to update
Re: boot
In your /etc/fstab it looks like there's a Maxtor 80Gb containing
/dev/sda partitions
and a /mnt/SONYVAULT defined as /dev/sda1. Is the SONYVAULT now
/dev/sdb of 2Gb? If true, then change the /etc/fstab to /dev/sdb1
Re: Zypper
Have you run
Code:
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su -c "shutdown -Fr now"
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since installing 11.4?
Can you run
Code:
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zypper lr -pD
zypper verify
su -c "zypper clean"
su -c "zypper refresh"
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Please paste the output from zypper lr (you can use 'SUSE Paste'
(http://susepaste.org) or use html [foo] wrappers [foo] replacing the
word "foo" with the word "code".
I don't have to write it but man zypper anyway.
Thanks
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tararpharazon
3/22/2011 11:36:01 PM
/dev/sda3 yields the Linux partition. No bad blocks. Upon completion, fsck reported the system had been changed (something about groups). However, upon IPL, looks like nothing has changed. On to a reinstall when time is avail. Tnx again. -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/23/2011 12:06:01 AM
GLIB errors persist, workaround is after setting su root, to set su - root at a terminal prompt. Resolution size 1024X2048 has always worked, but intermittently. For some reason, may be only chance or perhaps from an upgrade, once past the udev block, the system boots to the proper resolution. SONYVAULT is a removable flash drive and now removed from the system. A windows partition exists, linux is apparently in /dev/sda3. Just ran su -c "shutdown -Fr now" and rebooted, noted file system checks, no errors. Results of your requests can be seen at 'SUSE Paste' (http://img.susepaste.org/31855928). The tests were run under su root (as opposed to su root/su - root). -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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hbco2
3/23/2011 12:36:01 AM
Just for the record, 'SUSE Paste' (http://img.susepaste.org/51474453) shows the current attempt of zypper update. -- hbco2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hbco2's Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=34725 View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=456206
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