On Wednesday 2007-06-13 01:47, Wade Berrier wrote: > On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 22:16 -0400, Ken Jennings wrote: > > I tried installing 10.2 on a Dell optiplex GX 280. It booted fine from > > the CD. Initial setup and the first part of the software install went > > fine. However, after the first reboot to continue the rest of the > > install it locks up hard. The grub menu displays, it starts to boot, but > > right after the suse splash appears it locks up. The little lizard logo > > with the animated dots never even appears. > > > > I couldn't find anything on Dell's linux wiki site about the GX 280, so I > > was wondering if anyone here had specific experience.
> Can you try booting the failsafe option to see where the kernel is > hanging? (Doing failsafe will disable the fancy graphics and allow you > to see the text output) Short story: Finally got it working and finished the install, and applied all outstanding online updates and security patches. Long story: Booted it to grub and chose to continue using the failsafe option. The startup messages indicated it had early issues with the ata (actually SATA I think) controllers, but eventually it got past that (it stated it was ignoring the issue) and it continued the install. Right after confirming the root password it panic'd and shut itself off. Beats me. After that reboot and back to failsafe mode it finished the install and online updates without issues. The next reboot I let it come back up normally and it appears to be working fine and displays the GUI login and KDE. So far it appears the problem is solved. According to http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Desktops/Dell : Optiplex GX280 -- Suse Linux 10.2 -- Video/Sound/Ethernet work, and "Everything works without a glitch." I'd like to know how the poster managed that. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
