[NTLUG:Discuss] Problem running openSUSE Live

[David Simmons]

> Though I didn't get any replies to this email I thought I would
share
> my experience.

Sounds like you're learning
through fire (which I would say most of us have...and, while it's painful,
it's been some of the most memorable and 'sticks wit ya' knowledge)....but
I didn't see any questions?

dave

> 
>
Because I have all the time in the world, I downloaded and verified
> MD5 sums on all the downloads.  Then I did 'media check' which is
the
> internal MD5 sum to check on the writes to the CD or DVD. 
All the
> downloads passed or download MD5, all the DVD writes
passed the media
> checks, but none of the CDs passed the media
checks.
> 
> Moreover, the Live CDs would only load on a
Via box and an Intel box,
> but would not load to the AMD
HP-pavilion desktop.  Even playing with
> the GRUB screen
parameters which was suggested to me locally, did not
> help.  The
DVD, though not a Live distro, did load to the  HP.
> 
> I
wrote the CDs on another PC and those writes again failed with
>
regard to the internal media checks.
> 
> So, despite the
failure of the media checks, I have 'gutted up' and
> loaded a
Gnome version to the Via machine as a single boot, a KDE 4
>
version to a laptop dual-boot, and the DVD Gnome write to the HP as a
> dual-boot.  So far, with the exception of speed (different CPUs,
bus
> speeds, and RAM), all are performing well.  In order to
install in the
> laptop I had define the screen resolution to
1024x768 at the start
> page for the KDE 4 Live CD.  It failed on
the default 1280x1024.
> 
> --
> Russ
>

> "Always do right; this will gratify some people and
astonish the rest."
> --Mark Twain
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Russ
<russ.barrows at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I downloaded the live CD ISOs for both the 32 bit
and 64 bit versions
>> for the x86 CPU.  So far the Gnome
versions are the only ones I've
>> downloaded.  I was planning
to load it to a laptop dual-boot with XP
>> but also wanted to
see the distro's performance on other PCs I own.
>>
>> This is the situation.  I can run the 32 bit CD on both my
laptop
>> (Pentium III) and a beige box with a Via CPU without
problems.
>> However, I don't get beyond the last openSUSE
splash screen before the
>> gnome or KDE screens are displayed
with either the 32 bit or the 64
>> bit versions on an HP
desktop (pavilion a810n with 2 gB RAM).  The
>> splash screen
is displayed and the CD drive light flickers, more or
>> less
continuously, without going any further.  I have left it for 30
>> minutes to see if I was just being impatient which is unlikely
since
>> the CPU in the HP box is very much faster and the much
more RAM than
>> either the laptop or the Via machine.
>>
>> Thinking that possibly the CD drive was
malfunctioning, I ran live
>> versions of Ubuntu, Kanotix,
Slax, and Knoppix without problems on the
>> HP.  As far as I
know the CD drive is working well.  What should I do
>>
next?
>>
>> --
>> Russ
>>
>> "Always do right; this will gratify some people and
astonish the rest."
>> --Mark Twain
> 
>
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