On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:53:39 -0700 "Alan Dayley" wrote: > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Mike Bushroe wrote: > > I am once again having trouble with my SuSe 11 system not booting. It > > seemed to occur after I loaded the drivers in Windoze for a > > video-to-USB converter. I tried downloading the latest SUSE 11.1 ISO > > and do an update, but it still seems to get of the way through boot, > > then die about the time it should be starting the Xwindow system. > > > > Looking other posts on this forum, I see few others mention SuSe as > > there distro, and many talk about switching from one to another. How > > do you decide when it is time to switch distros, and more importantly, > > how do you decide which distro to switch to? > > > > I have been stuck running my Windoze partition on my main computer, > > and my new (used) laptop running Windoze for some time now. Even with > > Knoppix I can not get my Open Office files to work, so I would like to > > find some way to get back in the running.. I have looked through the > > latest boot log, and it shows no obvious sign of problems. I have not > > yet checked for an X11 boot log to see if problems are creeping up > > there, but I am also less clear where such a log would be. > > > > Mike (using Linux for several years now, but still just beginning) > > Mike, > > I move off of Fedora (5, I think) when I got tired of something > breaking every upgrade. From 3 to 4 the video went hinky. From 4 to > 5 Palm device synchronization broke. So when Fedora 6 came out, I > jumped over to OpenSUSE and was happy as a clam. I found it much more > stable than Fedora. > > Then Novell got chummy with Microsoft. And I stayed with SUSE for > about a year before I couldn't stand my fears of potential patent > tainting any longer. I jumped over to Kubuntu and have been happy > there. My kid's computer is still SUSE but it will go Kubuntu as soon > as school hits summer vacation. > > So, my major changes have been two: The first stability related and > the second philosophical. > > As to your specific issue, I don't know what to say without diving > more into the specific error messages, etc. Video-to-USB drivers > "shouldn't" effect Linux but I have seen cases where a Windows driver > actually changed some sort of settings in hardware, making the > hardware subsequently misbehave in Linux. Went through that with a > video card once many years ago. > > I think you'll have to get your "hands dirty" to figure out what is > going on. Look at it from the Linux logs and information first. > > Alan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss I too agree with Alan, that a video driver in Winblows should not affect the booting of linux, or affect X11. But strange things happen when you use proprietary stuff. I have been using Unix/Linux for way more years than I care to admit. And my distro of choice in the last few years has been kubuntu until this last release and my new laptop. I finally broke down and after 5 good years with my old laptop bought one with a NVIDIA board in it. I am very satisfied with it, (except the DVD drive does not work -- another topic someday), but KDE 4.x does strange things with NVIDIA. Very strange things. So this time I installed Ubuntu instead, with KDE on the side, and I use gnome-terminal now, instead of Konsole (which I really prefer). Did you just try reinstalling Linux again. Or at least try re-installing grub as the MBR? Also, try booting up in vga mode, I can't think of a laptop made now that won't at least work in vga mode. Jerry -- Happy Trails! Jerry (K7AZJ) Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown Registered Linux User: 275424 This email's random fortune: A man was reading The Canterbury Tales one Saturday morning, when his wife asked "What have you got there?" Replied he, "Just my cup and Chaucer." --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss