why is there always something wrong with my linux installation

[iLL_LeaT]

I've installed suse 10.2 onto my laptop about 4 times.

I've noticed that, within a month or so, I get a reoccurring error.
And the error if different with every installation.

Why is that?

corrupted files? If so, what does that mean? is my hard drive dieing?

[oz]

You'd need to show us the recurring error before anyone would know why it happens, or what it means. Try writing it down, or post it here immediately the next time it happens.

[iLL_LeaT]

And the error is different with every installation.

I'm not looking for a specific solution. I'm wondering why something alway goes wrong. And why is it's different with every installation? Is that just how things work? Should I just expect errors to randomly pop up?

[techieMoe]

I'm not looking for a specific solution. I'm wondering why something alway goes wrong. And why is it's different with every installation? Is that just how things work? Should I just expect errors to randomly pop up?

To reiterate what ozar said, we can't very well give you any answers to your questions until we know what error and what your hardware is. Your question is much too broad.

Should you expect errors? Well sure. Every OS has errors now and then. Some are system-generated, others are user-generated. We can't really offer anything more substantive until you give us more information to run with.

[oz]

Anytime you take a working OS and make various changes to it, such as adding software, or upgrading the system, that system will be subject to errors, and breakage.

Maybe one or more of your partitions is too small, so when it gets overly full, things start to break.

Without knowing any details, it's hard to say what the problem(s) could be.

[iLL_LeaT]

Problems:
In the last installation I had, it would only automatically loged me in about ½ of the time. And when it didn't log me in, it wouldn't load KDE.

This time, about ½ of the time it logs me in gets to the point of loading KDE but in the middle of doing so, it seems like it stalls. It will finally come back with a error that states something like “error: could not load icons” Then just the menu bar will show. everything still works, but I have to navigate though the menu.

Hardware:
POS Gateway Laptop
512 MB RAM
Intel Celeron M processor (1.4 GHz)
30 GIG HDD (Intel brand)

[iLL_LeaT]

Anytime you take a working OS and make various changes to it, such as adding software, or upgrading the system, that system will be subject to errors, and breakage.

Maybe one or more of your partitions is too small, so when it gets overly full, things start to break.

Without knowing any details, it's hard to say what the problem(s) could be.

Thanks! that is what I was looking for