Installation Errors
Richard E Miles
r.godzilla at comcast.net
Tue Feb 15 00:53:15 UTC 2005
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:41:05 -1000
Claus Hetzer <chetzer at isla.hawaii.edu> wrote:
> Aloha-
>
> Well, mixed results. Switching from the graphical install to the text
> install worked...sort of. I was able to complete the installation,
> start Linux, log in as root, add a new user, etc. However, after a
> reboot, the display kept going black, and I would get messages such as
> "the display has reset 6 times in the last 90 seconds" (I paraphrase).
> No problem, I thought, I had installed Gnome the first time, so I'll
> rerun and just install XWindows. Now I have tried that twice more and
> am getting the same errors I was getting before. I also tried the
> "linux text ide-cd=nodma" idea, with no difference. I am wondering if
> there really is a hardware problem somewhere, although why it would be
> failing at such different points in the installation process is beyond
> me; I've had it fail after only 10 packages installed, or as far in as
> the second disc.
>
> Thanks
> Claus
>
>
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Try system-config-display. Maybe the anaconda didn't set up your display
properly.
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Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097
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