FC 5 black screen before install

Karl F. Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Mon May 1 12:02:37 UTC 2006


sholtz at imap.d.umn.edu wrote:

>I should have indicated more clearly that I have tried 'linux text'.
>I also tried two other options 'noprobe' and 'skipddc' (I'm not in
>front of that machine at the moment and could have that last one
>wrong, but it was to inhibit monitor probing).  I have also tried
>these options in combination.  They all result in nothing but a black
>screen.
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>Steve
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    Steve, if you have any earlier versions of Fedora Core software 
please try them and see what they produce.


Karl

>--On Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:17 PM -0600 "Karl F. Larsen"
><k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
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>>sholtz at imap.d.umn.edu wrote:
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>>>I have actually downloaded, sha1sum'ed and burned two sets of discs
>>>from two different mirrors.  Disc 1 from both burns results in the
>>>black screen.
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>>>If I enter 'linux mediacheck' at the boot prompt, I also get
>>>nothing but the black screen.  Is there another way to do the
>>>media check?
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>>    It sounds now as if the loader can't guess well enough what
>>your video card is and your monitor is. So try starting with
>>"linux-text" and see if that comes up.
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>>Karl
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>>>Steve
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>>>--On Sunday, April 30, 2006 5:42 PM -0600 Karl Larsen
>>><k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
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>>>>fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com wrote:
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>>>>>I have downloaded, sha1sum'ed and burned a set of CD install
>>>>>discs. After booting from disc 1, I hit <enter> to start a
>>>>>graphical install and get a black screen.  I have tried several
>>>>>variants of 'linux xxx' at the boot: prompt and all result in
>>>>>the black screen.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm running:
>>>>>Asus A7V333
>>>>>AMD Athlon XP 1800
>>>>>512 MB RAM
>>>>>nVidia NV15DDR GeForce2 Ti
>>>>>Sony Trinitron Multiscan G400
>>>>>
>>>>>Any ideas on getting an install process that I can see executing?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>Steve
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>>>>    Did you test your cd-rom's before trying to load? It might be
>>>>    a problem in disk 1. I loaded that way no problem.
>>>>
>>>>Karl
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