Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
vickyit's probably an illusion since you're more than likely used to windows method of echoing an asterisk for each keystroke at a password prompt. Unlike windows, Linux echos nothing, so it may appear to you that it is not accepting your keystrokes, but it is. Just type your password and hit enter ignoring the motionless cursor. Alan vicky catrambone wrote: I have been reading these posts with interest. I installed mandrake 7.0 yesterday. I have 2 hdd's , linux is on the first one and I installed windows on the 2nd one. The dual boot is working fine, But !!! when it boots into linux I cant log in. I can type in root or my username and tab or use the mouse to get to the password box but it absolutely wont accept any keyboard input. Its booting into k desktop environment. Is there a way to boot into console and how would I go about fixing this without having to re install again ?Somehow I feel I have the monitor settings wrong and this is why its freezing. thx in advance Vicky
Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
Carol, I found and have used the program provided at http://www.belarc.com. It appears to identify all component, hardware and software, that is on my box it takes three or four minutes to download and run. Well worth the time. On Thu, 04 May 2000, WolfRyder wrote: I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get LILO to work right. Right now, I boot from the rescue floppy because LILO, which worked the 2nd time, would hang up my login screen in Win98. I have multiple users on my puter and where the user name and password goes, the whole thing would justsit there! Also, my monitor, which is a Delta DE 570, I got used and have no specs. We guessed on them on installation, but must have guessed wrong because my bootup puts me in the default screen, not KDE, even though I selected it. I'm figuring X didn't get configured right, but how do I do that when I don't know the correct settings for my monitor? I've looked on the net to try to track them down, but no luck. Found the webpage and all, but no specs. suggestions? Yes, I've already thought of getting a new monitor. Carol
Re: [[newbie] monitor and LILO woes]
When I use "xf86setup" or one of the other text based X configuration proggies, I usually choose GENERIC MONITOR, and 50-90 MHz for the monitor refresh, I have a Sceptre 14" monitor that is not listed. HTH Jaguar WolfRyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get LILO to work right. Right now, I boot from the rescue floppy because LILO, which worked the 2nd time, would hang up my login screen in Win98. I have multiple users on my puter and where the user name and password goes, the whole thing would justsit there! Also, my monitor, which is a Delta DE 570, I got used and have no specs. We guessed on them on installation, but must have guessed wrong because my bootup puts me in the default screen, not KDE, even though I selected it. I'm figuring X didn't get configured right, but how do I do that when I don't know the correct settings for my monitor? I've looked on the net to try to track them down, but no luck. Found the webpage and all, but no specs. suggestions? Yes, I've already thought of getting a new monitor. Carol The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
WolfRyder wrote: I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get LILO to work right. Right now, I boot from the rescue floppy because LILO, which worked the 2nd time, would hang up my login screen in Win98. I have multiple users on my puter and where the user name and password goes, the whole thing would justsit there! LILO has absolutely nothing to do with that. If you're able to boot Windows, LILO is working correctly. Strike your login problems up to another Microsoft "innovation". Also, my monitor, which is a Delta DE 570, I got used and have no specs. We guessed on them on installation, but must have guessed wrong because my bootup puts me in the default screen, not KDE, even though I selected it. I'm figuring X didn't get configured right, but how do I do that when I don't know the correct settings for my monitor? I've looked on the net to try to track them down, but no luck. Found the webpage and all, but no specs. Do you have any notion of what the maximum resolution of the monitor is? 1024x768? 1280x1024? Start with a "generic" monitor that supports your max resolution. From there, start at 640x480 and work your way up. I think you'll have better luck with this method than with asking for the max resolution right off the bat. The other thing you may want to check is that you're really booting into graphical mode. At the LILO prompt, enter "linux 5". That will guarantee that it tries graphical mode. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes
I have been reading these posts with interest. I installed mandrake 7.0 yesterday. I have 2 hdd's , linux is on the first one and I installed windows on the 2nd one. The dual boot is working fine, But !!! when it boots into linux I cant log in. I can type in root or my username and tab or use the mouse to get to the password box but it absolutely wont accept any keyboard input. Its booting into k desktop environment. Is there a way to boot into console and how would I go about fixing this without having to re install again ?Somehow I feel I have the monitor settings wrong and this is why its freezing. thx in advance Vicky
