PS: Forgot to mention that, during the install I chose one of the lowest security ratings (I think it was low) to avoid any problems due to security things -- I was going to make this my experimental machine.
Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > > > When I do press <ctrl><alt>1 (thru 6), the screen blanks momentarily, > > > then whatever was displayed on the X window appears, but as a dead > > > screen -- mouse won't move, can't type. If I then press <ctrl><alt>7, I > > > get back to the real X window (with a working mouse and keyboard). > > > why don't you send some of your hardware info and let us hava look > > Well, sure: > > * Matsonic 8308EP motherboard, on board SiS 730 chipset, SiS 630 > video, also sound and NIC but I can't recite the numbers offhand -- not > using the NIC, using another board to get 10T2(?? -- i.e., coax) > Ethernet, sound never works for me in Linux, I don't really care, and > don't really try anymore (maybe someday). (I know I have the NIC > disabled in the Bios, I probably left the sound enabled on the off > chance it might work -- don't have speakers connected.) Using XFree > 3.3.6 as that is the only option presented. (I have the choice of with > or without "experimental" 3D acceleration and chose without. If I test > video during installation system hangs, so I do not.) > * AMD Duron 700 MHz. processor, 256 MB RAM, 8 Gig harddrive > * Internet connection via a gateway, i.e., no modem. > * NIC is a 3Com 3C590. Recognized automatically during install and > networking works fine. > * Mouse and keyboard connected through a mechanical KVM switch (AT > style) that works fine with three other computers. Keyboard is PS/2 > style, and I use adapters into and out of the KVM. Mouse is serial, and > I use a serial port for the mouse on this computer, as a serial to PS/2 > adapter at the input of this computer did not work (mouse was not > recognized). (I don't believe any of this is relevant, but I'm trying > to be comprehensive.) > > My first installation was with CD1 only, then downloaded CD2 and > upgraded, now have completed download of CD3, so that I can either > upgrade, or do a reinstallation with all three CDs. (At first I thought > that the installation with only one CD might have caused this problem -- > the upgrade with the second CD did not change the situation.) > > Randy Kramer
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