--- In [email protected], Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 08:34:59PM +0000, relztrah wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Gary" <xheralt@> wrote:
Gary: In fact, if you can get PCLinuxOS to install, (...) relztrah: When I launch the PCLinuxOS 2007 Live CD, regardless of the boot option I select I get the message: You passed an undefined mode number. Jump to 80X25. Then it goes back to the boot screen. Scott: You can try just hitting space and seeing what happens--or maybe it's enter, I forget--I was getting that with some distros when there was an Xorg bug with the mga driver. [/quote] I've seen the undefined mode number bit, but usually it would wait for the user to type a number (after listing whatever video modes it could detect). That it just resets back to bootscreen means that your laptop's video mode is utterly unrecognized by PCLOS. That's also why I said "IF" you could get it to run ;-) > > I had a copy of Linux For Dummies and sold it on eBay in a moment of > > weakness and discouragement with Linux. But I'm again going to give > > it my best shot. I found some free online courses at: > > > > http://www.linux.org/lessons/ > > I didn't find Linux for Dummies that helpful when I was a newcomer. You > might even try the free online rute book. > > http://tech-geeks.org/contrib/mdrone/LinuxWorkshop/rute/ L.f.D didn't help me much either, which is why I said a book "like" it, not the book itself. I use O'Reilly's Linux Pocket Guide for basic commands, and online faq's and wikis for more detailed stuff. To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
