I'm sorry if this sounds silly, but did you wait at least 2 minutes for drakconnect to test your network? It takes at least that length of time on all of my installs (and always reports failure).
On 27/04/2012, imnotpc <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/25/2012 06:51 PM, imnotpc wrote: >> I don't really have a lot of clues to offer. After installation it >> goes through the boot sequence and fails with either a blank screen >> for the default ATI driver, or a multi-color pixelated screen with the >> vesa driver. I've never seen the vesa driver lock up before. At times >> I've managed to get to the command line and discovered that in >> addition the networking won't work, either wired or wireless. I'd >> gladly submit a bug report or comment on an existing one, but I don't >> know where to start on this one. >> >> Jeff > > The problems installing mga2 on this laptop are truly puzzling. Here's a > current summary: > > I've done a clean install of mga2 and the default boot entry still hangs > with a blank screen. > > How quickly you start the boot changes the outcome of the boot. I can > now duplicate different outcomes when I start the boot at different > times during the first 0-2 seconds after the boot menu appears. > > If I immediately select the safe mode menu item I can now get to a > command line. If I wait longer it will hang at 2 different points > depending on how long I wait. > > The wired network connection doesn't work after booting. If I run > drakconnect I can see that the settings are correct for the wired > interface and there is no entry for the wireless interface. When I save > the setting drakconnect locks up while testing the connection. If I > disable the wired interface drakconnect saves and exits without problem. > However when I reboot the default boot entry now locks up while trying > to start the network: "Starting LSB: Bring up/down networking..." > > I install over the network so I know there is no additional firmware > required for the wired interface. I'm open to suggestions (other than > chucking the laptop out the window, which is a very appealing idea right > now!) >
