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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lloyd
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 9:35 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] STILL won't boot
>
>
> Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Lloyd wrote:
> >
> > > OK, I did yet ANOTHER fresh workstation install. (this makes
> > > about a dozen installs) Eveything goes along fine until I
> > > get to the part about X configuration. I set up my X
> > > configuration EXACTLY the way I had it set up under Festen
> > > (which, btw, ran just fine).
> >
> > Which graphics card are you using? It's possible the current XFree86
> > version breaks support for some card; it works for all the cards I've
> > tried.
>
> I'm using a Matrox Millennium 2MB WRAM-it's one of the
> original first series.
>
> > > The setup program then tells me
> > > my X configuration is not valid (why? it worked fine before
> > > on exactly the same hardware).
> >
> > Do you get any details?
>
> Unfortunately, there were no details. It just said I
> couldn't configure X the way I had it, and that it would use
> a default configuration.
>
> > > That goes along fine, but then a message comes up
> > > sayoing something like
> > > cannot start "/sbin/mingetty-respawning too fast-disabling
> > > for 5 minutes"
> >
> > This is almost certainly a problem with your installation. If
> you've done
> > a CD install, try installing from a different CD, yours seems to be
> > broken.
> > If you did a network install, try using a different mirror.
> >
> > > saying "/bin/mkdir: /bin/mkdir-cannot execute binary file"
> >
> > Same cause.
>
> Actually, the person who made the CD for me installed it on
> his laptop, and it seemed to work. I'll ask him if he got
> any error messages.
> During one of the few times it actually DID boot, it said it
> couldn't load shared library
> "libz.so.1" I couldn't find that file anywhere on the CD or
> the mirror site (http://www.mandrake.tiger8.com) that I
> used.
> What is the most up-to-date Noth American mirror site ? Can
> you recommend one?
>
> > LLaP
> > bero
>
>
> --
> Lloyd Osten
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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