I thought the video card was the killer clue. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Notforyou [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 12:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 installation hangs after partition selections -- more info
On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 06:32, Ed Tharp wrote: > On Monday 14 October 2002 01:35 am, Mike Burgener wrote: > > is that a notebook??? from compaq? > I did not know an audigy was included in a notebook. Or that AMD has released an Athlon 2100+ for a notebook. (Are there even any of those Athlon XP xxxx+ processors for notebooks? This one's a Duron.) > > > > > At 08:55 13.10.2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >I am not sure about all the problems, but the last one; "(EE): No device > > >found" is not from the monitor, it is from the card, (I have the same > > >videocard chipset) and if you are using 9.0 select the Nvidia FBdev, and > > >enjoy, and later on you can install the nvidia drivers if you decide to. > > > > > >On Saturday 12 October 2002 11:02 pm, Robert Björn wrote: > > > > I'd just like to add that I've now also tried the text based install > > > > mode, with the following results: > > > > > > > > * I am unable to select packages -- the list of packages simply never > > > > appears. > > > > * Sometimes not all text will fit on my screen, due to the screen mode > > > > the installation appears to have selected. > > > > * Sometimes it fails to refresh all text on my screen, as residue from > > > > older menus is sometimes visible. > > > > * After having selected a monitor, or an "X server" as the text says > > > > (my precise model does not exist), and testing the configuration, I get > > > > an error message along the lines of: "(EE): No device found". Selecting > > > > a different monitor does not appear to work. At the bottom of the > > > > screen there was some error message about localhost. My guess is that > > > > it's trying to connect to the X server which either did not run > > > > properly, or quit immediately because of some other error. > > > > > > > > So this time I came significantly further in the installation but in > > > > the end it failed anyway. Frustrating... > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > Robert Björn > > > > > > > > Robert Björn wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > I am having some installation difficulties with Mandrake 9. > > > > > > > > > > The first time, the problem occured after I had selected and prepared > > > > > the partitions. It was about to write the partition table to disk > > > > > when the mouse pointer stopped working and the computer hanged. I > > > > > patiently waited for a while but after about a minute I rebooted. > > > > > > > > > > I then tried once again, this time also explicitly formatting the > > > > > partitions I selected. Right when I clicked "Done", it locked up > > > > > again. > > > > > > > > > > The machine is reasonably new. AMD Athlon XP 1800, 512 MB RAM, NVidia > > > > > GeForce 4 TI4400 video card, Sound Blaster Audigy. > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Robert Björn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >-- > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- *Michael Notforyou* Registered Linux User #197888 Registered Linux Machine #166780 LINUX ON A COMPAQ PRESARIO 700 SERIES: http://www.quack-net.com/presario/ //42! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/>
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