Hi all! We've got two machines in our office, both with identical configurations (at end of post), which are both giving us grief...
First of all, on one machine, Mandrake won't even finish booting after installation. Here's what happens: 1. Bootup freezes on "Finding Module Dependencies" This happens every time, but I can Ctrl+C past it if I catch it in time. If I DON'T catch it, then the cursor stops flashing (or vanishes), and the bootup goes no further. I've heard that this can be caused by a miscompile of the kernel, but since this is a fresh install I'm ruling that out. 2. Bootup freezes on assorted services This is never constant, but the ones that freeze most often are Postfix, APM and xinetd. Same as above, except for APM, which crashes faster than my fingers can move to cancel it. 3. Screen goes blank partway through boot If I manage to get past the above then the machine will occasionally go to a blank screen and no further shortly afterwards. There are only a few things loaded at this point- it's too early to be trying to load X. 4. X Loads, but freezes instantly I've managed to get as far as X starting once and only once, and it froze as soon as the mouse cursor appeared. On the second machine none of the above occurs- it boots fine, and is able to load X without any difficulties. However, the onboard Ethernet isn't being detected, and attempts to install the drivers from the nVidia site come up with "Not the right architecture" Can anyone help with this? CPU: AMD Athlon 1800XP Motherboard: ASUS A7N266-VM (Socket A). Sound: Realtek ALC650 (onboard) Video: nVidia GeForce 2 (onboard) Ethernet: RealTek 8100 RAM: 512mb PC2100 DDR DD: Seagate Barricuda IV, 40GB Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 753s Mouse: Genius Netscroll Optical PS2 Mouse Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard 1.0a (PS2)
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