On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 07:07, Pete Stean wrote: > Selected the 1024x768 generic flatpanel - and I have a DVI and analog in > on the monitor and DVI and analog out on the card. I only have the DVI > cable connected (why bother with analog) - could it be as simple as > trying to install with the analog cable connected instead?? yes
> :-| this > will be my third attempt at installing the o/s - we all love to hate MS > but I'm beginning to see why people don't venture out into the wild > unknown of linux.... phew! > > Derek Jennings wrote: > > >On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 7:31 am, Pete Stean wrote: > > > > > >>Hi folks, my first experience with linux isnt going very well... > >> > >>Installing Mandrake from CD-ROM - it detects all my hardware ok (apart > >>from my usb Epson C42 printer but let's worry about that later) > >>including my Geforce4 card and here's the problem. Hitting the test > >>button on the graphics card selection screen at any resolution or colour > >>depth just gives me a black screen.... > >> > >>I continued with the installation anyway and after another hour or so it > >>booted fine - hit the return key to run linux and it does all the xxxxxx > >>[OK] lines until it gets to "xinextd....." at which point I get a black > >>screen. I'm thinking maybe its actually loaded the gui at this point but > >>I can't see it cos of the above problem.... > >> > >>Any ideas folks? BTW plug and play aware OS is SWITCHED OFF in my BIOS > >>at the moment but Windoze XP explicitly says it should be and I am > >>running (well hopefully) a dual boot system - plug and play aware os is > >>important in linux right?? > >> > >>Thanks in advance - please nothing too technical cos I am a complete > >>noob - please let me know if I can provide further info to help diagnose > >>this > >> > >>Cheers > >> > >>Peter > >> > >> > > > >Is your video card dual head? > >If so the GUI may be appearing on the 'other' output. > > > >You might also try Ctrl+Alt+F1 to see if you get a text based console > >( Ctl + Alt +F7 puts you back to the GUI ) > > > >derek > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >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 -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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