On Thu, 28 Oct 1999,ajackman wrote:
| On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
| > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999,Foris Gabor wrote:
| > | HI!
| > |
| > | I just lately installed linux mandrake as my os and today a strange thing
| > | happaned.
| > | It loaded up itself, but when it should start the graphics display, it
| > | could not. and the login window did not appear, just a blank scree?
| > | What do u think about it?
| > |
| > | FG
| >
| > Foris,
| >
| > Did you get any errors while starting ? When you get to the "blank screen", try
| > pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 and see if you can get to that console. It will show you
| > messages from the software that loaded, including the X-server. Perhaps this
| > information will help debug the problem.
| >
| > Ernie
| I did that myself, and I went to another log in prompt. I put in my user
| account name and password and it said there was a problem with my window
| server, but then, I switeched back (presumably ctrl-alt-f1) there was not sort
| of graphical interface.
Also, you can start in text mode from the lilo prompt with linux 1, then log
in as the root user, and run Xconfigurator. Make sure that you give it the
correct information about your video setup. Xconfigurator should be able to
detect your video stuff, but it could hang when doing the probe (I think I read
that somewhere). If it does, do a CTRL+D to see of you can get out of it. If
not, try CTRL+ALT+F2 to get a new console, log in as root, then do "shutdoun -r
now" - this will reboot the system for you in a safe manner. Then you can do all
the above again, but this time don't do the probe. Give the program the
information about your card and display manually - the program will give you
screens for what it wants, you will need refresh rate - both horizontal and
verticle, resolution, and (I forget) what is needed for your video card. If yoy
have a SVGA card, you may be able to use a generic setting for it, but I am not
sure about that. Maybe X is just not set up right.
Ernie
