When the monitor turns black I do Alt_Ctrl_F2 and I cant get a console or terminal to login.
I do not have Ideas.
Thanks stephen PS: Here is my spec again:
Intel D850MV motherboard Pentium 4 Processor 2.0 GHZ 478 Pin Geforce 3 TI-500 64 MB Grafics card Nec Multisync FE950+ CRT monitor 358 MB Ram (rimm) Adapted 29160N U160 scsi controler IBM Ultrastar 36.4 GB CNET network card ADSL starbridge modem Linksys wrt54G router Mandrake 10.0 Official Power Pack ( downloaded from mandrake club) Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse
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>From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Mandrake Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Problem login mandrake 10.0 offical Power Pack
>Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:29:48 +1000
>
>On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 07:30, Joseph Gregory Croes wrote:
> > And by the way I am a total newbie. I can use mandrake but with GUI. But I
> > am not
> > used with command lines. I you guy show me the steps, step by step I can do
> > it.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>Maybe I'm stepping in too late on this, but once the machine APPEARS as
>to have completed it's bootup process (when the hard drive is no longer
>spinning or making noise) have you tried hitting CTRL+ALT+F2 ??? You
>SHOULD see a "console login" when you do that - mind you SHOULD is the
>key word here.
>
>I saw you mentioned something about NVidia, but you didn't list it in
>your machine's inventory in the previous message - do you, in fact, HAVE
>an NVidia card?
>
>If so, and IF you can get to a console login, you can login as root,
>then at the prompt type:
>
>cd /etc/X11
>
>then type:
>
>vi XF86Config-4
>
>...and once the editor has loaded, locate the section for the video
>driver - if it lists nv instead of nvidia, you're going to have to
>change it; so while in the editor, you hit the INSERT key, then navigate
>to the line you want to change, change it (from nv to nvidia) then hit
>the ESC key, then hit : then wq => that will save it...then when back at
>the prompt, type "reboot" and watch.
>
>Now, there COULD be an issue with the monitor settings - that could be
>another reason you're not getting anything at the boot; but try that
>first and lets see how ya goes.
>
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