-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 Feb 2005 19:44, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: > Hello all. > > Yesterday, after a long week, I received from France my Mandrake 10.1 > Powerpack copy. Finally I can upgrade from my old Red Hat 9 copy! > > Anyway, although it was rather late and I was sleeping, I decided to > install Mandrake. Finally, after a long wait, it ended. The installer told > me to restart the machine, so I did. It loaded all Linux, and led me to a > blue screen with the Mandrake logo. After that, it didn't happen anythig. > It actually does not freezes, because I can move my mouse, and if I press > the shut down button of my laptop, it sends the kill all signal and > finishes the system correctly. Moreover, if I press Ctl+Alt+Backspace it > restarts the machine. > > However, I never get to the logon screen. Perhaps I missed up something > while installing (as I said, I was sleeping and maybe I didn't follow one > step). Tonight I will install it again, but I'd like to know any ideas on > this subject. > > Thanks for your help, > Fernando Gomez. > > P.S. My machine: > Laptop Toshiba Satellite Pro (¿7000?) > HD 40GB > RAM 704 MB (512+192) > Proc. Intel Pentium IV 3 GHz > 3 USB 2.0 ports > Ethernet LAN > Atheros Wireless Card SuperG > - this is all I can remember now.
The most likely cause will be the graphics/video setup. Try this: When the lilo splash screen comes up (the one that gives you choices for booting), hit Esc to get to a text screen. Then type linux 1 This should get you to a prompt where you can start XFDrake, and there you can check all your settings. HTH Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCCQn3kFAvMr/nNX8RAmh7AKCeq9RUVY4GJdfZXqmSc3U52pXGnACeNkAO ulIYq8gnC0zzJHc6W212pMM= =2BnR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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