It was Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:55:33 -0700 when Tim Barnard wrote: Is PnP OS enabled in your BIOS? This is something that often messes things up. If so, disable it and see if that helps. Also see if the system is installed for optimal use. Best to set it to more conservative values and see if that does some good also. Good luck! Paul >I recently purchased an A-Bit mobo (KT7A) along with a 1.2GHz AMD and 512MB. >I performed an LM 8.0 install using the "Recommended" selection and at the >point near the end of the install when it configures XWindows the system >locks up hard. By which I mean the mouse ceases to respond, no keys work, I >can't switch to different consoles (Ctrl-Alt-F<n>), etc. I thought maybe it >was the graphics card (S3 Trio3D/2X, a fairly new, low cost 3D >Graphics/video accelerator card), so I replaced it with a known working >card, to no avail. I then tried a known working PCI graphics card (name/mfg >escapes me at the moment) and experienced the same problem. -- Programming Department: Mistakes made while you wait. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.3 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
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