marcia wrote:
>
> Dear All, I purchased vmware not too long ago and finally got the nerve
> up to begin installing it. After I opened the rpm of vmware 2.00
> everything on my screen froze. I waited and waited then finally tried
> control-alt-backspace, control-alt-delete, and control-alt-esc. Nothing
> worked so I had to push my reset button. That crashed my Linux and I
> could not get into X anymore. I tried rescue and that did not work.
>
> I had to reinstall Linux. I did it as an expert and used upgrade which
> worked very well. By the way I, I have Linux Mandrake 7.2. This was the
> first time that I installed as an expert and from now on I will do it
> that way if needed.
>
> My question is: If everything freezes in that manner is there a way to
> get to a console screen? None of my control keys worked and the
> control-alt-F3 did not work. This has happened before many times and I
> ended up reinstalling many times before. That is fine except I am tired
> of losing my emails and signing up for Netscape over and over again. Any
> help will be appreciated. Thank you. Marcia
Sounds like a dud video card.
what happenes is x crashes but it shoulden't take anything with it.
Try running Xconfigurator and set your resolution lower and when you
install anything from rpm use the command line.
rpm -Uvh <your rpm>
My gues is it is a SIS video card let me know if I am right
Cheers
Stefaans
