I don't think it's your Adaptec U2W card that's causing the problem. I had
a similar system too and it always hang. After removing my ATI 128 AGP
video card, everything works fine.
Try replacing your ATI 128 video card with another video card (it could be
another ATI card, just not the 128 chips
It's becuase you set the security to high somewhere during the installation.
I'm still trying to figure out how to log in as root too other than SU.
I did notice that draksec allows you to change the security level and calls
upon some script. However, I would like to learn how to do it manually.
I
set the security level to Paranoid during installation and now I can't log in
as root. How do I change it so I can login as root? I can su to
root, but I prefer logging in as root.
Also, I cann't start X-Window as a normal user unless
I su and then type startx. Only then wi