Hallo Kai Staats: >> > Installation of 4.1 on my MacMini (1.25 GHz) with Lacie-Drive (install >> > firewire) fails. Anaconda says: Unable to instantiate X.... and then >> > the screen (Sony SDM-HS74P) turns black. > > Thanks Derick for your suggestions, but I fear this is not about the drive > partitioning. This usually happens when the video card driver + video card + > monitor are not communicating well. W/the Mac mini in particular, we have > seen some challenging combinations. > > I recommend trying a diff monitor (maybe an LCD or CRT) ... or boot into > single user mode, run Xautoconfig, and then experiment w/various settings. > > This HOWTO should help: > http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_4.1/video_config.shtml
I did this: ,---- | # Set your system to default to a shell | | | CTRL-OPTION-F2 | (login as root) | | nano /etc/inittab/ [ENTER] | (roughly a dozen lines from the top, modify "id:5:initdefault:" to "id:3:initdefault:") | | CTRL-X (exit and save) | reboot [ENTER] | | | ... this resets your computer to default to a command line environment | instead of automatically starting X. Once you get the graphics | settings modified to your liking, you can change the '3' back to a | '5', reboot, and you will be greeted with a graphical login once | again. | | | # Reset to default configuration | | | Xautoconfig [ENTER] | startx [ENTER] `---- startx ends with ,---- | **(eggcups:3575):CRITICAL**: couldn't connect to session bus: Unable | to determine the address of the message bus `---- and the screen (lcd) turns black. Horst _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
