On Tuesday 01 February 2005 15:04, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > Okay, I'm getting closer. It was crashing after initial hardware detection > so I removed that 'rhgb quiet' and now it boots right up to the point where > i expect the login screen to appear - what's my next step? > > ideas? > > Duncan Okay, I tried Paul and Si's ideas... boot... remove "rhgb quiet" add "3" setup tool arrives - wait a bit and it goes again and I get a login prompt login as root $ X -configure nothing serious, says it can't find my mouse, lot's of stuff above screen I can't read. $ startx ... and I'm back at where I started, the screen goes dead and I can see that 'crystals going to sleep' thing swish across the screen. The system is not powered down thou. Just no screen - maybe waiting with a login splash screen? > What is the CPU and speed btw? 700Hz - celeron what's the speed you wanted, I'm not much of a hardware wizz, 4200rpm? Here's some specs... # Formatted Capacity: 10GB # Interface: 44-pin ATA4 # Data Transfer Rates: 66.7MB/s (UDMA) # Average Seek Times: 13ms # Buffer Size: 1MB # Rotational Speed: 4200rpm Still stumped - Duncan
