On Monday 14 February 2005 19:41, Claus Hetzer wrote: >Aloha- > >Well, mixed results. Switching from the graphical install to the > text install worked...sort of. I was able to complete the > installation, start Linux, log in as root, add a new user, etc. > However, after a reboot, the display kept going black, and I would > get messages such as "the display has reset 6 times in the last 90 > seconds" (I paraphrase). No problem, I thought, I had installed > Gnome the first time, so I'll rerun and just install XWindows. Now > I have tried that twice more and am getting the same errors I was > getting before. I also tried the "linux text ide-cd=nodma" idea, > with no difference. I am wondering if there really is a hardware > problem somewhere, although why it would be failing at such > different points in the installation process is beyond me; I've had > it fail after only 10 packages installed, or as far in as the > second disc. > >Thanks >Claus This is beginning to have that flavor Claus. There should be a copy of memtest86 on the boot disk, and maybe a 36 hour run of that might be in order, just for grins. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.33% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
