HD Install :: Black screen at boot



Try boot: failsafe

Also post your hardware specs and maybe someone else has the same specs and has solved this and therefore can help.



Thanks, but I've already tried this one...

Well, it boots if I specify "dsl xsetup" and "xfbdev" instead of "xvesa" at the menu. (I was sure I had tried it !)
So I began to believe...!
But, here I need your explanations : can't I have it installed on my HD working the SaME?

I tried Tools/Install  and  Tools/Frugal install but it doesn't work !

First after the grub, it freezes at "Uncompressing Linux... ok, booting the kernel."  => I can pass it adding "acpi=off"
But then the X really don't want. I am thrown to a shell and even if I type xsetup.sh and choose xfbdev, I got this :

$ startx
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fb0
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (COnnection reset by peer) on xserver ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining

It's all the more frustrating that the live CD works!

Quote (pseudomino @ May 26 2008,16:31)
Thanks, but I've already tried this one...

Well, it boots if I specify "dsl xsetup" and "xfbdev" instead of "xvesa" at the menu. (I was sure I had tried it !)
So I began to believe...!
But, here I need your explanations : can't I have it installed on my HD working the SaME?

I tried Tools/Install  and  Tools/Frugal install but it doesn't work !

First after the grub, it freezes at "Uncompressing Linux... ok, booting the kernel."  => I can pass it adding "acpi=off"
But then the X really don't want. I am thrown to a shell and even if I type xsetup.sh and choose xfbdev, I got this :

$ startx
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fb0
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (COnnection reset by peer) on xserver ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining

It's all the more frustrating that the live CD works!

Try booting "fb800x600", not "dsl fb800x600"
pseudomino: Please do like Robert said and post your hardware specs.
yes you're right :

AMD Athlon XP 2100+
Graphic card : Winfast A280 (nvidia GEForce4)
Motherboard : ASUS A7V8X
RAM : 512 MB

(I'll have a fast DSL)

to Chaostic :
With fb800x600 it fails too, unless I choose xfbdev. So I see no advantage since I can have the same in ... 1024x768 by default it seems

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