Black screen at bootForum: HD Install Topic: Black screen at boot started by: pseudomino Posted by pseudomino on May 23 2008,12:42
Hello guysI try to install DSL 4.3 on a partition of my HD, with the LiveCD. Everything begins right, but when the X server is to be launched (juste after Xauth..), it turns to a black screen, frozen. If I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 I can see the last messages : modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fb0 XIO: fatal XIO error 104 Strangely, if I try to launch it with QEMU it runs well. Any idea of what boot command I should type? Posted by roberts on May 23 2008,16:43
At the first boot prompt press F2 or F3 to see other video boot options. Perhaps you should try...boot: dsl vga=normal boot: fb800x600 Posted by pseudomino on May 23 2008,17:17
yes, but I don't know which command to addI've tried lots but in vain. For example to run Ubuntu I have to bring -noapic but it seems to be different here. vga=normal or anything concerning the resolution has no effect. All apologies I didn't report all the error lines . In fact it is : (just after Xauth...) apm: overriden by ACPI insmod : /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.o : init-module : No such device insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/apm.o insmod char-major-10-134 failed insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg 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 why this conflict between linux kernel and my hardware? :'( Posted by curaga on May 23 2008,17:22
Try "dsl noacpi noapic acpi=off" on boot
Posted by pseudomino on May 23 2008,19:34
The only effect is that there isn't the lines "modprobe" anymore
Posted by roberts on May 23 2008,20:31
Try boot: failsafeAlso post your hardware specs and maybe someone else has the same specs and has solved this and therefore can help. Posted by pseudomino on May 26 2008,20:31
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! Posted by chaostic on May 26 2008,21:27
Try booting "fb800x600", not "dsl fb800x600" Posted by lucky13 on May 26 2008,21:35
pseudomino: Please do like Robert said and post your hardware specs.
Posted by pseudomino on May 26 2008,22:12
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 |