hd install

Forum: HD Install
Topic: hd install
started by: Sina

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Posted by Sina on July 31 2005,03:18

I finally achieved my hd install of dsl. Rebooted my coomputer and there are no graphics on the monitor. No elephants, no icons.  Did I do something wrong?  I tried right click, desktop, etc., etc. but still nothing.

Sina

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Posted by cbagger01 on July 31 2005,04:19

Try changing the resolution and color depth for your video. It sounds like your color depth is set too low.

Press CONTROL-ALT-BACKSPACE to exit graphical mode and then type:

xsetup.sh

and then choose a different resolution and color depth.

Then type "startx" to return to graphical mode.

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Posted by Sina on July 31 2005,04:51

Hmmm.
CONTROL-ALT-BACKSPACE does nothing. It does not take me out of graphical mode.  Still blank screen.

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Posted by cbagger01 on July 31 2005,05:59

This is not good.

Does CONTROL-ALT-DEL cause Linux to shut down?

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Posted by jamesgecko on Aug. 06 2005,22:44

Quote (cbagger01 @ July 31 2005,01:59)

Does CONTROL-ALT-DEL cause Linux to shut down?

It causes the computer to reboot.
sudo shutdown -h now
will shut down the computer.

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Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 07 2005,03:37

What happens if you boot the livecd with:

dsl vga=normal 2

or maybe:

fb800x600

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