User Feedback :: Hmm, not a good first impression

Hi all,

I decided to try DSL for the first time. Downloaded the 1.1 ISO and burned to a CD as this seemd the simplest way to start.
Booted the CD hit return to start booting and the screen went black, and stayed black.

<ctrl><alt><f1> to the other VT and I see this -

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining

what does this mean? I can't exactly have done anything wrong already can I?

Cheers

Pete

I booted in failsafe mode and I got to a desktop, however my USB mouse doesn't work. syslog is empty, how do I find out what X doesn't like on my system?

You'll probably need to try different settings for video. Instead of just hitting enter at the boot prompt, press F2 and/or F3 to see the various options at boot.

Furthermore, please read the documentation. It's short and will help you understand what you are doing.

http://damnsmalllinux.org/talk/node/51

Might help if you could provide some system specs.

Chris

Try booting with one of these commands:

dsl vga=normal xsetup

and choose xvesa server

or

fb800x600 xsetup

and choose xfbdev server

or you can press the F3 key at boot time and boot with

dsl vga=xxx xsetup

and then choose xfbdev server

where xxx = 3 digit framebuffer code.

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