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Hi, I added agpgart to my etc/modprobe.preload file and now everything starts normally. Thanks for all the help. Ron

Hi, It's now working. I logged in as root. Typed modprobe agpgart. Logged out as root and back in as user ron. Typed startx and it starts normally. My only other question would be, is there a file I can edit so I get logged in without having to do this every time I start the computer? Thanks for the help everyone! Ron

I saw a post from someone on the pclinuxonline.com message boards saying that they were having problems with startx and that they fixed it by doing insmod agpgart. Sounds like that might be my problem. I was wondering if anyone here could give me instructions on how to try it. Thanks, Ron

I ran fdisk and deleted both my Linux and XP partition. I then tried installing just 10.0 RC1 and still got the original errors. At this point I think I'm going to give up for now. I'll try again when the final version of 10.0 gets released and maybe I won't have the same problems. Thanks, Ron

The errors I am getting are if I try and run Partition Magic when logged into XP. The first error message is: Powerquest Partition Magic has detected error 116 on the partition starting at sector 41174784 on Disk 1. The starting LBA value is 41174784 and the CHS value is 16435502. The LBA and CHS values must be equal. Partition Magic has verified that the LBA values is correct and can fix the CHS value. The second error message is: Init failed: Error 117 Partition's drive letter cannot be identified. Do either of these errors explain what is going on with 10.0 RC1?

I tried running xf86config as root. I also tried running XFdrake from the command line, not changing anything, hitting test, and then typing startx. Neither worked. Same error messages. I am dual booting with XP. I went into Partition Magic on the XP side and it is now telling me that are problems with the hard drive. It offered to fix the problem, but now I can't seem to run Partition Magic either. Maybe the 10.0 discs messed something up? I ordered them from almostfreelinux.com since I'm on dial up. Any ideas on what to do next?

I just tried installing 10.0 RC1 and have the same problem. Curious if anyone has any ideas? This happens with both the 2.6 and 2.4 kernels. Thanks, Ron

Thanks for the info. I'll give that one a shot. Ron

Hi, I've tried installing 10.0 Beta 2 a few times and end up with the same error each time. KDE does not launch. I have a console appear asking me for my username and password. After typing those in I typed startx and get the following information and errors: Module loader present Log file /var/log/Xfree86.0.log Config file /etc/x11/XF86Config-4 Using vt 7 GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory) I810(0): AGPGart support is not available. Make sure your kernel had agpgart support or that agpgart kernel is loaded. Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Thanks, Ron

I had previously gone into the KDE Control Center and unchecked the box for enable display power management. I went back and checked the box. I then changed all of the options to disabled and that fixed the problem. Thanks for all the help and I'll post back if the problem reoccurs. Ron

Thanks for the reply bvc. I'm out of town right now and will not have access to my Linux box until either Wednesday or Thursday night. I'll give that a shot and post back with the results. Sounds like that should work. Thanks again. Ron

Hi, I saved the lilo.conf file after I edited it. I then opened a termial entered su and put in my root password. I then entered lilo -v. I did this everytime I edited the file. What I posted earlier is what the file is right now. Thanks for the suggestion. Any other ideas?

Hi, I went into the KDE control center and disabled the screen saver. I also went into power control and turned off enable display power management. Here are the options I have (and their current settings) under Power in my Bios. Enable ACPI is set to yes. Auto Suspend Timeout is off. Resume on modem ring is off. Remote power on LAN is disabled. Power button function is set to sleep/wake. I have tried turning ACPI off. When I did this I also changed my lilo.conf file accordingly. When this did not work I went back into the Bios and turned ACPI back on. I then adjusted the lilo.conf file again. Neither of these worked. I also changed the Power button function in the Bios to on/off, but that had no effect either. I am going out of town with my job for several days. So it will be Wednesday or Thursday before I can try anything else. I will still be able to check and see if anyone has any other suggestions. Thanks in advance. I'm also going to post my lilo.conf file to see if that helps. boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=on resume=/dev/hda6" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=on resume=/dev/hda6 failsafe" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-21mdk label=2422-21 root=/dev/hda5 read-only optional append=" devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=on resume=/dev/hda6" initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-21mdk.img Thanks, Ron

Hi, I had this same exact problem with 9.1. If I leave my computer for even a minute without doing anything the monitor goes black. There is nothing I can do to get it back. I end up having to turn the power strip off the computer is plugged into and then doing a reboot. In 9.1 this problem was fixed by installing the ACPI and ACPID packages and setting them to run when everything booted up. I also had to edit my lilo.conf file so that ACPI was turned on. I tried doing this in 9.2 and it does not work. I tried updating the kernel and that did not help either. Neither did installing all of the updates for 9.2.

Hi, Thanks for the link. I should be set. I'll post back with any other problems. Thanks again