qualityguy

This is a E-7100/630i gpu motherboard

Geforce 7100 NForce 630i

The processure is a Pentium Dual Core

Not sure if this is a factor.

Mandriva Linux release 20008.1 (official) for i586
Kernel 2.2.24.4 -server1mnb on a dual processor i686 /tty1

X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
release Date September 2007

Build operating System: Linux _2.6.22.12-server-1mdv Mandriva
Current operating System: Linux Local host 2.6.24.4-server-1mnb # 1SMP Thu Mar 27 15:07:48 CET 3008 i686
Build Date 14 March 2008 04:11:49PM

<=> Log File  :" /var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time Tue July 29 02:32:36 2008
<=> Using Confiig File : " /etc/X11/Xorg.config"
(EE) No devices detected

Fatal Server error:
No Screens found Giving up
Xinit: Connection rerset by peer ( error 104) unable to connect to X server
Xinit: No such process ( error 3) Server error

{xlemkonan@localhost ~i$

I tried "startX" and that did not get me in I will try it again so that I can give you any output . By the way Orts Danes speak pretty good English even when they think they are doing poorly.

First let me say this is not a duplicate post I installed Mandriva Spring as a dual boot on my K7S5A a few days ago and after a brief boot loader hiccup all is well. This time out I was installing from the same CD as a stand alone system ( for me) I chose " erase entire HD , went through the install and on robot the install failed( I will clarify in a second) .

Next I decided to do a custom install , I created a / , Swap and /home partitions and also added two Widows partitions just in case we needed them later ( its a 500GB drive) In both instances on reboot I get

Mandriva rel 20008.1 for i586 kernel 2.6.24.4 -server -1mnb on a dual processor i686/ ttyl

local host log in.

I supply my username and password and I get clemkonan@localhost !l$

I am no expert but i686 dual processor is my clue does this means this version is not for my processor?

The other pc by the way is working just fine

No live CD but a Rescue disk. I choose it , choose to reinstall windows boot loader and presto Windows was back. From windows I deleted the Linux partitions, / , Swap and /home and I also re-sized my windows partition.

I reinstalled Mandriva and choose use free space and presto I was dual booting.

Got my CD from Linux Pro magazine I believe it's a live CD so I will try that first. Thanks

Here is the sequence

Running MS XP

Tried custom install of Mandriva Spring

Shrunk 1 large Windows partition to make room then made a /, swap and /home partition and installed Mandriva

Chose Ice desktop thinking this was the a good choice for my K7S5A and unchecked KDE and Genome

Everything loaded fine but on boot up did not work, Mandriva would not fully load

Went back reinstalled Mandriva a second time by first deleting my 3 Linux partition then re-creating them. This time I chose KDE

On boot up Grub appeared to work I could choose Mandriva, Mandriva safe mode and Windows ,etc

Problem was Mandriva starts but does not load fully, Windows starts but switches back to Mandriva

Om Mandriva I get a text display saying something like local host ,etc. I enter my username and password but nothing graphical happens

now when I try to reboot all I get is Grub error 15.

By the day before installing Mandriva I did run defrag and checkdisk

Can I salvage this install or get back to Windows?

Thanks