Guest Wombl Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Hello. I tried to install the new Mandriva 2011 on my Samsung NC20 Netbook. For this i boot the Live System. after the boot menu the boot screen appears for some minutes. Then, at the point where normally the Desktop should start, a testscreen appears. Its a number of Fullscreen Basic colors followed by a white to black fading picture. then it repeats again and again. I cannot reach the console but it seems like the bootprocess continue to the end. How can i solve this? do i need other xserver drivers (openchrome)? How i can use them before installation? TecSpecs of the system: 12" Netbook VIA NANO Cpu 1.3GHz VIA Chrome HC9 Graphics 2gb RAM I hope my english is understandable. Thanks a lot Wombl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Greetings! I have the usual questions for you. Did you burn with a good disk at a slower speed? Did you verify the integrity of the download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wombl Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 (edited) Hi, thx for the answer. jes the dvd is working good in this drive and is verified. former i installed ubuntu 11.04 and later linux Mint with the same type of disk without any problems. edit: I found this Site: http://www.linlap.com/wiki/samsung+nc20 Thy say to edit the xorg.conf. The resolution and the vesa driver is incorrect. Seems that i have to change this manually. How i can get access to this before installation? Is there any startparameter to boot into commandline before starting X? Thx Wombl Edited September 1, 2011 by Wombl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 At the boot menu, try vgalo or text install. I am troubled that the live media will not load; you may need to download the full iso. I do not think the document from 2009 is relevant in this case, as it is rather dated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wombl Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Ok i will try this. If its not working, what i have to type in if i want to use the openchrome driver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 You need to move past the install in order to utilize better drivers for your graphics. While a text install may be tedious, it will make a system where you can better configure a tricky graphics problem. I think X is the problem. If I had to install text mode, I would be sure to install the system first. Configure urpmi to have access on line from the community. Then I would install X. All of this can be done from the command line. If you like having a gui while at the command line, install mc (Midnight Commander). After getting X, then choose KDE or gnome (or whatever). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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