Aliendrake Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Hello guys I have problem login in mandrake 10.0 Official Power Pack. After the lilo bootsctrap (every thing looks ok) the monitor turns black and I do not get any thing (Mandrake GUI) nor a login console. Here is my spec: Intel D850MV motherboard Pentium 4 Processor 2.0 GHZ 478 Pin Geforce 3 TI-500 64 MB Grafics card Nec Multisync FE950+ CRT monitor 358 MB Ram (rimm) Adapted 29160N U160 scsi controler IBM Ultrastar 36.4 GB CNET network card ADSL starbridge modem Linksys wrt54G router Mandrake 10.0 Official Power Pack ( downloaded from mandrake club) Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse Do someone knows what the problem might be? IF you do please reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 at lilo press Esc and type linux splash=quiet vga=normal and press Enter. work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 at lilo press Esc and typelinux splash=quiet vga=normal and press Enter. work? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes it works but. after when the gui must start the screen turns black and I cant get nothing to try to repair the system. Thanks for reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 (edited) could you try to explain better? Do you mean you can boot fine but when the gui (X) comes up, it doesn't? What video card? Edited July 17, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 (edited) Yes, my system bootsup good but the gui (kde) wont start and my screen turns black. Also I do not get an console to try to start kde. I have an Nvidia geforce 3 Ti-500 64 mb. Gregory Edited July 17, 2004 by Aliendrake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 I know that card is one of the buggier nvidia's for X. Have you installed the nvidia driver from nvidia? There's a HowTo in the FAQ Section. You say it boots fine, but you have no console? That's not booting fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Yes your right. But now how should I do without a console? Schould I try installing via text install inplace of a gui install? You tell me I have no idea what to do. Thanks, gregory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 If you have no console, something is wrong. If you cannot login at the command line, then you can't do anything. Reinstall. Just to be sure, if you downloaded, check the md5sum of the iso files prior to burning, and then burn with quality media at 12X or slower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Yes your right. But now how should I do without a console? Schould I try installing via text install inplace of a gui install? You tell me I have no idea what to do. Thanks, gregory <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What happens if you boot; linux 1 At lilo press Esc and type linux 1 and press Enter. do you have a console? lx, the only thing wrong is that Aliendrake has not only nvidia but a gf3-ti. I have a gf4 and do not have a functioning console unless I turn off framebuffer/boot splash=quiet vga=normal. It's a common nvidia problem that is solved time and again (even a few in the past few days) but it does not work with gf3-ti's. I don't know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 I thought he had no command line from which to work. My mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 I thought he had no command line from which to work. My mistake. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> sounds like he/she doesn't have a command line even at boot, but said boot up was fine. I assume that means it's fine til X fails....then they have no commandline. That_is_nvidia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 (edited) Yes, that is my situation. Every thing works fine (lilo) until when kde must begin to load, the monitor turns black. I have allready tried at lilo ESC -> linux splash=quit vga=normal and press enter but it do not work. Its like is BVC says: a G3TI-500 bugg. Gregory Edited July 18, 2004 by Aliendrake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 so, you can't get a commandline if you boot to init 1? How bout rescue mode with cd1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 What should I do to go at init 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 I would hit esc at the splash and type 'linux 3", press enter. Should get you to a command line. Log in and edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to load "nv" as a driver instead of "vesa" which is what I think it currently says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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