payasam Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 I'm posting this here because I couldn't find a sub-forum on ophthalmology. When I shut down Mandrake 10.0 a screen comes up with vertical green lines. Not only are they obscene, they induce vertigo and nausea. Is there any way I can get something pleasant instead, maybe a picture of a hungry hyaena or a Tasmanian Devil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 have an nvidia? boot with the graphical boot? Disable it. Then you'll get a pleasant black and white verbose text console :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted September 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 No, I don't have an nvidia but I should have thought of going non-GUI. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted September 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Will no one help me, please? I think the chap dressed in green is handsome and elegant, but it's that background which is terrible. In Windows I could at least make my own shut-down screens, rude remarks and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 You are capable of making your own, mandrake uses bootsplash for it's themes. www.bootsplash.org www.bootsplash.de however your problem seems to be something much much lower than the theme. Probably down to the kernel level. How about in the meantime, don't look at your screen when you shutdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted September 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 OK, Scoopy, toss me about where you please. With olive oil, if need be. You are helpful, Iphitus, most horrendously helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopy Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 I guess we need to figure out what sort of video chip your running on. You told me: Card is whatever ordinary thing came with with the Intel chip-set. Which is not helping any. Maybe tell us the brand and model number of your computer and someone would be able to look up which video chip it is running on. Then someone here may be able to find a cure for the green man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted October 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 The machine has no brand name, Scoopy, having been assembled by my hardware chap. The component in question is an Intel 82810E graphics controller. My problem is not the green fellow, whom I rather like. It's the background with the vertical green lines. But I guess I'm just being a fussy old coot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmc77 Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 Had the same thing happen to a computer I set up to use as a sound station for my church's sound room (and payasam is right, It is nauseating, and possibly seizure inducing :D ). I had minimal memory in that computer. When I added mem, problem stopped. Not sure if memory was the problem, but whatever needed it might have been. What are the computer specs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted October 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2004 128 MB RAM, 1,000 MHz P3. Do you think I should consult a neurologist who specialises in epilepsy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted October 5, 2004 Report Share Posted October 5, 2004 You might like to try disabling the nice graphical boot; it'll be a little uglier but it's more informative and might possibly cure the shutdown problem. You can do that from the drakboot tool. and kmc77, Naruto rocks. he's attached to my cellphone, too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted October 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Will try that, Adamw, even if it means not getting to see the friendly dragon chap. MODERATOR: I have not been getting notifications of messages to this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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