Guest vockviel Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 the screen just goes black right after all the scrolling startup things (right before entering GUI mode). Sounds like things are still starting up though...(?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 Can you be a lot more specific? Exactly what is the last thing you see on the screen before it goes black and when did this start to happen? Is this a brand new install or were you changing things and messed something up? More info means a better chance at an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 black as in an login propmt?...or black as in NOTHING-just BLACK? If it says login, type username and password, then type startx and hit Enter, and see what happens. If it tries to do something but fails to load a gui....report back with and errors on the screen and what video card you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vockviel Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 well, you know how when linux is booting up, it goes throught the bootup with all the scrolling text, like DOS? Well, soon after it says "init 5" and seems to be about to go into the GUI mode, the screen (monitor) just goes black, like it turned off or something. However, it's not actually off. What I mean is, the monitor is still on and receiving power (the light is still green), but the screen is black as if you had turned it off. This enigma seems to occur right at the point where it is initializing the GUI mode. It almost seems as if the GUI mode is starting some kind of weird video mode where it can't display through the video card (matrox millenium 4mb.) This card was certainly capable of displaying 1024x768 (I used it in win2k before installing mandrake). Anyway, when I say the screen goes black, I mean it's like you turned off the monitor. Whew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 I've had that happen a few times with NVIDIA rpms from nvidia.com, which is why I always rebuild them from .src.rpm's. When this happened to me, I turned the monitor off and back on to get a screen (init 3). I know nothing about the matrox, but that's where to start. Start a new post in Hardware about your video card with a link to this. I'm sure someone is familiar with your card, if compatable. You need to boot to init 3 instead of init 5, and to do so, when lilo (the linux loader-bootloader) appears press Esc>then type linux init 3 or is it, linux init3 man!, why can I remember? Then you could try to reconfigure at a smaller resolution, or a different monitor, as the driver may not be the problem at all. After you login and enter the root password, run XFdrake --expert or what I use XFdrake --expert --noauto to reconfigure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vockviel Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 Ok - I tried XFdrake, but "command not found" I've got webmin installed, and I might be able to do it from there, but when I attempt to access webmin via IE6, it returns "This web server is running in SSL mode, try https://localhost.localdomain:10000/ instead" How do I disable ssl mode from the terminal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vockviel Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 never mind - I retract that last post. However, I would be interested in knowing if there is a reason that the terminal rejects my "root" password? I am trying to log in as root, and it keeps telling me incorrect login. I KNOW I'm typing it in right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 Try logining using your normal account and then su to root. A lot of linux distros will not allow you to login as root as a safety feature. Otherwise, I am not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 In case you don't know, su to root means Entering su <Enter> root password <Enter> There's also linuxconf you can get there by running linuxconf from init 3 or choose failsafe at the lilo boot prompt. I think XFdrake is in there? If you don't see it, go to Linuxconf Management (in linuxconf) as see if it's one of the option that can be in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vockviel Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 thanks guys - I was able to su to root, but I still can't access xfdrake. Tried: "whereis xfdrake" gave me back: xfdrake: I don't know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vockviel Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Thanks guys! You're the best! I think I've got everything figured out for now... But I'll probably be back.. Thanks again! My hope is now rekindled in Linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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