RH8 Problems
This is a discussion about RH8 Problems in the Everything Linux category; I have major problems. I can't install linux in gui it just goes blank after it probes the monitor which by the way can't be probed and when it is installed in text after starup and it checks the system and stuff it just goes blank.
I have major problems. I can't install linux in gui it just goes blank after it probes the monitor which by the way can't be probed and when it is installed in text after starup and it checks the system and stuff it just goes blank...nothing. I have onboard geforce 2 mx class video from an MSI K7N420 pro motherboard. I am wondering if it is just a bad setting in my bios or somthing. ;(
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Have you tried the text mode installer at all?
OP
I have istalled it in text mode and after i start the machine and it does the system checks it just geos blank.
try ctrl_alt_+ using the + key on the numlock keypad
if that won't get it you need to boot into a terminal
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at the lilo prompt hit ctrl_x to get to boot prompt
at the boot prompt use this
linux init=/bin/bash
if your image name shown on the boot menu is not linux substitute the image name for linux
then you need to use xf86config to setup x again
test it with startx
if that won't get it you need to boot into a terminal
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at the lilo prompt hit ctrl_x to get to boot prompt
at the boot prompt use this
linux init=/bin/bash
if your image name shown on the boot menu is not linux substitute the image name for linux
then you need to use xf86config to setup x again
test it with startx
OP
THanks for ur help I have got it working. I did what u said and made it work well enough to get the drivers from the nvidia sight and fix it
cool
i was having this same problem with RH8, during the install, after it asks me what resolution i wish to use, i test it and everything seems fine, upon rebooting get either a blank screen or a garbled one when it goes to the login screen, i am using an ati rage 6(radeon) 32mb SRRAM agp video card, had to pop in an old ati rage 128 just so i could use RH8....any help is appreciated.
