Bug#360121: install failed on P4S800 mobo with Geforce MX200 graphics card
On Thursday 30 March 2006 19:57, Levi Waldron wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> The installation went perfectly until after the reboot. At the moment
> when grub should have appeared, the screen instead went blank. After
> the 5-second timeout the hard drive light came on, indicating that the
> system was booting but without video display. I now have a "working"
> Ubuntu system which is fine once X begins but I still can't see
> anything during the console mode portion of boot-up. When I boot from
> any Debian install disc using `linux vga=ask` and type `scan`, the
> screen appears black for the duration of the scan, then comes back at
> the end of the scan.
This is a very strange problem. Sounds like either your graphical card or
your monitor does not conform to general standards.
Otherwise I have no idea what may be happening here and I think you may
have better luck asking elsewhere. We on the installer team have no
experience with your issue and I feel is also a bit outside our
responsibility.
Sorry we can't help. Please do let us know if you find a solution.
> I'm quite willing to help by trying things or providing more info,
> just let me know. I have a couple suggestions from someone on
> Debian-user which I haven't tried yet, namely passing acpi=on or
> debian-installer/framebuffer=false at the installer boot prompt.
As the installation itself went correctly, I very much doubt any of these
parameters will make any difference.
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