Re: Live CD display issues
David,
Thanks for the response. I used the vesa option (safe option) on the
live cd, and the results were the same - a totally dark monitor.
How do I get to the root terminal. X starts automatically unless there
is a cheat code I didn't find. Once X starts, the screen goes black, so
there is no opportunity to use a console window.
May I make a suggestion to the Debian-live community? Add an option to
do just hardware probing and report it in a text format, with an
opportunity to tweak it. The reason for the suggestion is that my guess
is that the installer is either not detecting the video hardware
correctly, or not setting it correctly. This would give the user an
opportunity to correct the situation. Just a thought.
Dave,
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:55 +1100, "David Cottrill NCH Software"
<david.cottrill@nchsoftware.com> wrote:
> TNT2 - use 'nv' driver - the proprietary ones just won't work.
> Voodoo - ????
> If all else fails use vesa driver for both.
>
> Try manually configuring xorg.conf:
> From root terminal:
> X --configure
> then follow the instructions it gives you
>
> David
>
>
>
> On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:13:26 dave boland wrote:
> > I have spent a frustrating afternoon trying to get Ubuntu, Fedora, and
> > now the latest Debian livecd to run on a few computers. I need some
> > help here. The vitals are:
> > * Computer 1: CPU 233 MHz P-II, 384 MB RAM, 10 GB disk, Voodo 3dfx
> > * Computer 2: CPU 1.8 GHz Athlon, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB disk, NVIDA RIVA TNT2
> >
> > In both cases things proceed well until X is started. The screens go
> > black, but eventually the audio sound is heard that indicates the
> > everything is loaded and ready to go. In both cases I tried both the
> > normal livecd and the safe mode -- same results in both cases.
> >
> > Any cheat codes that may help? Other suggestions (be nice!)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
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