-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, 09 October 2002 17:04, Christopher Mahmood wrote:
* pied2 (pied2@ukc.ac.uk) [021009 14:52]:
This is a problem i've been having to do with my x windows.
This really should be on suse-linux-e.
Well, he's close. We should answer questions here; not act like a cop. That list is waay too busy. Pied, Linux is having serious trouble identifying your Northbridge, which is causing most of the problems. Is this an Intel, or an AMD board? What kind of PCI bridge? Via? Intel? In your computer's bios is PlugNPlay turned OFF? And particularly if this is a notebook, you must disable "PCI Bus Power Mgmt". This =is= Suse8 isn't it? If need be, you can create floppies with boot and drivers (in /images?) and manually load the one you need. I had to do this for fibrechannel. There's no way to get anything right until you have the correct system drivers installed. On initial boot of the install, Linux tries to autosize your devices, and is apparently getting it wrong at this stage. Hit f5 on the Install boot screen, then proceed. Check the fly-by boot listings before any measures, then after. If you make it to X you can <CTL><ALT><F1> and see the most recent transactions, as this is console0. <CTL><ALT><F7> to get back. Once it has underlying drivers right, fix the partition. Ensure you have backups, then run the Suse install. Go into Expert partitioning and delete hda5 and hda6, re-create them, ensure they get formatted, and complete the process. BTW, know anything about compiling the kernel? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj2ljFUACgkQnQ18+PFcZJswMQCeN4NXJiabTqdU7sDzh9a47+ST 2k4An24oySwracpbkM4PIbc8DHO7aMv/ =Hl5L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----