Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3566 mails)

["David Gregg" <servant2work4god@xxxxxxxxx>]

I tried the install without DSL plugged in, and left it unplugged
during bootup, but it still shows a black screen after the grub menu.
I gave it plenty of time and the busy light on my case stopped
flashing, sooo... I'm not sure what else to do here.

David




On 4/24/07, Roeland <rvandemosselaer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The install process goes smoothly. I have an old Socket A 900MHz AMD
> > Athlon Processor with 512MB ram, 40GB hard drive containing Windows XP
> > Pro and 10GB hard drive to which I'm installing openSUSE 10.2
> >
> > The only problem I have during setup is that it doesn't connect to the
> > internet (I have dsl) while knoppix live cd recognizes the connect
> > automatically.
> >
> > No other errors are reported and I'm able to choose windows or suse
> > from the grub list, with windows working fine, but suse never reaches
> > a gui? It shows text - done type lines and then goes to a black screen
> > which never goes away?
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> I have had a similar problem with my old Dell.
> I use 10.0.
> Startup computer, make room for installation of Suse.
> Shutdown computer, and unplug ethernet cable to dsl-modem.
> Install Suse from cd's or dvd.
> Reboot to check if dual boot works.
> Plug ethernet cable back in; internet connection works also in Suse....
>
> hope this helps.
>
> regards,
> Roeland
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