mythryll
12-03-02, 05:11 AM
Hi everyone.
I am having a lot of trouble installing Mandrake 9 or Redhat 8 on my new system. This happens with MDK9, I get similar errors with RH 8.
I have tried several times, and the installation works fine, the system probing selects Geforce 4 Generic (I have also tried with GeForce 2 DDR Driver) and the video test works! The problem appears only when I boot for the first time after the installation. The screen goes blank after I select the linux boot from either LILO or GRUB (I have tried with both). I also tried booting with another video mode (80x25 or 80x50). Then after a few lines that seem normal the screen fills with zeros and other numbers enclosed in brackets ('[xxxxxxxx]') and this goes on forever. Also tried setting the login mode to text..
I suppose something goes wrong when the system tries to find my devices (the plug 'n' play probing at the begining). I tried changing the BIOS setting 'Plug'n'Play OS' to NO but I got the same.
Could this be a problem with my GeForce graphics card?
The system is consisted of
P4-2GHz, 256 Ram, Asus P4B266 MB, Asus Geforce 4 MX-420 DDR with 64Mb, Sb-live value soundcard, internal sound card with SPDIF in & out, 10/100 network card with Realtek Chipset.
I have also tried installing MDK 8.2 but I got the same..
I have used MDK 8.2, MDK 9.0, RH 7.2 and RH 8 on an older system with
ATHLON XP 1.8Ghz, 256 Mb RAM, Chaintech Kudoz-7 MB, GeForce 2 - MX (replaced now by a RIVA TNT-2).
Everything worked like a charm..
I have heard somewhere about a similar problem when someone had to issue the init 5 command at boot prompt, or the system would not boot (same blank screen).
Here is another link with the same problem
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hgforce.html#gf4
I need help guys!
Mythryll
I am having a lot of trouble installing Mandrake 9 or Redhat 8 on my new system. This happens with MDK9, I get similar errors with RH 8.
I have tried several times, and the installation works fine, the system probing selects Geforce 4 Generic (I have also tried with GeForce 2 DDR Driver) and the video test works! The problem appears only when I boot for the first time after the installation. The screen goes blank after I select the linux boot from either LILO or GRUB (I have tried with both). I also tried booting with another video mode (80x25 or 80x50). Then after a few lines that seem normal the screen fills with zeros and other numbers enclosed in brackets ('[xxxxxxxx]') and this goes on forever. Also tried setting the login mode to text..
I suppose something goes wrong when the system tries to find my devices (the plug 'n' play probing at the begining). I tried changing the BIOS setting 'Plug'n'Play OS' to NO but I got the same.
Could this be a problem with my GeForce graphics card?
The system is consisted of
P4-2GHz, 256 Ram, Asus P4B266 MB, Asus Geforce 4 MX-420 DDR with 64Mb, Sb-live value soundcard, internal sound card with SPDIF in & out, 10/100 network card with Realtek Chipset.
I have also tried installing MDK 8.2 but I got the same..
I have used MDK 8.2, MDK 9.0, RH 7.2 and RH 8 on an older system with
ATHLON XP 1.8Ghz, 256 Mb RAM, Chaintech Kudoz-7 MB, GeForce 2 - MX (replaced now by a RIVA TNT-2).
Everything worked like a charm..
I have heard somewhere about a similar problem when someone had to issue the init 5 command at boot prompt, or the system would not boot (same blank screen).
Here is another link with the same problem
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hgforce.html#gf4
I need help guys!
Mythryll