[debian-laptop] hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
Dear list, this is my first attempt at a debian installation, so please forgive if this is a stupid question (and yes, I did search google/the archives :-) ). After an initial installation of the basic system on a hp pavilion ze4600 (Debian 3.0 release 1a), I used dselect to install some more packages via ftp; the download worked properly, but the system crashed during the configuration step. Following a restart, the system immediately freezes after booting and displays the screen: "Choose your current network-environment" The name of the settings I defined in dselect as well as "new" appear on that screen. However, the computer is completely frozen. Is there any way of resucing this installation (which had been going so well :-) )?? Thanks Peter
Re: hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
> > Is there any way of resucing this installation (which had been going > > so well :-) )?? > > Yes, absolutely. > > When you boot off the Linux install media, you can either: > > 1. use a 'rescue' kernel to give single user mode. > 2. start the install, switch to VT2, start the terminal and then mount >your drive. > > The help screens in the boot loader cover how to achieve option 1; > basically invoke a different boot configuration. > > Option 2 should be pretty easy if you are familiar with Unix. > > Either way, remove the startup link for the broken package and then boot > from the hard disk again. Viola, problem gone. > > Daniel ===>>> Thanks. Unfortunately, it didnt quite work. I booted from DVD with the installation DVD and booted as rescue root=/dev/hda1 The rescue system appeared to boot, but the same screen appears and freezes... ===>>>I have also tried it with the newer netinstall http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ but my laptop freezes at the first screen (Choose language). Setting the boot to boot: linux bootkbd=en_US did not help either. ===>>> Any ideas? Thanks Peter
X window woes on HP pavilion ze4600
Hi, Thanks to those who answered some questions of mine some days ago. I have now tried several variations upon several themes in order to get debian (v. 3.0) on my laptop (HP pavilion ze4600), and had gotten a stable command line version running. I thereupon started X via startx which caused for some reason first a KDE setup dialog to appear (everything freezes) and after a reboot a gnome login dialog (again, everything freezes). I presume that the configuration of X is completely wrong so that I have no ability to use keyboard or touch pad. Is there a boot setting for the debian rescue boot (using a 3.0 DVD) that will prevent X from starting so that I will be able to change the settings of X? Any other ideas? Thanks Peter
XFree86 Configuration for HP Pavilion ze4600
Hi List, I am using debian 3.0 on my hp pavilion ze4600 laptop (which has an ATI MOBILITY RADEON 4X AGP card.). I am unable to get the X server to run, I get an error message that it couldnt find a screen. I was wondering if someone on this list has a HP Pavilion running under debian and would be willing to send me a working XFree86 confuguration file? Thanks Peter
Re: XFree86 Configuration for HP Pavilion ze4600
On Sunday 27 June 2004 19:53, Sebastian Mangelkramer wrote: Thanks. I did try that but even the latest version of Knoppix seems to have trouble dealing with my computer. It seems to slowly progress up to the window manager but then freezes -- neither mouse nor keyboard work. -Peter > Am Sonntag, 27. Juni 2004 04:36 schrieb peter robinson: > > Hi List, > > > > I am using debian 3.0 on my hp pavilion ze4600 laptop (which has an ATI > > MOBILITY RADEON 4X AGP card.). I am unable to get the X server to run, I > > get an error message that it couldnt find a screen. > > I was wondering if someone on this list has a HP Pavilion running under > > debian and would be willing to send me a working XFree86 confuguration > > file? > > Hi Peter, > do you own a Knoppix CD-Rom ? > With Knoppix you could easy test or "generate" a sample X-Config, matching > your machine. > > regards, > Sebastian > > > Thanks > > > > Peter
[debian-laptop] hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
Dear list, this is my first attempt at a debian installation, so please forgive if this is a stupid question (and yes, I did search google/the archives :-) ). After an initial installation of the basic system on a hp pavilion ze4600 (Debian 3.0 release 1a), I used dselect to install some more packages via ftp; the download worked properly, but the system crashed during the configuration step. Following a restart, the system immediately freezes after booting and displays the screen: "Choose your current network-environment" The name of the settings I defined in dselect as well as "new" appear on that screen. However, the computer is completely frozen. Is there any way of resucing this installation (which had been going so well :-) )?? Thanks Peter
Re: hangs on startup at "Choose your current network environment screen"
> > Is there any way of resucing this installation (which had been going > > so well :-) )?? > > Yes, absolutely. > > When you boot off the Linux install media, you can either: > > 1. use a 'rescue' kernel to give single user mode. > 2. start the install, switch to VT2, start the terminal and then mount >your drive. > > The help screens in the boot loader cover how to achieve option 1; > basically invoke a different boot configuration. > > Option 2 should be pretty easy if you are familiar with Unix. > > Either way, remove the startup link for the broken package and then boot > from the hard disk again. Viola, problem gone. > > Daniel ===>>> Thanks. Unfortunately, it didnt quite work. I booted from DVD with the installation DVD and booted as rescue root=/dev/hda1 The rescue system appeared to boot, but the same screen appears and freezes... ===>>>I have also tried it with the newer netinstall http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ but my laptop freezes at the first screen (Choose language). Setting the boot to boot: linux bootkbd=en_US did not help either. ===>>> Any ideas? Thanks Peter
X window woes on HP pavilion ze4600
Hi, Thanks to those who answered some questions of mine some days ago. I have now tried several variations upon several themes in order to get debian (v. 3.0) on my laptop (HP pavilion ze4600), and had gotten a stable command line version running. I thereupon started X via startx which caused for some reason first a KDE setup dialog to appear (everything freezes) and after a reboot a gnome login dialog (again, everything freezes). I presume that the configuration of X is completely wrong so that I have no ability to use keyboard or touch pad. Is there a boot setting for the debian rescue boot (using a 3.0 DVD) that will prevent X from starting so that I will be able to change the settings of X? Any other ideas? Thanks Peter
XFree86 Configuration for HP Pavilion ze4600
Hi List, I am using debian 3.0 on my hp pavilion ze4600 laptop (which has an ATI MOBILITY RADEON 4X AGP card.). I am unable to get the X server to run, I get an error message that it couldnt find a screen. I was wondering if someone on this list has a HP Pavilion running under debian and would be willing to send me a working XFree86 confuguration file? Thanks Peter
Re: XFree86 Configuration for HP Pavilion ze4600
On Sunday 27 June 2004 19:53, Sebastian Mangelkramer wrote: Thanks. I did try that but even the latest version of Knoppix seems to have trouble dealing with my computer. It seems to slowly progress up to the window manager but then freezes -- neither mouse nor keyboard work. -Peter > Am Sonntag, 27. Juni 2004 04:36 schrieb peter robinson: > > Hi List, > > > > I am using debian 3.0 on my hp pavilion ze4600 laptop (which has an ATI > > MOBILITY RADEON 4X AGP card.). I am unable to get the X server to run, I > > get an error message that it couldnt find a screen. > > I was wondering if someone on this list has a HP Pavilion running under > > debian and would be willing to send me a working XFree86 confuguration > > file? > > Hi Peter, > do you own a Knoppix CD-Rom ? > With Knoppix you could easy test or "generate" a sample X-Config, matching > your machine. > > regards, > Sebastian > > > Thanks > > > > Peter
