Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-07 Thread Charlie
Chris Swanson wrote: On 6/6/05, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris Swanson wrote: The problem is more far reaching than that. I have to do the Fn + Shift thing even if X isn't installed. The console itself is locked. Maybe there is a way to stick something in an ini

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-07 Thread Chris Swanson
On 6/6/05, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Swanson wrote: > > >> > >> > >Thanks Charlie > > > >Yet another update on this situation: > > > >Sadly, the 'acpi=off' was not as successful as I had thought. It kept > >the install from locking up, but then my network interface wouldn't > >co

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-06 Thread Charlie
Chris Swanson wrote: Thanks Charlie Yet another update on this situation: Sadly, the 'acpi=off' was not as successful as I had thought. It kept the install from locking up, but then my network interface wouldn't come up. The solution: It turns out that the system is not actually frozen

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-06 Thread Chris Swanson
; >>>Chris Swanson wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>On 6/5/05, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>On Sunday 05 June 2005 17:56,

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Charlie
hris Swanson wrote: I have this compaq r4025 laptop (it is an amd 64). I cannot seem to get Linux on it (Debian or otherwise). When I try to boot off an install CD it gets about as far as initializing the framebuffer and then hangs. I tried the "nofb" kernel option (also I think the

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Chris Swanson
On 6/5/05, Chris Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/5/05, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris Swanson wrote: > > > > >On 6/5/05, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>On Sunday 05 June 2005 1

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Charlie
Chris Swanson wrote: On 6/5/05, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris Swanson wrote: On 6/5/05, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 05 June 2005 17:56, Chris Swanson wrote: <> Charlie Tried both 'noapi' and 'noapic nolapic' with 'vga=788', unfortun

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Chris Swanson
On 6/5/05, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Swanson wrote: > > >On 6/5/05, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On Sunday 05 June 2005 17:56, Chris Swanson wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I have this compaq r40

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Chris Swanson
On 6/5/05, Michael 'DayWalker' Klug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the info. I tried 'debian-installer/framebuffer=false' and > > found it to have no effect on my computer. The option that I am using > > is 'video=vga16:off' and that seems to work. > > Maybe you should try "nofb" as k

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Michael 'DayWalker' Klug
> Thanks for the info. I tried 'debian-installer/framebuffer=false' and > found it to have no effect on my computer. The option that I am using > is 'video=vga16:off' and that seems to work. Maybe you should try "nofb" as kernelparameter. That worked for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Chris Swanson
t; file . A little help here might just be a great big help here , Frederick > > On Jun 5, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Chris Swanson wrote: > > Hello > > I have this compaq r4025 laptop (it is an amd 64). I cannot seem to > get Linux on it (Debian or otherwise). When I try to boot off an

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Chris Swanson
On 6/5/05, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 05 June 2005 17:56, Chris Swanson wrote: > > I have this compaq r4025 laptop (it is an amd 64). I cannot seem to > > get Linux on it (Debian or otherwise). When I try to boot off an > > install CD it gets a

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Frederick Royce Perez .
n . The disks do not appear on the desktop nor when observed in Toshiba Console are they viable as the helpful pop menu's tell me window cannot open this file . A little help here might just be a great big help here , FrederickĀ On Jun 5, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Chris Swanson wrote:HelloI have this comp

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 05 June 2005 17:56, Chris Swanson wrote: > I have this compaq r4025 laptop (it is an amd 64). I cannot seem to > get Linux on it (Debian or otherwise). When I try to boot off an > install CD it gets about as far as initializing the framebuffer and > then hangs. I tri

R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Chris Swanson
Hello I have this compaq r4025 laptop (it is an amd 64). I cannot seem to get Linux on it (Debian or otherwise). When I try to boot off an install CD it gets about as far as initializing the framebuffer and then hangs. I tried the "nofb" kernel option (also I think the debian optio