Avery,
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~zben/Linux/fuji200.html
HTH,
Davida
-----Original Message-----
From: A Kozic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:10 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems
Well, Madrake certainly is easy to install... You just sit there watching
it auto-configure everything, and hope that it works.
So what happens when it doesn't? Do I dare venture my newbie ass into
"expert" install? I guess I'll have to.
Here's the deal:
I picked up the Mandrake 7.2 retail box. (I was buying a new rolling
chair, and feeling really good, so I figured I'd put red hat aside for a
while. I ended up with a non-functioning laptop and the realization that
my floor is amazingly far from level.)
The laptop in question is a Fujitsu Lifebook 280DX, 32MB ram, 3.1GB hard
disk.
I boot from the CD into the graphical installer.
I do a full install, erase the entire disk.
I go through all the questions fine. Everything goes as the manual
says except it skips the question on installation class and I can't pick
what packages to install beyond the precision of "Office" "Internet"
"Graphics" "Games" etc.
Then after add a user, it skips the create a boot disk step, and doesn't
ask me anything about installing a boot loader. (It installs grub, which
seems to be fine.)
Then it comes to configuring X. It asks for my monitor type. Then it is
supposed to test the X settings and ask for confirmation that they are
correct. It skips that part entirely and tells me instalation is complete
and it will now reboot.
I take the CD out, it boots to grub with linux/failsafe/floppy displayed.
I pick linux. It gives me a command line login but switches to a solid
black cursor-less screen after a second. No X login, no nothing. I
can switch back to console 1 and log in without a problem.
So I guess that X never got set up. I try to run XF86Setup - not found.
ConfigXF86 - not found. more /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config - not found.
I've got XF86Config-4.eg but I don't think that helps me any.
So I'm stuck. I don't think I want to try an expert install at 3am, but
I'll probably give it a try tomorrow if I have time. This is not the way
to end an already bad weekend.
If anyone can give me a nudge in the right direction, I'd be very much
appreciative.
-- Avery, feeling dumber than usual
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