When you choose linux at boot time, append the "video=vga16:off" after linux, like: boot: Linux video=vga16:off
Then if you haven't installed x-window-system, you'll get the console. Log in, and edit the /etc/lilo.conf file: there is a line: # append="" after that write: append="video=vga16:off" then save the file (you have to be root to do that), and run lilo by type: lilo But if you installed x-window-system (exactly the xdm, gdm or kdm), after starting linux, the X will start and if you haven't made a correct XF86Config file, it won't work. If this is the case, switch to a console by Ctrl+Alt+F1, kill the wrong X with/etc/init.d/?dm stop (? is x, g or k depends on your display manager) do what I'we written for console, and start to config your X. ÁG > > Hi guys and ladys... > > I have install debian in my laptop after usin the parameters linux > video=vga16:off to avoid the white screen just when the drive started > to read the cd. After install debian, lilo let my choose win or linux. > I choose linux and the the anoying white screen became again :( ...... > what should I do now that debian is installed to see the console and > not a white screen?. > > Thx everybody > > > > Rubén Caparrós García -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
