On Friday 29 August 2003 17:58, Nick Van Vlaenderen wrote: > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Jason Stubbs wrote: > > Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:45:02 +0900 > > From: Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] basic Gentoo CD doesn't boot > > > > On Friday 29 August 2003 16:31, Nick Van Vlaenderen wrote: > > > I was going to install Gentoo on an AMD Duron 1000, but when I start > > > booting, the boot prompt comes up... I hit enter and it starts loading. > > > A few seconds later, a black screen appears. I tried the other kernel > > > (smp) as well, but nothing happened. Can someone tell me what's wrong, > > > or did someone else have this problem? > > > > I'd say to try without the framebuffer. Do you get a graphical screen at > > all? At what point does the black screen appear? > > > > Regards, > > Jason > > What actually happens is this: > > Loading Gentoo... > Loading initrd... > > Then the screen appears... And at what point should I have a graphical > screen? The only thing I see is the boot prompt when the system starts and > then the black screen...
The graphical screen should appear as soon as initrd is finished loading. I'm not sure exactly what option you need to specify to turn off the framebuffer, but there should be help option somewhere in the boot menu. Find whatever says to use textmode and then try that. Also, I think it's turned off by default, but try acpi=off as well if you still have problems. Regards, Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
