On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:22:50 +1200
Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > > No I could get as far as the boot menu fine, but when I selected install 
> > > it
> > > compiled the kernal 100%, but then the screen went blank, I even left it 
> > > for
> > > a couple of hrs while I did something else to make sure it was not just 
> > > slow
> > > at doing what it was.
> > 
> > Sounds like one of thos situations where some screen blanker doesn't
> > know how to return from the blank screen, or the X config isn't going
> > well.
> 
> No Nick, there is no screen saver running at that point. The kernel is
> barely loaded. Symptoms described in one of the last emails clearly
> indicate the hardware is **ed. Probably mobo, perhaps PSU, RAM, CPU, and
> all contacts in between. Perhaps fixable, start with a vacuum cleaner
> and reseating everything 5 times, perhaps RIP. If it started after
> shifting the box, some contacts somewhere are implicated.
> 
> Oh yeah, nothing to do with SUSE or Linux.
> 
> Volker

Sorry I was a little confused over the reference to "compiling the
kernel" = I suppose he means "loading the kernel".

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