I am trying to install 8.2 on an older machine (Pentium-MMX, so I
needed the patch for the packages problem) and all goes well until I
select the monitor (a Sony Multiscan 15sf hooked to an S3 Virge
375/385 video card) after which I get a screen with the following
error messages:
/tmp/imm.o: init_module: No such device
/tmp/ppa.o: init_module: No such device
and the system is hung. I have to reboot. Things seem a little strange
there, too, since the boot screen shows no messages after:
INIT: version 2.83 booting
Booting, please wait...
Press 'I' to enter interactive setup
until --- after several minutes --- I get
INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
Entering non-interactive startup
Once I'm up in console mode, I run XFdrake as root which gives me a
blank screen for about 45 seconds, then I select the Sony Multiscan
15sf, 1024x768 16 bpp and test. Screen blanks for about 90 seconds and
I get several rows of penguins and say "yes, that's OK" [Is it? Should
there be several rows?]
I go back to my user account and run 'startx', the screen blanks for
about 90 seconds and the desktop wizard comes up. I choose xfce and
come up in that window manager. [Another problem: I can't save any
xfce configuration changes. I get a "Cannot create file" dialog, but
the problem doesn't occur when I come up in KDE, so this is probably
not related to the X problems.]
So, what might my problem be? Where should I look next?
andy
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