On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 22:00 +0100, Reinhard Gimbel wrote: > Hello community ! > > Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > > I have a Dell Dimension 8100 (P4, old nvidia card - nothing fancy) at > > home on which I always run the current SUSE. I tried to install 10.2, > > but did not get very far. I get the menu to install. No matter which > > method I choose, the install stops directly after the initial box > > showing that the kernel is loaded. The screen is blank, and I cannot get > > to the other virtual terminals to see anything. I tested the DVD in > > Yast, and it said the media was OK. Any other way I could see what is > > failing? > > Did you try the rescue system, too ? > > If this fails, try the option > > pci=noacpi > > Years ago I had trouble while installing an older version of SuSE. At > that time pci=noacpi solved my problem ... > > Memtest is also worth a try ...
I have tried this to no avail. I can do the memtest, and all is reported as ok. But any other thing exhibits the same problem. Load the kernel and then a blank screen. I have tried getting to the other virtual terminals to see if it is just the screen driver that is the problem. Nothing. I also tried moving the DVD drive to a different IDE connector to see if it was some off primary/secondary master/slave thing. That made no difference. So, perhaps it will have to stay at 10.1. I plan on setting this up for the in-laws over Christmas and wanted to be rather recent. > Never give up ! I never do. Unless I do. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
