I just reinstalled Linux again and I am still getting the black screen. I am using the graphics driver it probed and the installation xwindow worked so I am very confused. Right now I just want to get into Windows.

Mr_Floppy4

"They really need to use a Standard VGA driver for like in Windows so I can at least download the right drivers." - Then why not select a generic VGA during install even it probed something else?

If it's too much trouble, you can always go back to Windows.

I must've missed something. "No! I have gotten past Lilo. When I selected Generic SVGA card from the list it would not let me continue." You got past lilo. But you told us "then I see "LIL-"".

If you don't break out of the circle, you get the same result: error. Try something else.

Well I am certainly curious to see how this works out as I have tried Redhat 7.3, 8.0 and SuSE on an ASUS A7N which is the fully integrated mobo, with nforce chipset, graphics/sound/ethernet......

I have tried text installs, graphical installs, standard linux nv drivers, generic drivers, vesa, framebuffer......

Nothing would get me to a log in prompt, the install completes but then on first boot, I get could not load into memory errors.

So I swapped memory sticks, disabled on board video, and used a GEForce 2 AGP card, disabled onboard sound and ethernet, all to no avail.

There are drivers for the chipset at nvidias site, but damned if I can get them installed if I can't at least boot up one time.

I haven't used windows in about a year now and had to install win2K on the machine until I could figure something out.

So if anyone has experience with this particular chipset and onboard equipment I am open for any and all suggestions.

Unfortunately the mahine is sitting in a corner not being used, I really don't want, need, or have a use for the machine with Windows installed on it. So if someone can help I'd certainly appreciate it.

I have never had an install problem like this, linux has always installed very easily for me, so I am at a loss at what else to try.

I got it worked out, it was a pretty simple problem although I never realised what it was.

I installed and let it pick the usual stuff for graphics and monitor all by it's self, I didn't let it test the setting!!!! Testing the setting locks it up. Also set it to boot to run level 3.

Grub wouldn't work at all.

I used Lilo and at least it started to boot, but hung at loading APM deamon. So after tinkering for a while I changed the Bios to no legacy USB support for keyboards and such and also unplugged my ethernet cable.


It now booted fine. I had the drivers for the chipset on CD. I loaded them in, shut down, plugged my ethernet back in and kudzu found the onboard ethernet and let me configure it.

I installed the nvidia kernel, and glx drivers, used mcedit to edit the XF86Config-4 file, rebooted and saw the NVIDIA logo, logged in and all is running great!!

Glad I found this thread as it gave me the motivation to keep plugging away at it.

I would also like to say if anyone is looking for a cheap all in one board $59 that shocked me with it's outstanding performance then try the ASUS A7N -VM.

I have never been a great fan of integrated hardware, but always a fan of ASUS, so I figured if they made it it couldn't be too terrible, well I was wrong, it is outstanding, this thing absolutely rocks. I have never seen an integrated board perform like this.

Well I'm a happy camper!!!!