Mandrake 10 eth0 fails on boot and no display
 

I've tried installing Mandrake 10 about a dozen times now but I get the same problem every time. Although the screen appears fine during the install process, on boot up I get Failed next to eth0 and then the screen goes blank.

My Matrox G550 dual head is listed but I have to set generic flat panel as the monitor. When installing as dual head I get a blank screen; when installing as 1 monitor the monitor itself told me the refresh rate was about 24hz and couldn't display the picture.

I booted into failsafe but it gave me the linux equivalent of dos and I have no idea what to type in that.

What is eth0?

I've both inserted a resolution and left that field blank on different installs, likewise I've set the card to include/exclude 3D support variously, although I always specify 1280x1024 in the monitor options. Any ideas?

All I want is 1280x1024 x16bit @ 60hz. Dual head playing can come later.

eth0 is the network card

maybe unplug the cable from it and then try to boot

at the command prompt after x fails
su to root and type drakconf
this will run through the various hardware configs
including x

Thanks, I'd removed USB connections so I'll try removing the network cable too.

I don't get a text prompt if I boot normally, just a blank screen as though no cable is attached. If I boot into failsafe mode that's all I get; do I just type drakconfig? I won't have entered any passwords at that point.

you need to run drakconf as root
type
su
press enter
then enter root password
press enter again
then type
drakconf

blank screen problem
 

Hi!

Have u tried adding this to the "Device" section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 :

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"

That might just do the trick....

if you wanna get eth0 up just su to root and issue: ifup eht0