Hi!

I am trying to install Linux on a box with a MSI K8T Neo-V mainboard. When I use older graphics boards (like Riva TNT based or GeForce 2), linux boots fine. Recently, I tried a ATI Radeon 9600 which caused a black screen in the same second the kernel finishes loading. I thought the gfx board was faulty and exchanged it with a new XFX GeForce 6200 AGP. But the same thing happened.

Windows XP works fine on this box.

Suse 10 as mentioned leads to a black screen directly after the kernel has loaded. Also in failsafe. Even older Knoppix 2.6 kernels do the same thing. Only a old Knoppix 2.4 Kernel would boot, but only with "failsafe".

I did my fair share of linux installations, but never had a problem like that.

If anyone has any hints... please, please tell me. The guy for whom I configure this box finally wants to switch to linux and I don't want to let him down...

Thanks a lot.

pb

Goes black for a second, and comes back o.k., or never comes back ???.

It goes black the same instant the kernel has finished loading and never comes back .

Try "vga=normal" on your bootloader.
If you're up to a kernel compile, check these options.