Graphics problems installing Mandrake 10.1 on Compaq Armada E500 notebook
Total newbie. Installed Mandrake 10.1 on a Compaq Armada E500 notebook, i think it is series pp2060 (i.e. old, at least 6 years).
It is failing to recognise graphics card or monitor. Trouble is I'm pretty sure there is no graphics card, so i don't know what to select in the system configuration options. Anyway after running "test" in system configuration part of install, gives error message, and "failed to load module "/usr/x11r6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (once only module, 135962511) (EE) No devices detected. Try changing some parameters". Also gives "bringing up interface eth0 - failed" on boot and something about cpufreq which goes by so fast i can't even read it. Install otherwise seems fine except that having only BASH leaves me pretty much helpless.
I think the "failed to load module" error is just saying it can't run graphics because it doesn't recognise a monitor or graphics card. The "eth0" fail is probably not relevant, i *think* the broadband internet connection actually worked because i ran the "look for updates" at the end of install and it said "finished" without complaints.
Bad news is I did a hard drive wipe so can't go back to windows to look at settings. Dumb. I have tried to research this but no luck. All I could come up with was maybe need for bios update or switch bios so it doesn't do OS pnp? I had a very old version of Windows NT running before which I thought had no OS pnp, so I thought that wouldn't need changing.
Let me re-emphasise newbie. As Denzel Washington said in Philadelphia, "Explain it to me like I'm a two year old". Many thanks.
Last edited by pepik; 02-17-2005 at 12:01 PM.
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