Problems installing Mandrake 10.1

Dauer · 05-15-2005, 04:34 AM

Hi
I have just installed mandrake 10.1 and the installation went just fine, but when I boot up the computer and comes to the login screen all I see is funny colors with strange patterns! As you can see it is not possible for me to login and use the computer. Why am I getting strange login screen?

Hope you can help me out.

masand · 05-15-2005, 09:56 PM

hi there

press Ctrl+alt+F1

and login to shell

run XFdrake

and set the values for monitor and video card and then restart

for general OS u can run xorgconfig ,but in mandrake XFdrake is more easy

regards

Dauer · 05-18-2005, 01:38 PM

Thanks for your answer.
I have tried XFdrake as you suggested, but for some strange reason it doesn't matter what kind of resolution I choose, the screen is still full of strange colors. I guess Mandrake 10.1 can't run on my system.

masand · 05-18-2005, 09:26 PM

hi there

if u ar enot staisfiwd with XFdrake then try

xorgconfig

this will ask u about mouse, keyboard, video card, and ur monitor

regards

Dauer · 05-24-2005, 05:53 AM

I tried both XFdrake and xorgconfig, but none of them works

My screen is still f..... up

I think I will try to reinstall the whole system.

If that doesn't work I will drop Mandrake.

masand · 05-24-2005, 06:28 AM

u need to have correct values for different paraamteres during xorgconfig
like video card,horizontal/vertical refresh rates

regards

Dauer · 05-25-2005, 02:33 AM

Yes I know

I have been using conservative values to be sure that my monitor could handle it. I have even tried 640x480@60 Hz.

masand · 05-25-2005, 04:04 AM

conservative values?

consult ur monitor manual or the internet for the correct values

regards

floppywhopper · 05-25-2005, 04:31 AM

we would be able to help you more if you posted the specs
of your machine and video card
the brand, model specs of your monitor as well
otherwise we are guessing as to what your problem might be

I have a similar problem with windows 98 and a celeron 2.6
and the problem is a video driver, that just wont seem to fix permanently

so please
proc chip & speed, chipset, ram etc
video card especially

floppy

masand · 05-25-2005, 06:50 AM

to add on to this

ur monitor and model

Dauer · 05-26-2005, 03:25 PM

Okay, I should have posted my specs to begin with, but here they are:

ASUS A7N8X nforce2 Deluxe 400 Ultra
Barton AthlonXP 2500+
GeforceFX 5950 Ultra
Samsung SyncMaster 959NF

The specs to the monitor are:
Horizontal 30 ~ 110 kHz
Vertical 50 ~ 160 Hz

masand · 05-26-2005, 10:29 PM

also post ur /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as well

regards

floppywhopper · 05-27-2005, 02:39 AM

rock on over to the Mandriva HCL and see if your video card is supported

http://www1.mandrivalinux.com/en/hardware.php3

you will need the brand of the video card not just the chipset

you can always try the HCL here at Linuxquestions

and here too

http://www.linux.org/hardware/

http://www.linuxhardware.org/

hope this helps
live long and prosper
floppy

Dauer · 05-27-2005, 05:24 AM

There is no information about my video card in the mandrake hardware database. This is however not the first time I have had linux installed. I have had Redhat 9 installed before on the same system so I guess it should work on mandrake too.

How do I post my xorg.conf file? I can't access the linux partitions from my windows installation.

J.K · 05-27-2005, 06:50 AM

In your "xorg.conf" file, where it says
Driver "nv" Change it to

Driver "vesa"

I had to do this to one of the 10.1 systems I installed using an nvidia card. You can install the nvidia driver later with no problems.

You will need to use vi in text mode. Post back if you do not know how to do this.

The full name-path to the file is /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Hope this helps, Cheers