Hey, I recently installed Slackware 12 via CDs. I have all 6 CDs butit onlyhadmeuse two to install; should it have told me to use all of them since i said 'full install 4.6gb+'? But my main question (maybe a problem from that) is after I log out of KDE I get a black screen and my computer is entirely unresponsive, but still turned on. I do the only thing I can: turn it off. Upon reboot it tells me there is an error on the disk, or something similar, then asks for me to type control -d to login normally or enter roots password to do maintenance work, however I cannot type anything. The only key that works is 'ENTER' Which then tells me that the single user mode must restart, and the process, well, restarts... Any ideas as to what I may have done, or how to fix it?
Thanks in advance,
Stinkoman

i think it might be a framebuffer problem because i just realized thats the only thing i did differently on this install. is there a way to find out which resolution you can use for your frame buffer? EX. 640x4800x256 ?

First of all, the 6 CDs are not all required -- the last 3 are just the source code (not required for installation), and the 3rd one contains stuff that most people don't need (I think it has some international stuff for KDE and maybe stuff in extra/). Second, you may be right -- it may be a framebuffer issue. Try editing your /etc/lilo.conf to boot using the "vga=normal" option instead (every video card should be able to use this). Then run /sbin/lilo as root to update lilo. Try restarting. If that works, then it was indeed a framebuffer issue -- you can then experiment with the other framebuffer options (I would recommend trying each option incrementally). I think you may be able to pass the "vga=normal" option without editing lilo.conf when booting up by typing vga=normal when the lilo boot screen pops up (providing you haven't disabled it). This way you should be able to see the console to make the required changes.

Good luck.

ahhh thanks, but theres no way to just see if its compatible without having the chance of killing it again?

A very basic tip: instead of doing that, try rebooting pressing ctrl+alt+del two or 3 times (just in case) and wait for the system to reboot (probably the same time it takes to boot) because if you turn it off, sooner or later your system's gonna break.

what is the supr button?

@stinkoman: Sorry! I mean the del key. Fixed my op. My del key is between 0 y enter below #3 on the numeric keypad here