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May 6th, 2008 10:00
Running Mandriva Linux One 2008 on Dell XPS M1530
Hi friends,
I want to run (live) Mandriva Linux One 2008 Spring on my Dell XPS M1530. Here is the system config:
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T7250, 2.0GHz, 2MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB
- 3GB (1x2GB+1x1GB) 667MHz SDRAM
- 160GB SATA Hard Drive
- Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive with dual layer write capabilities
- 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 8600M GT
- Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Dual Band 802.11a/g 54 1 Mbps Wireless Mini Card
- Dell(TM) Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module
But when I go for the live boot (kernel option noapic for the 'iwl3945' error), my system hangs with a dark blank screen. Any suggestions what might be the problem?
Thanks in advance.
-regards
Mrigs
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PhillyFloyd
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May 6th, 2008 20:00
Is it a terminal login?
Is it in runlevel 3 , that is, no X session ... or is the screen entirely blank with no login whatsoever
Try also CNTRL-ALT-F[1-8] to switch virtual terminals and see if you can get a login prompt
If so we can go from there, Mandriva/Mandrake (before it) has had issues detecting video cardsyou can run XFdrake to configure the card/X server and then just dm start within (/etc/init.d/dm start) to bring up X desktop.
mrigs
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May 7th, 2008 03:00
Hi PhillyFloyd,
Its a live version and am expecting to see an X session after a proper boot. The booting goes fine and when X is about to start the screen goes blank and my session hangs - no desktop, no shell, nothing.
I tried the 'single' option during boot and that takes me to the shell prompt. I used 'XFdrake' to configure my graphics and when I 'startx' am again staring at this blank red screen with nothing on it. :robotsad:
I'll see if CNTRL-ALT-F[1-8] is of any help.
Thanks for the reply.
-Mrigs
PhillyFloyd
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May 7th, 2008 19:00
yeah sorry that's the extent of my mandrake knowledge
might want to check /var/log/messages and /var/log/Xorg.log.0 to see what errors if any are reported
mrigs
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May 8th, 2008 04:00
Thanks PhillyFloyd.
I got some help from another forum; the problem is partially resolved now. I have got the live version of Mandriva One installed on my laptop and configured grub for dual boot with Vista.
The problem remains with the choice of correct graphics driver. Some other generic driver (xorg|vesa) is working but not the Nvidia GeForce driver.
Will see if I can get further help or could do something myself. Will post the solution once it gets resolved.
-thanks & regards,
Mrigs