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From: jeffg on 22 Feb 2007 10:05
I am pretty new to Linux.
I installed Core 6 on a pretty old PC I have: a Dell Dimension XPS
R400.
It's a Pentium II, 12 GB hard drive and 256MB of RAM. BIOS is version
A03 from
1998.

Linux installed cleanly with no problems. When it rebooted, it starts
up and I get a blank
blue screen. I don't get the stuff that's supposed to run the first
time after an install nor do
I see anything else. Just a blank blue screen and the PC seems to
freeze up (keyboard becomes
unresponsive).

Any tips on how to get past this? Does this PC simply not have the
resources to get this
running?

I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

From: noi on 23 Feb 2007 04:07
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:05:14 -0800, jeffg wrote this:

> I am pretty new to Linux.
> I installed Core 6 on a pretty old PC I have: a Dell Dimension XPS R400.
> It's a Pentium II, 12 GB hard drive and 256MB of RAM. BIOS is version A03
> from
> 1998.
>
> Linux installed cleanly with no problems. When it rebooted, it starts up
> and I get a blank
> blue screen. I don't get the stuff that's supposed to run the first time
> after an install nor do
> I see anything else. Just a blank blue screen and the PC seems to freeze
> up (keyboard becomes
> unresponsive).
>
> Any tips on how to get past this? Does this PC simply not have the
> resources to get this
> running?
>
> I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.

You may be having trouble with the video device. Try booting
IIRC,

> linux vga=normal xdriver=vesa

or ctrl-alt-f2 to login to term,
review
$ less xorg.0.log
$ less /var/log/messages
$ dmesg
From: jeffg on 23 Feb 2007 13:53
On Feb 23, 4:07 am, noi <n...(a)siam.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:05:14 -0800, jeffg wrote this:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I am pretty new to Linux.
> > I installed Core 6 on a pretty old PC I have: a Dell Dimension XPS R400.
> > It's a Pentium II, 12 GB hard drive and 256MB of RAM. BIOS is version A03
> > from
> > 1998.
>
> > Linux installed cleanly with no problems. When it rebooted, it starts up
> > and I get a blank
> > blue screen. I don't get the stuff that's supposed to run the first time
> > after an install nor do
> > I see anything else. Just a blank blue screen and the PC seems to freeze
> > up (keyboard becomes
> > unresponsive).
>
> > Any tips on how to get past this? Does this PC simply not have the
> > resources to get this
> > running?
>
> > I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.
>
> You may be having trouble with the video device. Try booting
> IIRC,
>
> > linux vga=normal xdriver=vesa
>
> or ctrl-alt-f2 to login to term,
> review
> $ less xorg.0.log
> $ less /var/log/messages
> $ dmesg- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks. Please pardon my ignrorance where do I type
"> linux vga=normal xdriver=vesa"

When I get to the GRUB loader, I can modify kernel parameters or get
to a GRUB
command line. The line above didn't work in the command line.

Also, I tried Ctrl-Alt-F2 and it didn't work anywhere. When during the
boot cycle is this supposed to work?

From: noi on 23 Feb 2007 20:57
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:53:20 -0800, jeffg wrote this:

> On Feb 23, 4:07 am, noi <n...(a)siam.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:05:14 -0800, jeffg wrote this:
>>
>>
>> > I am pretty new to Linux.
>> > I installed Core 6 on a pretty old PC I have: a Dell Dimension XPS
>> > R400. It's a Pentium II, 12 GB hard drive and 256MB of RAM. BIOS is
>> > version A03 from
>> > 1998.
>>
>> > Linux installed cleanly with no problems. When it rebooted, it
>> > starts up and I get a blank
>> > blue screen. I don't get the stuff that's supposed to run the first
>> > time after an install nor do
>> > I see anything else. Just a blank blue screen and the PC seems to
>> > freeze up (keyboard becomes
>> > unresponsive).
>>
>> > Any tips on how to get past this? Does this PC simply not have the
>> > resources to get this
>> > running?
>>
>> > I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.
>>
>> You may be having trouble with the video device. Try booting IIRC,
>>
>> > linux vga=normal xdriver=vesa
>>
>> or ctrl-alt-f2 to login to term,
>> review
>> $ less xorg.0.log
>> $ less /var/log/messages
>> $ dmesg- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Thanks. Please pardon my ignrorance where do I type "> linux
> vga=normal xdriver=vesa"
>
> When I get to the GRUB loader, I can modify kernel parameters or get to
> a GRUB
> command line. The line above didn't work in the command line.
>
> Also, I tried Ctrl-Alt-F2 and it didn't work anywhere. When during the
> boot cycle is this supposed to work?

Sorry, I was way too tired to read and I don't remember correctly.

You have the minimal for FC6 and a Dell. Probably easiest to try the
install again use the most basic video settings and disable ACPI. Set the
Dell's bios to default or most compatible settings.
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