On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Mark Neidorff <m...@neidorff.com> wrote: > The screen picture that you posted doesn't show an error message, but it also > doesn't show the entire video output. Can you resize the video output on the > monitor to show everything? (I'm looking for a "#" prompt at the bottom left > corner of the screen which would mean that linux booted properly and is > waiting for your command.
right, there is no ACTUAL error that i can see. nor is there anything more in the monitors output. [LCD]. also i only got any of that because i booted from grub with the recovery mode option. otherwise after the grub portion of the boot sequence all i can see is a flashing _ _ _ _ forever... > I'm also not clear about if you are ever able to boot normally into linux, or > if the computer is totally unbootable. > > Mark i have been having issues with the debian install for a while. every option in the install menu would result in a hanging black screen. that is until i got a response from the mailinglist, tried to install again and it worked. changed nothing in the steps i took during and leading up to the install. after the install i got about 6 or 7 happy boot ups into the debian os. even installed cinelerra. now i cannot boot into it. gparted livecd will boot up, which did not happen during the install woes i was having. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAN=ioVka6V1+rcM=wmlxms7tmxujv-xphtt-nabppacfpgv...@mail.gmail.com
