On Friday 10 January 2014 17:18:56 peter.gierschner wrote: > Am 10.01.2014 14:20, schrieb Robin: > > On 10 January 2014 10:22, peter.gierschner <xacco...@gmx.net> wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I am trying to start debian-live-7.2-i386-kde-desktop on my hp > >> PC. But it dosn´t work, the boot process stops at "Enabling > >> power management", and resetting is only possible by the mains > >> switch. I tried both versions, normal and failsave. > >> > >> The PC is a hp/compaq d5330 with IntelP4 2,66GHz, Board by ASUS > >> P4SD-LA with Chipset Intel ICH5/865G. > >> > >> The BIOS allows only one setting regarding the power mabagemen, > >> "ACPI-Support S3", but there is no difference. W7 and XP are > >> running normal. > >> > >> Hope somebody could help me, this is my first step towards > >> Linux! > >> > >> peter > > > > When the menu screen (Live , Failsafe) comes up press e (to > > edit) . Go to the end of the line and type acpi=off . At the > > bottom of the screen it will tell you the command to use to boot > > your PC, probably CTRL-X. > > A suggestion, as you are just starting Linux, is to to have a > > look at Linux Mint. http://www.linuxmint.com/index.php > > Thx for the hint, but that doesn´t fix the problem. When go into > edit mode I can see that the parameter acpi=off is in "486 > failsave" already included, and in falsave mode it crashes, too. > > Meanwhile i tried other distributions: > > LinuxMint doesn´t install, freezes somewhere. > > I have an Gparted CD with somewhat Linux, this starts without a > problem into the Linux-GUI.
A shot in the dark... How much memory have you got? It might be worth trying DSL . https://wiki.debian.org/DamnSmallLinux Lisi -- 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/201401101745.53881.lisi.re...@gmail.com
