[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 Experiences

Fri Apr 27 13:51:17 CEST 2012

I'm sorry if this sounds silly, but did you wait at least 2 minutes
+for drakconnect to test your network? It takes at least that length of
+time on all of my installs (and always reports failure).
+
+On 27/04/2012, imnotpc <imnotpc at rock3d.net> wrote:
+> On 04/25/2012 06:51 PM, imnotpc wrote:
+>> I don't really have a lot of clues to offer. After installation it
+>> goes through the boot sequence and fails with either a blank screen
+>> for the default ATI driver, or a multi-color pixelated screen with the
+>> vesa driver. I've never seen the vesa driver lock up before. At times
+>> I've managed to get to the command line and discovered that in
+>> addition the networking won't work, either wired or wireless. I'd
+>> gladly submit a bug report or comment on an existing one, but I don't
+>> know where to start on this one.
+>>
+>> Jeff
+>
+> The problems installing mga2 on this laptop are truly puzzling. Here's a
+> current summary:
+>
+> I've done a clean install of mga2 and the default boot entry still hangs
+> with a blank screen.
+>
+> How quickly you start the boot changes the outcome of the boot. I can
+> now duplicate different outcomes when I start the boot at different
+> times during the first 0-2 seconds after the boot menu appears.
+>
+> If I immediately select the safe mode menu item I can now get to a
+> command line. If I wait longer it will hang at 2 different points
+> depending on how long I wait.
+>
+> The wired network connection doesn't work after booting. If I run
+> drakconnect I can see that the settings are correct for the wired
+> interface and there is no entry for the wireless interface. When I save
+> the setting drakconnect locks up while testing the connection. If I
+> disable the wired interface drakconnect saves and exits without problem.
+> However when I reboot the default boot entry now locks up while trying
+> to start the network: "Starting LSB: Bring up/down networking..."
+>
+> I install over the network so I know there is no additional firmware
+> required for the wired interface. I'm open to suggestions (other than
+> chucking the laptop out the window, which is a very appealing idea right
+> now!)
+>
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