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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 Experiences</H1>
<B>RICHARD WALKER</B>
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<I>Fri Apr 27 13:51:17 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>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 <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">imnotpc at rock3d.net</A>> wrote:
><i> On 04/25/2012 06:51 PM, imnotpc wrote:
</I>>><i> I don't really have a lot of clues to offer. After installation it
</I>>><i> goes through the boot sequence and fails with either a blank screen
</I>>><i> for the default ATI driver, or a multi-color pixelated screen with the
</I>>><i> vesa driver. I've never seen the vesa driver lock up before. At times
</I>>><i> I've managed to get to the command line and discovered that in
</I>>><i> addition the networking won't work, either wired or wireless. I'd
</I>>><i> gladly submit a bug report or comment on an existing one, but I don't
</I>>><i> know where to start on this one.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Jeff
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The problems installing mga2 on this laptop are truly puzzling. Here's a
</I>><i> current summary:
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I've done a clean install of mga2 and the default boot entry still hangs
</I>><i> with a blank screen.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> How quickly you start the boot changes the outcome of the boot. I can
</I>><i> now duplicate different outcomes when I start the boot at different
</I>><i> times during the first 0-2 seconds after the boot menu appears.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> If I immediately select the safe mode menu item I can now get to a
</I>><i> command line. If I wait longer it will hang at 2 different points
</I>><i> depending on how long I wait.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The wired network connection doesn't work after booting. If I run
</I>><i> drakconnect I can see that the settings are correct for the wired
</I>><i> interface and there is no entry for the wireless interface. When I save
</I>><i> the setting drakconnect locks up while testing the connection. If I
</I>><i> disable the wired interface drakconnect saves and exits without problem.
</I>><i> However when I reboot the default boot entry now locks up while trying
</I>><i> to start the network: "Starting LSB: Bring up/down networking..."
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I install over the network so I know there is no additional firmware
</I>><i> required for the wired interface. I'm open to suggestions (other than
</I>><i> chucking the laptop out the window, which is a very appealing idea right
</I>><i> now!)
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