boot failure

[Norberto Quintanar]

At the bootx prompt type single this will boot you into single user
mode.  If you get into runlevel 3, then type Xautoconfigurator.  This
will give you a very basic X config try to reboot again, and see if
this helped.  If it does boot, it will most likely be a very bad GUI,
do not fear.  Once intto Gnome or KDE whichever you chose, go into
the display settings and set your video card and monitor there.  This
procedure has worked more times than not for me.  

Norberto
--- Tom Sorensen <tomsor@comcast.net> wrote:
> Well I pulled the G3 card as soon as I got home and things have
> moved
> along a little further, I now get through the boot process to the
> point
> where it says "localhost login" and then the screen goes dark and
> then
> back to login again about three times before a warning message
> comes up
> saying it can't start X server. If I view the report the last line
> says
> no devices detected and if I try to configure it fails and we end
> up
> back at the localhost login prompt again. When I finished the YD
> install
> I chose the generic VGA card and 1 MB of ram and my exact monitor
> from
> the list but this didn't seem to help.
> 
> On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 09:30, Thomas Sorensen wrote:
> > Norberto Quintanar wrote:
> > > Something to try, just to see if it will boot, remove the USB
> card
> > > and the Sonnet G3 card.  There was a thread a while back that
> > > diagnosed a problem with G3 cards and YDL.  It was solved by
> > > installing YDL without any peripheral cards, then once it
> booted
> > > etc...  Reinstall the cards and deal with them one at a time.
> > > HTH
> > > Norberto
> > > --- Thomas Sorensen <tomsor@comcast.net> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > Hardware:
> > > > Performa 6360
> > > > Sonnet G3 300mhz card
> > > > 136 mb ram
> > > > 15 gig hd (10 gig os 9.2.2, 5 gig free space)
> > > > I have installed 3.0.1 using the old world instructions with
> no
> > > > problems,
> > > > got to the finishing stages and chose generic (default) vid
> and
> > > > then my
> > > > exact monitor, restarted the system and at boot X as
> instructed
> > > > unchecked th
> > > > e disc image, changed from the boot kernel to the other and
> put in
> > > > hda 8 as
> > > > instructed for the root device. The problem is now when I try
> to
> > > > boot into
> > > > linux I get about half way through the first page of boot
> script
> > > > and
> > > > everything locks up, the last commands on the screen are as
> follows
> > > > if
> > > > helpful:
> > > > WMU: mapin
> > > > WMU: mapin_ram done
> > > > WMU: setio
> > > > WMU: exit
> > > > setup-arch: enter
> > > > setup-arch: bootmem
> > > > arch: exit
> > > > and at this point it locks up solid with no cursor or
> anything. I
> > > > have tried
> > > > to re-install once and got error messages about vgscan failed
> and
> > > > ended up
> > > > having to delete the swap and main partions and start all
> over but
> > > > with the
> > > > same results. I am no IT guy so I'm trying to provide as much
> info
> > > > as I can,
> > > > if anything else would be helpful I will try to provide it
> but my
> > > > Linux
> > > > experience is very nominal. Thanks
> > > >     
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > >   
> > Thanks Norberto:
> >     I don't have a USB card but I will pull the G3 card and see
> if it
> > boots and go from there.
> > 
> > 
> 
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