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Author Topic: [solved] vl 5.9 Login screen goes weird and reboots monitor repeatedly  (Read 3393 times)

AdriansonCrusoe

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[solved] vl 5.9 Login screen goes weird and reboots monitor repeatedly
« on: June 30, 2008, 12:57:04 am »
Installation on a HP Brio PII 128MB RAM was uneventful, computer was rebooted, I got the boot linux/linux tui/linux gui screen, selected linux, got the login screen, and before I can hardly enter a character a yellow line appears, which I can't read because immediately the screen turns half purple, half black, a clock appears, the monitor is switched on and off, and I have to turn off the PC.

I checked MD5 before burning the iso and let the installation CD check the files before installing.

Could it be a color depth issue? I selected 24bit, maybe it should have been 16bit?
« Last Edit: June 30, 2008, 12:31:50 pm by AdriansonCrusoe »
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bigpaws

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Re: vl 5.9 Login screen goes weird and reboots monitor repeatedly
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2008, 07:18:56 am »
It is more than likely the depth. Try 16 bit.

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AdriansonCrusoe

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Re: [solved] vl 5.9 Login screen goes weird and reboots monitor repeatedly
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2008, 12:35:47 pm »
I reinstalled VL and this time instead of manually setting color depth and resolution I chose de default VESA configuration. Everything is OK now, except VL didn't found a "isa pnp" driver for the sound system. Oh well.  ::)
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