Can't boot on a AMD athlon 64!

[frank392]

hi I can't get mint to boot on my system:
AMD Athlon64 3000
ATI X700 delux
ASUS AV8E-Deluxe

it starts booting but hangs-up as soon it tries to start X

I have try to boot using option A and B at the bigining

thak you

[HyTeK]

is this after the install or booting to the live cd?

Have you tried safe graphics boot?

Has the system been running fine previously?
Changed anything recently if so?

oh..and exactly at what point does it lock up?
Hard lock or soft lock?

Try booting without the quite and splash options (verbose output) and what is the last thing it tries to load)

(just in case you don't know how to disable splash and quiet options in grub)

1. When the grub menu comes up (the boot menu at the very beginning after the BIOS that is up for 3 seconds) hit Escape
2. Hit the E key to temporarily edit the current menu item
3. Hit the down arrow once (should be the line with quiet and splash on the end)
4. Hit the E key to edit that line
5. Delete quiet and splash
6. Hit Enter
7. Hit the B key to boot with the changes you made

Should hang on the last item, and you can post what that was.

[frank392]

this is booting the live CD
I had Ununtu 6.01 installed and no problem, to run it i had to boot in safe graphics mode.
I try to do that with edgy and mint 2 and 2.1 and is not working

it locks when it is about to start the desktop

thank you very much

[zolly]

this is booting the live CD
I had Ununtu 6.01 installed and no problem, to run it i had to boot in safe graphics mode.
I try to do that with edgy and mint 2 and 2.1 and is not working

it locks when it is about to start the desktop

thank you very much

Did you try Ubuntu 6.10 ?
Did you see some errors ? Is is possible to make [ALT]+[CTRL]+[Backspace], or [ALT]+[CTRL]+F1...F12 ?

[frank392]

yes I did try ubuntu 6.10 and NO luck same problem only worst I can't boot in safe graphig mode [/i]

[lumpy]

the problem is the ATI driver, what you need to do is this:

from Live CD-- at first boot screen which gives you coices to boot (safe graphics etc.) press F5 (or F6) for more options. make sure the first boot option is high lighted and then use the backspace key to remove "splash" from the boot line that appears after pressing the F5 or F6 sorry cant remember of the top of my head > then just press enter. be patient as it will look like nothing is happening. when you get the error message just say "no" then "OK". then you will be at the command prompt:
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sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx

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sudo aticonfig --initial

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sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv

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startx

you will have to do this again after you install Linux Mint.
Enjoy..

[frank392]

Thank you
I Hope they fix this problem on the next version

[frank392]

Nope I Guess it did not work because the only way that I have to connect to the internet is wireless 802.g connection so I can't download the driver with the apt-get the only thing I get is a error message.

[Neonightmare]

Hey lumpy

I have the same problem. After starting the Live-CD, the screen gets black. No reaction (ctrl+alt+F1; etc...)

I tried also the verbose mode and just before starting of the x-server i switched to tty1 (ctrl+F1) but then, it crashes even there, just black screen.
I have no chance to reach the console toe dit the xorg.conf to change to vesa...

I have ubuntu 6.01 running on this machine and I' ll now give mint a try...
To install ubuntu I used always the alternate-CD...

Any suggestions?

thx NEO

My Machine
Asus K8VSE with Athlon 64
ATI 9800pro
I'll install on IDE1 (hda)

[nick]

Looks like it could be Edgy Bug on ASUS K8V SE motherboards,
http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs ... 55932.html (Possible) workarounds: Disable DRI or set AGP speed to 4x in BIOS settings.
Maybe of some help, (or not )
Nick

AMD Athlon64 3800
2gb ram

[Neonightmare]

Hey Nick

Big THX!


That's it, I just changed in the BIOS from 8x AGP to 4x AGP!!

thx
Neo