HELP...THANKS..

[OPENSKY]

IM A NOOBIE, INSTALLED MINT ON MY DELL XPS GEN 1 LAPTOP... ALL IS WELL. GOT THE WIFI WORKING.. IT PLAYS DVDS...MUSIC.. SURFS..
IM A HAPPY CAMPER, WHACKED VISTA OFF THE PC , INTALLED MINT... UH OH! IT BOOTS UP.. HANGS AT THAT WHITE SQUARE BOX
IN UPPER LEFT CORNER , ( USUALLY SOME KIND OF ERROR MSSG BOX ) THE BOX DOESNT POPULATE, JUST STAYS WHITE... IM STUCK THERE..

SYSTEM
ASUS A8N SLI 32 MB
NVIDIA 8600GTS VIDEO
NOTHING ELSE REALLY MATTERS..
ITS A HOT AND SLICK SYSTEM IN WINDOWS..
LINUX MINT DOESNT SEEM TO MAKE IT VERY HAPPY SO FAR

ANY IDEA HOW TO FIGURE OUT WHATS UP WITH THIS ? THANKS

[67GTA]

Try booting in safe graphics mode to see if it shows any error messages.

[Nomad]

It won't boot with the 8600GTS. You need to start in safe graphics mode as 67GTA stated. You will then need to install Nvidia drivers using the latest version of Envy. Which Mint version are you using btw? 4.0 will be the old Envy from the Envy site, Elyssa just use the one installed.

[67GTA]

If you boot in safe graphics mode, just log in as root

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su

and run

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envyng -t

if you installed Mint 5, or

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envy -t

if you installed Mint 4. It is pretty self explanatory from there.

[ed@Mint]

Opensky,

Stop writing in all capital letters, please.
And you should give your posts a more significant subject than "help".

[Husse]

OPENSKY has been banned from the forum after a series of stupid posts all Capital and an attack on me of the worst kind
I'm deleting all posts by him that can be deleted

[ed@Mint]

That was the right thing to do.
Thanks for your moderation work, Husse.