Help!!! Linux wont start

[GoWeegee]

outside of failsafeX, Linux mint 11 gets stuck at "checking battery state" forever

[nunol]

Did you use the "Compatibility mode" boot?

Try to boot with some boot options, "acpi=off", etc:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootO ... %20Options

We need more information about your hardware, run this:

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inxi -F

[GoWeegee]

I do not know how to use compatibility mode.

here is the output I got from the code:

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System:    Host linux-Test-1 Kernel 2.6.38-8-generic i686 (32 bit) Distro Linux Mint 11 Katya
CPU:       Single core AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (-UP-) cache 512 KB flags (sse) bmips 3666.51 clocked at 1833.257 MHz 
Graphics:  Card nVidia NV34 [GeForce FX 5100] X.Org 1.10.1 Res: 1024x768@0.0hz 
           GLX Renderer N/A GLX Version N/A Direct Rendering N/A
Audio:     Card-1 Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 driver EMU10K1_Audigy at port a000 BusID: 00:09.0
           Card-2 VIA VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller driver VIA 82xx Audio at port 1000 BusID: 00:11.5
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.23
Network:   Card VIA VT6102 [Rhine-II] driver via-rhine at port e400 BusID: 00:12.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 101.2GB (4.6% used) 1: /dev/sda MAXTOR_6L060J3 60.0GB 
           2: /dev/sdb Maxtor_2F040L0 41.1GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 7.3G used: 4.4G (64%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 1.07GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 51.5C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes 131 Uptime 2 min Memory 244.7/1001.2MB Runlevel S Client Shell inxi 1.4.23 

P.S. If it helps, I'm running this alongside windows xp.

[nunol]

So, you have Mint 11 already installed right?

Try to boot with the "acpi=off" boot option. At the boot menu where you chose to boot Mint or Windows XP select the Mint entry, press the "e" key and find "ro" and write acpi=off then press Ctrl-X to boot. See if that solves the problem. This video shows how to to that, minute 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd9WIcPKc-o

[GoWeegee]

I tried it with acpi=off, but it did not make any difference

[AlbertP]

According to the inxi output, your graphics driver is not working properly.
Did you install the NVidia driver? If that's the case, please uninstall it (the driver program is Additional Drivers in the menu > Administration) and then try again installing it, or use the experimental driver of Mint 11. In my opinion, the experimental driver works better if you don't need very advanced graphics to run games.

[GoWeegee]

thanks!!! It now boots, but it is not my monitor native resolution, which is 1680 by 1050

[AlbertP]

You might be able to set the resolution back to 1680x1050 using the Monitors program in the menu.

[GoWeegee]

The program won't detect my monitor

[nunol]

run this and post the output:

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xrandr

[AlbertP]

Please post the output of this command to ensure that the driver is now working OK:

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inxi -Gx

If it answers 'Direct Rendering Yes' all is OK, and I'd like to see the output of xrandr. If it still answers GLX Renderer N/A, the driver problems aren't yet solved.

[GoWeegee]

inxi -Gx:

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Graphics:  Card nVidia NV34 [GeForce FX 5100] X.Org 1.10.1 Res: 1024x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer N/A GLX Version N/A Direct Rendering N/A

xrandr:

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Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA-1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768       60.0* 
   800x600        60.3     56.2  
   848x480        60.0  
   640x480        59.9  
TV-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

[AlbertP]

N/A means that the driver still does not work OK.

Did you install the experimental driver, or did you reinstall the official one? Note that you can only have one installed at a time to get a working system.
Make sure that you haven't got 2 conflicting drivers installed.

[GoWeegee]

I now have only the experimental drivers installed.

[AlbertP]

Please post the output of this command:

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lspci -k | grep nvidia

[sveinkolden]

This happened to me when trying to install a new ATI driver. I started in safe mode and command line only.
With superuser permissions, enter the command "aticonfig --uninstall"

reboot and you should see the normal login

regards
svein kolden

[artouk]

This happened to me when trying to install a new ATI driver. I started in safe mode and command line only.
With superuser permissions, enter the command "aticonfig --uninstall"

reboot and you should see the normal login

regards
svein kolden

This isn't going to work on an nVidia card.

[Marame]

I had the same problem and did suspect my Nvidia card and drivers. But the problem was my external USB harddrive (LaCie/Samsung 500 Gb) which did not wake up in time and boot process stopped waiting it. That hard drive runs pretty hot and i have an external cooler for that. Removing this harddrive cured problem.