No gui with Sabayon

HI!

I really wanted to try Sabayon, but just using the cd I get no gui.
Am using the 4.1 2Gb mini version.

It gets to the splash screen, the fstab then just goes to a dark screen...nothin' after that.
I've also verified the burn, burned it 3 times, once with Nero, twice with K3B. at the slowest speed for dvd.

I have a Dell 2400 Dimension, yeah, I know it's old but it works.

The video card is standard (VGA) Intel 845, if that helps,

I do have a new Acer LCD, but it works fine with most distros..

Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to get Sabayon working?
Or is it just one of those times when the hardware is not compatible?

I tried all the boot parameters it offered also, nothing.

Let me know if you need any more info.

TIA

 

Can you drop to a shell via ctrl-alt-F1 or F2, log in as root and try to tail the syslog or messages depending on what Sabayon uses for logging. This may help start your trouble shooting process, you may also want to check their forums for any similar hardware conflicts.

 

Try this, i got it from their forums.

Just start from the DVD without any cheat code, chose your keyboard setting and the language.
After that, wait untill you see a black screen (mostly after 87% of the boot process).
Press Alt + F1 ; You must be in the shell prompt right there.
Type these :

Code:

su
/etc/init.d/xdm restart

 

Liquidkewl and Becho, Thanks! I will give both ideas a try...

Let ya know later..if they worked for me..

 

Yeah, standard garbage! lshw dump your chipset as the 82845G/GL?

 

On PCLos atm....and evidently there is no lshw tool..

But, the (video card) chipset says 82845 GCG..

 

As root no?

 

Code:

[root@cpe-69-76-147-214 XXXX]# lshw --help
bash: lshw: command not found
[root@cpe-69-76-147-214 XXXX]#   

Yep! Tried whereis too..

Getting the info from the PCLos control center/hardware.

 

Tried this but don't see any video info...

Code:

[root@cpe-69-76-147-214 XXXX]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 2
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.20GHz
stepping        : 9
cpu MHz         : 2200.000
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up cid xtpr
bogomips        : 4391.08

 

Then lspci -v

VGA=?

 

Code:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0160
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Memory at feb80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1

Yeah, does say GL...

 

Which 4.1 mini you got there?

 

It's from this page ....

ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/SabayonLinux/

Sabayon_Linux_4.1_x86_K.iso

I just called it mini, cuz it's just smaller than the other downloads..

 

Well, after numerous configurations (refresh=50-70 hsync=31.5-48.5), I couldn't get'er to like the 845.
Short of first-hand experience/suggestions, ask in the appropriate forum if your still hungry > Sab.

 

That's alot of 'figgerin'...

Thanks for checking all that out, Steve!

I will prob pass on Sabayon for now..
til a new puter falls into my lap, with a newer graphics card..

There's always plenty more distros to try..

 

Toss the eye-can-dee. Gimme something responsive, easier to maintain than something like Sabs and I'd be sold!

 

Thanks!

I'll have to try it, sounds promising for 'not new' puters..

An anti-X prog might just do the trick!

I see it's based on Mepis, I have tried Mepis before and liked it!

 

Hey, you know, I've found comfort in Slack. You on the other hand might find a Mep's spin to your liking. Apt's a great pacman!

 

Something about Slack that my puter lacks ...

Too bad, some really good distros with slack..

Oh yeah, used apt, that works for me!