Installing PCLinuxOS in a new machine

[Bill_Hwy]

I just built a new machine:

CPU:  i3-560
ram:  4gb
HD:  SATA 160gb and 8ogb
M/B:  Gigabyte H55M

I retained the original IDE CD and DVD drives since those are inherently slower and there's not much advantage in SATA.

The problem now is that pclos will not install.  I have the 2010.12 live CD, but when I try to install it, it copies the usual pre-install stuff, then drops into a CLI login.  I tried entering the ROOT/ROOT user ID, but it then goes to a CLI prompt and I have no clue what it's waiting for.  I tried STARTX, but, of course it couldn't find the X server, and that was a failure.  Several other distros installed just fine, but pclos has been my workhorse for 4 or 5 years now (I started back in the .6 days) and I hate to give up on it. I'm on Mandriva 2010.2 right now.  Any idea what the heck is going on???  Anybody???

Bill H

[tschommer]

Bill_Hwy,

when logged in as root try the command XFdrake to configure your graphical setup (card, monitor, resolution, etc.).

By the way, what graphic card exactly do you have?

Torsten

[uncleV]

"then drops into a CLI login"

At what stage of installation this happened?

[Bill_Hwy]

tschommer:

Thanks for answering-- the graphics card is a PCI NV 5200..  I'm trying to decide if I want to spend the money for a PCIEX card.  I'll try that 'fix'

uncle v:

Thanks also-- it happens at the beginning--nothing has actually been done yet, except to copy the pre-install from the CD

Bill H

[Bill_Hwy]

Solved!!

Torsten:  Thanks a lot--that did the trick.  After some fiddling with configuration, it went to the CLI prompt and I tried STARTX again.  Then it showed the usual install screen and went on with the install..

Bill H

[tschommer]

Great to hear that!