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  1. 03-25-2005 #1
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    Black screen after booting up.

    I installed mandrake 10.1 3 cds and all.After it gets done doing all kinds of test it just goes to a black screen and does nothing but my monitor dont go to stand by mode.sometimes almost random it will go to a login screen where i put my password and user name then i get a command Prompt that i have no clue how to use.

    I configured it as best that i could when installing it but i'm new to linux so its hard telling what i did wrong.Its configured for my motherboard video card intel 82810 but i also have a ati radeon 9200 128mb card in the pc aswell(i use for windows xp).do i need to take out my ati card or is there some other reason for the problem.I dont want to give up on linux but if i can get passed this problem i might have too.I hate being new to an operating system =/.I guess i'll play around with it and see if anything happens.
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    sometimes almost random it will go to a login screen where i put my password and user name then i get a command Prompt that i have no clue how to use.
    When you next get to this place (after logging in with your username and password), try the following command:
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    startx
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    yea

    I got it to work last night,i reinstalled it but set it up to work on the ati card and it worked perfect. I must say,i am impressed with linux GUI and media players. Only thing is i cant use internet with linux . I got DSL and a usb modem i got from my ISP. Its a speedstream 5200 and there dont seem to be any drivers for it. I was wondering if there was a work around to this? Get a pci nic card or new modem or both?
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    The easiest way to do it would be to buy a cheap ethernet card, then you wouldn't need any drivers to use the modem. You could pick up a 10/100 Netgear FA311 for about $13.00, or it's gigabit cousin, the GA311, for about $21.50 on Newegg (I love Newegg, by the way):

    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...tby=14&order=1
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    ahh,I love cheap solutions :P looks like the AF311 model will work just fine.
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    Is your system a dell?
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