SUSE 10 not working

[saltpetre]

Hey

I am kinda new in installing linux so please help me.

This is what happened.
I tried to install suse 10 on my toshiba laptop. the specs is

Toshiba A-105
256 ddr2 ram
celeron 1.6
60GB HD
ATI graphics card
WLAN, LAN,

after i downloaded suse10 i wanted to install it along with my windows XP(dual boot) that part works fine!!!

The problem is when i start suse 10 there is nothing on the screen it's just a black screen with the cursor in the middle and nothing. everything freezes and the weird thing is when i turn my laptop off and turn it back again nothing happen the HD does not work nothing on the screen even the bootup screen does not come up. I have to unplug the battery to start the computer correctly.


SO PLEASE HELP .....

Thankx


I downloaded suse 10 and burned it on to 5 cds.

[oosterhouse]

Did you install grub or lilo?

[AlexK]

try booting into failsafe. then use startx to get a gui after loging in. post bak what happens.

[Muito_Fofinho]

That's the same thing that happens in my desktop
Haven't found the solution yet, but if i found it post it....do the same...

Good Luck

[bigtomrodney]

Do you see the BIOS screen at boottime? When your computer freezes, wht happens if you hold the power button for 10-15 seconds.

[saltpetre]

try booting into failsafe. then use startx to get a gui after loging in. post bak what happens.

I installed GRUB .

after i select suse 10 there is just a black screen with an X in the middle of the screen. at this time it response to nothing.

Then i turn my laptop off by pressing the power botton, AFter that when i try to start the laptop again i don;t see the bois i see nothing at all the HD light does not blink and nothing happens. The only way i can start the computer is by taking out the battery off the laptop and then putting it back again.

And for going to failsafe mode. I did that but what happens is that it detects everything and after it detects the network card it say something like" 20 waiting to start system resource" and it just sits there.

I u guys need any more info please post.


ThankX

[AlexK]

I think it is waiting for the wlan to start or something like that. So make sure that the little switch which turns on the wlan card is on or the ethernet cable is plugged in.

Muito_Fofinho, what happens when you try the steps in my previous post?

[Muito_Fofinho]

Whetever i begin in normal mode (using grub too) or by the failsafe mode, and making after the 'startx' comand it happens the same, it freezes just when the graphic mode is starting to open.

[Shaun Williamson]

On many laptops pressing the power switch doesn't turn your
machine off it just suspends it to disk. Doing a shutdown turns your
computer off as does removing the battery.
When you are booting up try pressing the 3 key to see if you can
boot up in command line mode. Its possible that Suse cannot start a
GUI for your video card because it doesn't have a suitable driver.
If you can boot into command line mode then we might be able to
make some progress. How did you make your installation CDs or DVD?

[saltpetre]

On many laptops pressing the power switch doesn't turn your
machine off it just suspends it to disk. Doing a shutdown turns your
computer off as does removing the battery.
When you are booting up try pressing the 3 key to see if you can
boot up in command line mode. Its possible that Suse cannot start a
GUI for your video card because it doesn't have a suitable driver.
If you can boot into command line mode then we might be able to
make some progress. How did you make your installation CDs or DVD?

I made my installation using cds. I downloaded the iso file and burned it on to 5 cds.

ANyone out there how could help me!!!