[indiana-discuss] 2008.05 Live CD Boot Issues

[Danny Zumwalt]

Had to confit xorg to use the VESA video driver.

Danny

On Oct 17, 2008, at 12:06 AM, Andrew Foote <Andrew.Foote at Sun.COM> wrote:

> Hi Danny,
>
> Just ran into the same issue with beta 200811.
>
> I logged in, checked network...ok. Login services etc were fine too.  
> scratched head, rebooted, now all fine (?)
>
> HTH
>
> Danny Zumwalt wrote:
>>
>> I have the 2008.05 Live CD and have booted up, selected my language
>> and keyboard configuration, then I get "opensolaris console login:"
>> and nothing else happens. I have tried logging in with jack/jack  
>> which
>> is successful, but the desktop never boots up and I am left starring
>> at a CLI $ prompt. This is the 2nd install I have attempted, the  
>> first
>> was different hardware, but worked just fine... it was just an old PC
>> that I tested out to see if I liked it, now I went out and bought
>> newer (somewhat) hardware and can't get to a desktop to start
>> installing.
>>
>> Hardware:
>> AMD X2 64 processor
>> Gigabyte motherboard with AMD 740G chipset / Radeon integrated  
>> graphics
>>
>> Thanks for any help. I'm sure it's something simple I'm overlooking?
>>
>> Danny
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