[SATLUG] Getting frustrated with my new machine

[steve kolars]

REYNOLDS, JEREMY (SBCSI) wrote:
>I've been out of the linux for a couple of years.  I just built myself a
>new machine and I have tried installing numerous distributions and they
>all seem to lock up after the install.  I'm not sure but I'm thinking
>that my video card and or monitor might be causing the problems.  I have
>a Chaintech Nvidia GeForce 6200 PCI Express video card and a Dell
>2005FPW monitor.  My machine also has an AMD 64 bit processor.
>
>I've tried the latest version of SUSE and it loaded fine but whenever I
>tried to scroll in any program it would take about 30 seconds for it to
>scroll.  I tried to update the video driver but the installation kept
>failing and saying that I didn't have the source code for my kernel.
>
>Next I tried Mandrake 10.2.  Again it installed fine but when it goes to
>the graphical logon screen is freezes.
>
>Next I tried Fedora Core 4.  The graphical install program just goes to
>a white screen and freezes.  I did a text install that appeared to work.
>When I rebooted my machine after the install the bootloader was corrupt
>and just threw a bunch of 9s out to my screen and then locked up.
>
>Does anybody have any ideas?  I'm not real picky about distributions
>other than I like KDE and tend to do a lot of mutilimedia and web
>browsing.
>
>JR
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The AMD-64 is not the problem.  You do have a couple of different issues
to deal with--trying different distros is not the solution.
Statement: I've tried the latest version of SuSE and it loaded fine but whenever I
tried to scroll in any program it would take about 30 seconds for it to
scroll. 

Do: Try turning off the HAL daemon.  If that does not fix the problem there are other steps to take.

Statement: I tried to update the video driver but the installation kept
failing and saying that I didn't have the source code for my kernel.

Do: Load the source.

Suggestion: On a Linux system you should log in with run level 3, and startx when you want to use X.  If you just have to have a graphical log in, change the system to run level 5 after the system is fully configured.  Never use run level 5 until your system is fully stable.

Steve