POS computer issue...

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:51 pm

Well, after getting bored of having no pc I can use personally, i went ahead and put together the 'Indestructable PC'. I'm seriously considering changing that to the 'POSPC'. In short, problems. Lots of problems. Now, i've been using knoppix 4.2, and when I boot, it hangs on the 'autoconfiguring devices'. I was able to use some boot command 'Knoppix nohwconfig' or something and get it to work (but no sound, which i would like) Before the 4.2 update, I was using 3.8, and it started to have the same problem. It hangs after it says done, and puts an _ on the next line. Any Ideas?

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:15 pm

Well I dont know but you can check to see if your ram is alright. Other then that if you cant get Knoppix to run try a smaller distro like Slax or DSL.

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:02 pm

where do i get DSL? I'm not really looking for a small distro, just a livecd one.

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:06 pm

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

It's a Live CD that can be installed to a pendrive or HD as Debian. I recommend you go through the MyDSL stuff and se eif there's anything you might need there. (AbiWord, The GiMP...)

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:08 pm

thanks, bicostp. Just what i'm looking for!

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:54 pm

DSL=Same issue. Help?

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:00 pm

Try pulling out any unneccessary PCI cards and try again.

If that doesn't work, try

Code: Select all

dsl toram nousb nopcmcia

on bootup.

Then look around the DSL wiki and forums, thy'll be able to help you.

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:17 pm

i think it's an issue with the linux kernel itself...
The only PCI i have is the sound card.
That is probably where the problem is from. But, as i said, it worked fine for a while, nothing came loose or anything. It just stopped working.
The code didn't do anything. It still freezes.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:40 pm

Well I dont know what condision the card is in but it could be bad. You may have to take it out and see (put it in another machine). Otherwise I cant image anything else that would cause it to lockup.

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:56 pm

I have the same problem when I boot SuSE. I have to pull my wireless card(PCI) or else it hangs on "Detecting PCMCIA".