Fedora 9 black screen?

Rave Gloves · #1 24th November 2008, 09:20 PM

Hello.

Ok i have been trying to install some kind of linux for a while now, i stared off trying to download ubuntu i tried 7.10 8.04 and 8.10.

I was getting a strange black screen and my PC was just unresponsive to anything so i gave up on ubuntu and thought i'd try fedora, i burned it onto the disk and tried the install but it gets to welcome to fedora press "i" to maual setup or something like that then my screen flickrs a bit and then nothing just blackness.

I have asked on ubuntu forums and was told it could be a Graphics problem and it may be fixable BUT after that people stoped resonding and i got no help.

Could someone please help me with this one.

***glennzo*** · #2 24th November 2008, 09:25 PM

We can help but you probably need to be a little more specific on what's happening with the system. Meanwhile, can you switch to any of the virtual terminals, CTRL/ATL/Fx, and get anything worth looking at?

Rave Gloves · #3 24th November 2008, 09:28 PM

Wow thanks for the speedy reply.

I will try that and i will get back to you all.

right now im using windows XP pro and my Graphics card is a Intel(R) extreme graphics

***glennzo*** · #4 24th November 2008, 09:35 PM

We sit here waiting for new posts so we can be the forum with the fastest response time.

Rave Gloves · #5 24th November 2008, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by glennzo

We sit here waiting for new posts so we can be the forum with the fastest response time.

Atleast you wont abandon me like ubuntu....you wont will you ?

***glennzo*** · #6 24th November 2008, 09:43 PM

Nah. I wouldn't do that but I might walk away from the computer for a while if something more interesting comes along, like, ummm..., sleep, food, a good TV show. I'll eventually have to go back to work, tomorrow. Other than that, I'll be around.

Rave Gloves · #7 24th November 2008, 09:45 PM

Yay, Well have you come up with anything?.

***glennzo*** · #8 24th November 2008, 09:50 PM

Me? You haven't tried the virtual terminal yet, have you? Where exactly does the boot process stop?

Rave Gloves · #9 24th November 2008, 09:52 PM

It asks me if i want manual boot i think then it says to type I and it will start it comes up [OK] and then my screen go's black and nothing at all works, and when i press my keys it makes a really loud beeping noise

***glennzo*** · #10 24th November 2008, 09:57 PM

I'm not following too well. You should be able to boot off of the Fedora install DVD and press enter to install Fedora. Is your hardware anything unusual or is it just run-of-the-mill stuff? Maybe you need to have a read through the Anaconda command line options for installation. See these links.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options

Rave Gloves · #11 24th November 2008, 10:09 PM

I just tried the CTRL+Alt+fx and i went on to verify and boot it said it was a pass and it went to install and it did the exact same.

But i will take a read through the links you have gave me.

Cheers :]

***glennzo*** · #12 24th November 2008, 10:20 PM

So any special hardware? Newest cutting edge stuff or no?

Rave Gloves · #13 24th November 2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by glennzo

So any special hardware? Newest cutting edge stuff or no?

Nah nothing like that all just Intel(R) hardware, just standard.

also Do i need Fedora installed to get anaconda?

***glennzo*** · #14 24th November 2008, 10:30 PM

Anaconda is the installer.

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Anaconda is the installation program used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and some other distributions.

You can use one of more of the command line parameters to install Fedora when you're otherwise having trouble.

Rave Gloves · #15 24th November 2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by glennzo

Anaconda is the installer.You can use one of more of the command line parameters to install Fedora when you're otherwise having trouble.

Ahh i thought that

So i should look through the commands and see what may fix the problem?