[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 Experiences

[imnotpc]

I've installed mga2 from Cauldron to Beta 3 (as well as mga1) on a 
handful of different boxes. Some have installed without problem, some 
required a bit of effort to get running (ATI/AMD video card issues), and 
at least one won't run at all. I've filed a few bug reports and the only 
show-stopper until now was fixed. The others are minor and I can work 
around them. Overall a very good performance for non-release software.

My reason for posting is the laptop that won't run at all. I've spent 
hours and tried every trick I know, but even though it installs without 
errors I still can't get it to boot to anything except a rescue desktop. 
I've tried a clean install and an upgrade from mga1 and the results are 
the same. This laptop is important to me and at this point I'm very 
frustrated, but since mga1 and many other distros run on this hardware 
I'm determined to make it work.

I don't really have a lot of clues to offer. After installation it goes 
through the boot sequence and fails with either a blank screen for the 
default ATI driver, or a multi-color pixelated screen with the vesa 
driver. I've never seen the vesa driver lock up before. At times I've 
managed to get to the command line and discovered that in addition the 
networking won't work, either wired or wireless. I'd gladly submit a bug 
report or comment on an existing one, but I don't know where to start on 
this one.

Jeff