From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   Jim Beard wrote:   
   > On 11/05/2012 12:44 AM, Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   >> TJ wrote:   
   >>> On 11/04/2012 10:07 AM, Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   >>>> Adam wrote:   
   >>>>> Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   >>>>>> I have considered re-installing 2009 from the DVD, but then   
   >>>>>> I will not   
   >>>>>> have the internet connection stuff that my ISP did several   
   >>>>>> years ago!!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I've found that sometimes using the install DVD to do an   
   >>>>> "upgrade" to   
   >>>>> the same version fixes boot problems without clobbering   
   >>>>> anything that's   
   >>>>> already installed.  (I can't promise anything, though!)  I   
   >>>>> also agree   
   >>>>> with the others that as soon as you have the time, you should   
   >>>>> replace   
   >>>>> Mandriva 2009 with something newer, such as 2011.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Adam   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thanks for this suggestion, Adam. I'll keep it in mind.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And, yes, at the same time as fixing my 2009 (which used to   
   >>>> boot...when   
   >>>> I could get to it), I'm attempting to get internet operation   
   >>>> on 2011!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Daniel   
   >>>>   
   >>> I had a (somewhat) similar problem with a recent major Mageia 2   
   >>> update   
   >>> which included a new kernel. But mine was different in that the   
   >>> update   
   >>> was interrupted for unknown (to me) reasons right in the middle   
   >>> of it.   
   >>> When I attempted a reboot, neither kernel would finish the   
   >>> boot, but   
   >>> each would stop at a different point. Safe mode didn't help,   
   >>> neither did   
   >>> booting with the DVD.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not knowing what might be bad and what might not be, and   
   >>> knowing that I   
   >>> know too little not to miss something that would bite me in the   
   >>> ass   
   >>> later, I opted for a clean install (retaining /home) and   
   >>> updated that. A   
   >>> very Microsoft-like solution, but it did the trick.   
   >>>   
   >>> TJ   
   >>   
   >> I am getting closer and closer to re-installing my Linux OS's   
   >> because, as shown above, MD2009 doesn't boot and, in a different   
   >> twig of this thread Jim Beard is helping my with my updated   
   >> MD2011 fiasco.   
   >   
   >> Now MD2011 just boots to a blank screen, with an   
   >> unblinking cursor in the top left corner of screen! And, last   
   >> night, I found out my MD2010.1 and MG2 (un-updated) installations   
   >> have the same problem!   
   >   
   > Are the MD2010.1 and MG2 on the same computer?  If so, your problem is   
   > almost certain to be hardware.  (Yeah, firmware is a remote possibility,   
   > that might affect more than one OS).   
   >   
   > Check connections, and if you have a spare cable (or can get one) swap   
   > out the cable. If your machine and monitor have both analog and digital   
   > (HDMI) available, try first one and then the other. Swap out the   
   > monitor. Try the monitor on a different machine, and see if it works   
   > there.  If your machine has an actual video card rather than a chipset   
   > built into the motherboard, shutdown your machine, open it up, gently   
   > but firmly lift the card out (maybe work it a bit at at time at each end   
   > until it shifts upward) and put it back in place, making sure it is   
   > properly seated.   
   >   
   > If the monitor works on another machine and the swapping and reseating   
   > do not do anything, you may have a power supply that is no longer   
   > delivering proper amps or voltage to the video rails. I personally would   
   > leave that to a hardware tech.   
   >   
   > Cheers!   
   >   
   > jim b.   
   >   
      
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