boot problem?

metallextrem · posted: 2011-05-07 12:56

Hi,

I just installed antiX M11 to my laptop but there's a problem. Installation process does not show any error but when I reboot It turn black and hang up. It say"waiting for dev to be fully populated...", then the screen go black and nothing happens. I cannot make it boot. Any idea?

Thanks!

PS: sorry for my english!

anticapitalista · posted: 2011-05-07 13:57

If you have any devices (usb) plugged in when booting, try unplugging them at boot and see if it boots ok.

If not, maybe try a re-install.

afab4 · posted: 2011-05-07 14:58

metallextrem wrote: when I reboot It turn black and hang up. It say"waiting for dev to be fully populated...", then the screen go black and nothing happens. I cannot make it boot. Any idea?

I had a similar issue after installing and found I had to reset my bios boot order to have the hard drive boot first and then the CD. Apparently for some reason it kept wanting to load the live CD but there was no error message either.

metallextrem · posted: 2011-05-08 19:12

No have usb plugged when booting, so I will try to reset the bios settings...
Thanks!

metallextrem · posted: 2011-05-09 10:44

I save the BIOS to its default configuration but the problem is still there and the same __{{emoticon}}__

Any other idea?

griennehornette · posted: 2011-05-09 16:26

metallextrem, do you have root and home installed on separate partitions?

I have encountered some boot problems related to this, and have had to modify both /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab to identify partitions by UUID, rather than the usual /dev/sda_.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3055&hilit=smxi boot
this forum thread helped guide me through the process.

griennehornette

metallextrem · posted: 2011-05-12 14:46

griennehornette: I don't think I have separated partitions. I just made the default install on a dedicated disk (the only one in my laptop). Thanks anyway!

rdcristi2 · posted: 2011-05-29 17:53

Entered my password and my username, then I write"startx" and
not loaded Antix 11
What I wrong ?
Please, help me!

P.S. I'm novice .Thanks in advance.

anticapitalista · posted: 2011-05-29 18:10

Did you save /home when installing?

What error do you get after startx?

Before typing startx, type inxi -F so we can see some details of your hardware, especially video drivers nvidiea? ati?

rdcristi2 · posted: 2011-05-29 19:07

I'm not loading the operating system is freshly installed, I do not know how to upload,
I do not know what to write by:
Welcome to antiX. Powered by Debian Testing and MEPIS.
aaa login: bbb
Password: ccc
Last login:......................
Linux aaa 2.6.36-1-mepis #1 Sun Apr 24 16:24:55 CDT 2011 i686
bbb@aaa:~$

rdcristi2 · posted: 2011-05-29 19:10

it is

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latd600/en/ug/specs.htm"
linktext was:"http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/s ... /specs.htm"
====================================

anticapitalista · posted: 2011-05-29 19:11

When you get to that point, type

startx, wait and see what error is given

rdcristi2 · posted: 2011-05-29 19:16

rdcristi2 wrote:it is

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latd600/en/ug/specs.htm"
linktext was:"http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/s ... /specs.htm"
====================================

type inxi -F so we can see some details of your hardware, especially video drivers nvidiea? ati?

recognize the hard

anticapitalista · posted: 2011-05-29 19:19

What error message do you get?

rdcristi2 · posted: 2011-05-29 19:22

if I write startx appears

Welcome to antiX. Powered by Debian Testing and MEPIS.
aaa login: bbb
Password: ccc
Last login:......................
Linux aaa 2.6.36-1-mepis #1 Sun Apr 24 16:24:55 CDT 2011 i686
bbb@aaa:~$ startx

….....................................
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
bbb@aaa:~$