black screen at boot

[rh-penguin]

hi,
I've got BT2 burned on CD. It starts and runs fine on my PC but my laptop is finding it hard.
@boot: i press enter and it just goes into a black screen. I can hear it loading as the cd-drive is doing something but nothing appears.
Anyone have any ideas why this is happening?
I cant find a readme or anyhting but there must be some other commands that i can use to start BT2. No?


Thanks!

[imported_blackfoot]

Well, if you have no output maybe it's a graphics card incompatibility.

Until you let us know full details of your laptop we cannot help.

Maybe try it with ubuntu. That's jolly good.

[xiaxia101]

hi,
I've got BT2 burned on CD. It starts and runs fine on my PC but my laptop is finding it hard.
@boot: i press enter and it just goes into a black screen. I can hear it loading as the cd-drive is doing something but nothing appears.
Anyone have any ideas why this is happening?
I cant find a readme or anyhting but there must be some other commands that i can use to start BT2. No?


Thanks!

I have a suggestion...when you reach the "boot:" screen, just wait, and don't hit any key...give it about 30 seconds, and let me know if that helped? I know how frustrating this process is, but with a little patience, and a lot of research you will figure it out.

[xiaxia101]

rh-penguin, please list your video card and laptop details...what OS do you have - if it's Windows, first look up your video card details(Start-> right click on MyComputer-> click on Properties-> click on the Hardware tab-> click on DeviceManager-> goto you video card, expand it, right click on it and select properties)

[DrPppr242]

I ran into this problem too at the boot prompt type "bt acpi=off" that's what worked on my dell inspiron

[rh-penguin]

I ran into this problem too at the boot prompt type "bt acpi=off" that's what worked on my dell inspiron

Worked a treat! Thanks very much!
Although it hasnt recognised my network cards, there not listed.
ifconfig spits out only loopback.
I've forgot the command to reconfigure/add a wired network interface, can someone please tell me what it is......?

Thanks!

[DrPppr242]

ifconfig card up
should work, where card is your card probably eth0 or eth1 depending on your setup

[rh-penguin]

hmm that was strange.............i booted up the second time and the net was fine...........No worrys.
Thanks for everyones help!
Happy backtracking¬!