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Hi
Today I upgraded from Mageia 1 to Mageia 2 using the following commands:

su
mgaapplet-upgrade-helper --new_distro_version=2

The login screen is gray in color and illegible. I can't even boot in text mode. Any help will be appreciated.

Linux linux-d7xx 3.1.10-1.9-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 5 18:48:38 UTC 2012 (4a97ec8) i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Glen

Ok im not sure here what will be the outcome, but usualy for me in mageia 1 when i screw something up i can boot from the dvd, it detects that i have an install and attempts to upgrade.

I would hope the mageia 2 dvd works the same, will correct any problems rpm wise, and then configure your boot environment, and at the end give you a choice to configure services, sound, graphics etc.

So thats one option to consider.

The other is, following many posts from many people on this forum, myself included, you backed this up with clonezilla, , see help us to help you, if somehow you missed this, but if you did do it restore your system back to mageia 1 and perhaps review wether your system is like some of the others who have had issues with upgrades.

If you did not clone your system, do it now before attempting my first suggestion, at least if that goes pear shaped you can get back to this point in time.

Another option is fresh install but dont overwrite home, still clonezilla first.




Regards peter

Do you have an ATI video card?
See the errata https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_Errata#Proprietary_graphics_card_drivers

See also https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6061

Hi
How can I determine if I have an ATI video card? Thanks for helping.

In konsole:

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lspci

And you will find information about your VGA compatible controller, amongst others.

It appears that I do have an ATI video card. Hre is output of lspci:

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 jane@gdawg-Inspiron-530s ~ $ sudo lspci
[sudo] password for jane:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
02:00.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
 

Thank you for helping.

You are welcome.
SUDO wouldn't have been necessary.

Thank you isadora. Now what is the significance of having an ATI video card and what steps should I take to correct my problem? Again, thanks for your help.

It tells you in the errata, but it could be a little more explicit.

Boot in safe mode
At the prompt run XFdrake and choose vesa as the video driver (Use the Tab key to navigate around the text GUI)
Then reboot ( shutdown -r now )
You will now be able to log into graphics mode, then enable the Non-Free software repository using MageiaControlCentre>Software>SoftwareSources, tick the boxes for NonFree and NonFree Updates.
Then run through the video setup GUI again.

It will then download and install the correct ATI driver for you.
Reboot once more and you are back to using the ATI graphics driver.

How do I boot into safe mode in linux? Everything I've seen on the internet says to edit /etc/init and change run level to 1. How can I do that if I can't boot into Mageia? I appreciate your patience and assistance.

isadora wrote:In konsole:

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lspci

And you will find information about your VGA compatible controller, amongst others.

Please always try to use lspcidrake -v as it also shows the driver in use.

gdawg wrote:How do I boot into safe mode in linux? Everything I've seen on the internet says to edit /etc/init and change run level to 1. How can I do that if I can't boot into

In the boot menu, there's an entry which is called Failsafe, that would be it.
You can also always edit boot options by pressing F3 -> selecting default and then you can change kernel command line, you can simply
put a 1 or a 3 at then end to only boot into runlevel 1 or 3, or put failsafe there to boot into "safe mode".

Thank you for your reply doktor5000. I resolved this problem by wiping the relevant partitions, downloaded Mageia 2 Live CD iso file, copied file to CD, and installed to partitions. Thank you all for your help.

Please gdawg, mark the topic [SOLVED], thank you.