Toshiba satellite A75 S226 installer failure

[Descending Nerdliness]

Does no one read this list any more?

Greetings:

I think this could probably be answered in the archives. My apologies,
but I did not see a way to search them.

I am trying to install 11.2 on this 32bit laptop. When I start it I get
the booting notice and the screen changes. Of course, there is
significant time between on this laptop.  I see it access the flash
drive, HD, flash drive, and then nothing. The screen stays dark.

I feel it is a video problem, because if I press enter, it accesses the
flash drive, and repeats this several times.

The laptop uses an Intel p4, 3.0 GHz CPU, and an AMD RS300M Mobility
Radeon 9100 video interface.  The RS300M appears to be the chipset.

Does anyone know if this can be made to work?

Thanks!

Patrick

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[Kevin Oberman]

On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:46 PM Descending Nerdliness <

Post by Descending Nerdliness
Does no one read this list any more?
I think this could probably be answered in the archives. My apologies,
but I did not see a way to search them.
I am trying to install 11.2 on this 32bit laptop. When I start it I get
the booting notice and the screen changes. Of course, there is
significant time between on this laptop. I see it access the flash
drive, HD, flash drive, and then nothing. The screen stays dark.
I feel it is a video problem, because if I press enter, it accesses the
flash drive, and repeats this several times.
The laptop uses an Intel p4, 3.0 GHz CPU, and an AMD RS300M Mobility
Radeon 9100 video interface. The RS300M appears to be the chipset.
Does anyone know if this can be made to work?
Thanks!
Patrick

Exactly where in the boot process does the display fail?

Have you tried to revert from vt(4) to the old sc(4) console system.
(Not sure if vt(4) is used when booting distribution media.) If it is and
you are installing from distribution media you need to drop into the loader
and "set kern.vty=sc
".
I REALLY suspect that vt(4) is the source of the issue as, if it is used,
will match your symptoms to a "T" if it is failing to talk to the graphics
system. It's still a fairly uneducated guess, though
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[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:46:15 -0600

Post by Descending Nerdliness
Does no one read this list any more?

Yes, people do. That does not imply that the readers always has something to contribute to posts on this (or other mailing lists).

Post by Descending Nerdliness
I am trying to install 11.2 on this 32bit laptop. When I start it I get
the booting notice and the screen changes. Of course, there is
significant time between on this laptop.  I see it access the flash
drive, HD, flash drive, and then nothing. The screen stays dark.
I feel it is a video problem, because if I press enter, it accesses the
flash drive, and repeats this several times.

Feelings doesn't help - evidence does. What tests can you try to figure out if your "feeling" is right or wrong?

Post by Descending Nerdliness
The laptop uses an Intel p4, 3.0 GHz CPU, and an AMD RS300M Mobility
Radeon 9100 video interface.  The RS300M appears to be the chipset.

It is a very old laptop then.

Post by Descending Nerdliness
Does anyone know if this can be made to work?

Well, have you tried any other releases? Older ones, like 11.1, 10.4 or even older?
Does any older release work on this laptop?

HTH