DIGIT-ARC read-only archive · snapshot: July 23, 2026

Gentoo error

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/gentoo-error.57239/

Gigacore
Gigacore Original post #1
May 8, 2007 at 8:37 AM
I burnt a Gentoo 2006 Live and Installation CD and just booted to preview from live mode. the live boot takes place perfectly till System is booting screen. after 100% booting completes my monitor goes black with a small moving icon with Hz ? written on it. so now i couldn't start gentoo. i've connected my monitor to my nVidia GPU. will it start if i connect my monitor to the onboard graphics? but i prefer to run from my GPU.
M
May 8, 2007 at 8:56 AM
Haven't used the gentoo live cd with nvidia GPU so am not sure but it should work.
But, have you checked if the CD is burnt properly?
Also see if you can access the tty1 by pressing ctrl + alt + F1?
You can make changes using xorgconfig from there.
Gigacore
May 8, 2007 at 8:58 AM
the cd has been written perfectly. i'll give a try
M
May 8, 2007 at 9:11 AM
Did you check the md5sum of the cd?
Gigacore
May 8, 2007 at 11:12 AM
whats that md5sum?
M
May 8, 2007 at 1:06 PM
uh Oh. Please get sabayon. It will help you get started quickly, it's a type of gentoo only.
At this rate you'll never be able to install gentoo.
IMO, the first pre-requisite of using gentoo is to be able to read.
Gigacore
May 8, 2007 at 1:08 PM
From where can i get Sabayon? Is it a Linux?
M
May 8, 2007 at 1:27 PM
Sabayon is gentoo only, but just that it's made easier to start with.
Search on google for it's home page, it should be sabayonlinux.org