The 2006.0 livecd hangs while trying to start Xorg. I have tried an endless combination of kernel options along with nox and it still attempts to start Xorg. I would paste dmesg here but as you can see it is impossible to get to a regular shell.
What is the filename of the ISO you downloaded? I just double-check livecd-i686-installer-2006.0.iso, and 'gentoo nox' gives me the a prompt. What is the last thing you see before it hangs?
I have the exact same ISO file name. It gives no special prompt after i type 'gentoo nox' and it hangs after the 'switching to xorg-x11 opengl interface' line. The only peculiar thing i can catch as the cd boots is that it complains that it cant bring up the splash image because /dev/fb does not exist. does /dev/fb have something to do with the frambuffer? because i am booting the normal gentoo image. (In reply to comment #1) > What is the filename of the ISO you downloaded? I just double-check > livecd-i686-installer-2006.0.iso, and 'gentoo nox' gives me the a prompt. What > is the last thing you see before it hangs? >
Also note that before hanging it says "no opengl capable card found" Again this is after i specify 'gentoo nox' (In reply to comment #2) > I have the exact same ISO file name. It gives no special prompt after i type > 'gentoo nox' and it hangs after the 'switching to xorg-x11 opengl interface' > line. The only peculiar thing i can catch as the cd boots is that it complains > that it cant bring up the splash image because /dev/fb does not exist. does > /dev/fb have something to do with the frambuffer? because i am booting the > normal gentoo image. > > (In reply to comment #1) > > What is the filename of the ISO you downloaded? I just double-check > > livecd-i686-installer-2006.0.iso, and 'gentoo nox' gives me the a prompt. What > > is the last thing you see before it hangs? > > >
What video card do you have? Anyway, you're getting a freeze before it *ever* hits X, so it has nothing to do with nox. Try booting with "gentoo-nofb nox" but I can pretty much guarantee that it won't work. The solution is to allow more RAM for your video. I'm betting you've got on-board video and it is setup to only use something like 1MB or even 4MB. Basically, if it is less than 8MB, it's a problem.
No response in > 30 days. Feel free to REOPEN after trying the last suggestions from me if it still does not work. Thanks...