live cd - cant get desktop [Solved]

[reaperx14]

I recently upgraded my pc and thought I'd try sabayon 5.4 (KDE)

It asks to start sabayon on the live cd so i press enter. It then comes up with loading screen it appears fine until it finishes then all I get is a blank screen with nothing on it. After ages of staring at a blank screen it comes up with the console as root user.

my hardware is:

AMD phenom II
ATI radeon HD 6870
gigabyte motherboard

could this be a driver problem? I'm not too great with linux console... any help is appreciated

[Fitzcarraldo]

Firstly, have you checked that the burn to the DVD was good? How did you burn it, and what method did you use to check that the burn is not corrupt?

Having covered that, are you saying that you get a menu similar to that shown in the first image in Visual Tour: Booting Sabayon Linux KDE4? If so, press F5 and append the kernel parameter (a.k.a. boot cheat code) shown below to the end of the kernel boot line and hit Enter. Try each in turn, to see if you get anywhere:

xdriver=ati

xdriver=radeon

xdriver=vesa

[reaperx14]

Thanks very much! the xdriver=ati worked and it loaded up desktop

Think I may just install it into a virtual machine though

[Fitzcarraldo]

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