update 4.2 black screen of death and blinking curser to boot

[kodiakmax]

I would venture a guess then and say it's video driver related. to get an x session started here is what I would try.

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eselect opengl set xorg-x11


check or edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
driver = "vesa"

then reboot. hopefully that should allow you to get an xsession up. If that works then it's jsut a matter of regular video card driver troubleshooting.

[ReemZ]

check or edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
driver = "vesa"

Before you do, best to backup your xorg.conf:

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cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.somethingthatmakesitcleartoyouthatthisisabackup

Edit xorg.conf:

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nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Look for the section called 'Graphics device section', 'Section "Device"'.

After making changes, save with ctrl-X (the ^-symbol represents ctrl), hit Y, hit Enter, done.

Ow...you'll have to enter those commands as root, not as user...

[daktras]

no luck vesa had no effect any other idea before i reinstall or i dont know this is frustrating

[ReemZ]

OK I didn't know eselect kernel/opengl set would work with the names too, so try

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eselect kernel set linux-2.6.29-sabayon

(Assuming this is the kernel you want to load)
(Re)install graphics drivers, make sure uname -r gives the right kernel, of course make sure xorg.conf corresponds to the same graphics driver as your eselect opengl list does, then try again.
Not sure if this will help in any way, tbh I'm still a bit puzzled by your pc's refusal to answer to your eselect kernel list...

[daktras]

i dont know and this is getting well iritating i am just going to reinstall and hope it dont happen agian if it does i will change this status from solved to no agian thanks

[ReemZ]

i dont know and this is getting well iritating i am just going to reinstall and hope it dont happen agian if it does i will change this status from solved to no agian thanks

Please do NOT mark as solved as long as the problem persists, and once solved, mark it solved by *appending* [Solved] (verbatim, including brackets) to the subject of your first post, *not* by replacing it by "solved"