Bonjour, JRD,
You're welcome.
I hesitated whether to mention the keyboard oddity because I didn't want to sound overly critical. (On the other hand, I searched the forum and didn't see anyone else posting about an issue with this). I'm 99.9% sure this disc was burned correctly -- the md5sum was verified, it was burned with K3B on another distro's partition to reliable media (TDK), other discs recently burned in the same way have all been fine -- but I'm not sure whether the problem is due to some oddity with my hardware (optical drive) or with the disc architecture itself ... (BTW, I have a wired Logitech keyboard with a USB connection, if that makes any difference).
I experienced the following when selecting the initial keyboard layout (immediately after the disc booted):
If "
English (US)" is selected:
First, I see the "Welcome to GRUB" message.
The boot proceeds to the list of keyboard layout options.
I select "
English (US)" and hit the Return key.
At this point, the system hangs / freezes ... it never proceeds to the launch menu (where I can select "Boot Salix ...").
For a time there is disc activity, i.e., I can hear the DVD spinning in the drive, then there is silence.
I still see the black screen with the "Salix Live KDE Edition" background image, and the cursor frozen in the upper left-hand corner.
Here's a photo of that screen:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/54 ... reeze.jpg/
I've waited as long as 10-15 minutes, but the system never progresses to the launch menu.
If "
English (GB)" is selected:
After a pause, the system proceeds to the launch menu.
I scroll down and select "Change boot options".
Next, I select "Custom Linux kernel parameters" and enter the appropriate cheatcode.
I return back to the launch screen.
I select the "Boot Salix ..." line and hit the Return key.
After a pause, the system begins booting normally (
init info displayed in verbose mode, etc.) and proceeds to the Live desktop.
I will double-check this info later tonight and will post corrections, if necessary. I will also try timing the "hang" with the US keyboard option to give you a better idea of how long it is non-responsive ... If there is something specific you'd like me to try, or document, please let me know.
Thanks,
=david
P.S.
The motherboard in this PC is an MSI K9N6PGM2-V (stamped "MS-7309 ver:2.1" on the mobo itself) and the BIOS is American Megatrends (AMI) v2.2 09252009.