On Friday, January 23 2009, Bruno Wolff III said: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 13:31:37 -0500, > Chris Lumens <clumens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > - If the graphical installer doesn't work, the fix is not to have a > > completely different path to go down. The fix is to fix graphical > > installs. Having said this, we still do have work arounds possible. > > You can always add xdriver=vesa as a boot parameter if the normal driver > > for your card doesn't work under X. My latest patch to the list makes > > it more obvious that you can do this. > > I have had times when both the vesa and ati drivers were both broken for > my hardware. (I think this is currently the case in rawhide, though I need > to retest vesa again to make sure.) And people also have times when the kernel doesn't work. Maybe we should ship a BSD kernel too. Yes, I'm exaggerating a little, but the answer is not go "text mode", the answer is *FIX THE XDRIVER*. Maintaining multiple user interfaces especially when one of them is crippled by its very nature (yes, I'm referring to text mode again) is just not sane or reasonable. > > - I have removed many of the more complicated parts of the UI, turning > > text mode into the truly minimal install experience that a lot of > > people have asked for. You get a package set that's small but still > > able to install updates and new packages. You get the initial > > partitioning screen (choose your disks and handwaving layout) but not > > the second screen. > > Is this going to support encrypted partitions, LVM and software raid? > If it did than getting to where I can run yum update using a VT is going > to be good enough. If not, it doesn't help when my graphics card / LCD > display combo isn't working. No. Use the graphical mode. If that fails, please file bugs against X. And there's VNC and kickstart as fallbacks. Jeremy _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
