On Sunday 04 April 2010 11:22:54 Patrick Boutilier wrote: > On 04/04/2010 07:12 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I've never met this problem before, and am at a loss as to how to tackle > > it. This is on a new laptop, suitably partitioned, ready for an install. > > > > Attempt 1 - Fedora 12 DVD. Spins up, text messages whizz past, screen > > goes blank, disk stops spinning - and nothing happens. > > > > Attempt 2 - Fedora KDE Live CD - Spins up, text messages whizz past, > > screen goes blank, the disk continues to spin. Eventually the startup > > sound is heard - but there is still nothing on screen. > > > > Any suggestions? > > Sounds like an X issue. What kind of video card? Try installing in vesa > or text mode. > Yes, I think so. It's Intel - but the spec is vague about which model. Anyway, install is proceeding now. I was attempting to interrupt the boot to add parameters, but of course that was causing it to use the default setting. This time I kept my hands off until I saw the grub menu, then selected the basic video install. All looks ok now. Anne -- KDE Community Working Group New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kde/attachments/20100404/31ea4ba8/attachment-0001.bin
