On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:27 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote: >> On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:20 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote: >> > On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:13 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote: >> > > I've installed F9 x86 on an hp 2133. But, as I expected, the graphical >> > > interface is screwed up. (I had the same problem with the LiveCD). I've >> > > tried passing the following options at boot (vesa skipddc vga=794) but a >> > > weird somewhat blank screen always comes up and the system is locked (I >> > > can't get to a console to try to fix X). >> > > >> > > How can I boot just to a non-graphical system so I can get to a console? >> > > >> > > I've asked repeatedly on this list for related info but so far no one >> > > has responded. Please, I need some help! >> > > >> > > Rick B. >> > > >> > >> > OK, I tried adding "text" and that allows be to get to a text console. >> > >> > Now all I have to do is get X working (it works fine using SUSE 10). >> > >> > Rick B. >> > >> >> It's very weird. F9 appears to correctly identify the graphics card >> (something like "chrome" by VIA). I changed this in xorg.conf to "vesa" >> which I thought would be very generic but now the screen goes black when >> I execute "startx". >> >> Any suggestions would be appreciated. >> >> Rick >> > > I just changed "vesa" to "vga" but there does not appear to be a "vga" > driver installed. I'm not sure what rpm to install. > > Rick B. The graphics adapter might not be able to support the millions of color depth that you have chosen. Try "vga=733". -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
