Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 20:21 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > >> I'm trying to install FC8 on my old, creaky Thinkpad A22p (ATI Rage >> Mobility Rage 3) and the video from the graphical installer is not >> correct. I get about 1/3 of the orginal screen, then 1/3 of the third >> 1/3 of screen followed by that 1/3 again. >> >> If I use the text installer, X will not start when running the first >> time after installing. >> >> TTIA. >> >> James McKenzie >> (And a big thank you to the wiki documentation team. I read through and >> used the archives to see if this had been answered before posting!) >> > > James, > > My A22p has the same problem. I have had to use the basic (VESA) video > driver whenever installing Fedora. A couple of weeks ago I finally found > the 'gtf' utility which computed the required modeline. I wrote a custom > xorg.conf file for Fedora 13. If Fedora 8 uses xorg (I don't remember), > it should work for you. > > [custom xorg deleted] Does it take a LONG time to boot into X or did I do something wrong? And what can I do to revert the inittab back so I can mess with this file some more (actually key it into submission.) James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
