On 10/06/14 21:45, Peter wrote:
> On 10/06/2014 03:47 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>> I've been Googeling and experimenting for two days trying to find a way
>> to deal with the Intel 845-G video chipset in this Dell Dimension 2400.
>> First, it doesn't have a DVD drive so I have to install from a CD.
>> When I try to boot into the Live CD I get a video error something like,
>> Undefined video mode number: 317. It hangs at the splash screen.
>
> Lots of solutions for this in google:
> https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=%22Undefined+video+mode+number%3A+317%22
>
> The driver for that chipset is just the regular intel driver:
> yum install xorg-x11-drv-intel
>
> You never mentioned which version of CentOS you're trying to install.
>
>
> Peter
Hey Peter,
Thanks for the link. I'm working with CentOS 6.5.
I changed the boot command from nomodeset to vga=normal
I changed the Xorg.config device from "VESA" to "Intel"
I rebooted the machine.
I now have a desktop at a usable resolution. Thank you there!!
But, there's always a but, the text displayed on that screen is not
usable. The text on the top bar that should say:
Applications Places System
says:
A P S m
The icon that is supposed to say "Computer" says "C m"
There's a dialogue box in the middle of the screen with various and
assorted consonants spread about. I have no idea what it's supposed to say.
Any clue as to how I can fix this?
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