On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 09:22 -0500, Adam Jackson wrote: > On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 03:23 +0100, Patrick wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Just installed F7T1 i386 on my Acer 4005 x86_64 laptop on a separate > > partition I had reserved for F7T1. This laptop has an ATI X700 video > > chipset. On both FC6 and F7T1 anaconda correctly detects the ATI X700 > > but when it starts X the output gets sent to the external monitor or > > TV-out port so I only get a black screen. On FC6 I could specify vesa as > > a boot option which then worked fine. However, F7T1 does understand it > > needs to use vesa but it fails to start X and it falls back to text > > mode. > > > > Anyone had similar experiences with using vesa? > > Why you would do this when the X700 is supported by the radeon driver, I > do not know. Because the output of the screen does not get directed to the laptop screen but to one of the other output ports (external screen, tv-out). So I get a black laptop screen. I chatted about this quite some time back with Mike Harris and iirc he was aware of the issue (this issue is also in FC6). After installation I also need to add the following line to xorg.conf or else output ports get switched and I get another black laptop screen (at least that was the explanation I read somewhere online): Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,NONE" Which afaict forces the driver to use the first screen (aka the laptop screen). > The vesa driver in F7t1 ought to include all the latest fixes. If you > can scrape /tmp/ramfs/X.log off the machine at install time after the > text mode fallback that would probably tell you why it failed. I'll give it a try. Do you have any tips for me how I can save that file? Is it at that time already possible to copy the file to a usb stick or ftp the file to another host? Regards, Patrick -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list