> David Kramer wrote: >> Jim Cornette wrote: >> >>> You might specify which video driver that you want to use for the >>> installation with xdriver=vesa (Or ati,sis,i810 ....) >>> I had to use this option once when my card type did not register during >>> the installer phase. (My case was for an SIS video) >>> >>> Jim >>> >> >> Can't get networking or USBstick working, so this is as best as I can >> transcribe: >> >> xdriver=ati produced the same blue screen, but /tmp/ramfs/X.log was >> different. In all other cases there were lots of errors (including the >> final error) about missing fonts and font paths. Using this option, >> I see warnings of: >> No monitor specified for screen "Anaconda" >> The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout >> The core keyboard device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout >> No FontPath specified >> FontPath set to: >> unix/:7100, >> built0ins >> Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) >> >> glx was loaded >> AIGLX was enabled >> FreeType loades, Type1 loaded >> dri failed to load (libdrm.so.2: no such file or directory) >> ATI loaded >> R128 loaded >> RADEON loaded > > What was shown in your xorg.conf file for previous installations. I had > radeon as the driver instead of ati. There are drivers and sub-drivers > for ati type cards. This was on an hp laptop. I'm not sure, but maybe > xdriver=radeon would work. I'll try that tonight. > This sounds like a good candidate for an anaconda bug filing. Font > errors, acpi errors, network errors and the like. there should be an > error log generated in the /root directory if your install attempt made > it that far along in the process. (formatted disks and wrote files to > disk.) I'll file the bug report, but here's the thing: I just got this laptop last Wednesday, and if it aint gonna run Linux with X in the right aspect ratio and usable resolution, I need to return it and eat the restocking fee, and I need to do it by early next week at the latest. My plan is if I can't get this working by Monday, I'm returning this and ordering a Dell with an NVidia card that will work better as a MythTV front end anyway. So far, I've tried: F7-test4: Wouldn't work at all. Blue screen. F7-rawhide: Wouldn't work at all. Blue screen. Ubuntu: Wouldn't even try to run X, went into text install CentOS5: The installer ran in 1/4 of the screen. I eventually got it running at 1400x1050. When I tried getting it to run 1600x1050, X failed to start. Some of the installs identified the card as "ATI Technologies unknown devlice 71d4", and some recognized it as the FireGL 5250 it is. I think I've given it a fair shot. The worst part of this is that I ordered the laptop on 04/11, and it took a full month to get it. > PS - Text installation was pretty much neglected when I tried to do a > text install before with 'linux text' I would put up with the pain of the text install if system-confog-display would give me workable X after the install. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
