On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Adam Williamson wrote: > Hi, Robert. If you can - as quickly as you can - could you test this > build of firstboot: > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=136672 > > and see how it works for you? Just download and install the appropriate > package for your arch, then edit /etc/sysconfig/firstboot and change the > NO to YES, and run 'chkconfig firstboot on' as root. Then restart and it > should boot into firstboot. Are the buttons visible now? I hope they may > be, but I suspect they won't. > > Don't run through the wizard either way, it may have unpredictable > results. Once you've tested, reboot to runlevel 3 (add '3' as a kernel > parameter), quit out of the system-config menu thing that loads up, log > in as root, and change /etc/sysconfig/firstboot back to NO and disable > the firstboot service. > > thanks! sorry for the delay -- yes, that solves my issue, i can now see the entire screen in firstboot. and i ran thru firstboot in its entirety since this is just a test system and there's nothing worth saving. so, from the perspective of just being able to see the entire screen, it looks good. OTOH, xdpyinfo still thinks i have a 2080x800 display but we already know that's a different issue. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
