Re: Red Hat 9 broke PC Weasel support

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On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Chris Caputo (ccaputo@xxxxxxx) said: 
> > Our site is a big fan of the PC Weasel (http://www.realweasel.com/)  
> > VGA-to-RS232 PCI card.  Red Hat 8.0 and prior has worked well with this
> > card.  With Red Hat 9 I'm seeing a few problems.
> > 
> > One is during text setup ("linux text") - even if text is specified Red
> > Hat 9 is going into some kind of graphic mode, according to the Weasel.  
> > This makes it so the install can't be done via the Weasel, like it used to
> > be able to do.  Any tips on how to make it so setup is done using the same
> > kind of text mode which was used in previous versions of Red Hat Linux?  
> > (I tried "linux text noprobe" too, but that didn't help.)
> 
> You should be able to pass 'nofb', I believe.

"linux text nofb" worked perfectly with the Weasel.  Install went fine.

Thank you!

Chris





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