On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 20:38 -0500, Pedro Izecksohn wrote: > --- Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Issuing xdriver=vesa as a kernel parameter on boot should allow the vesa > > driver to be loaded when you boot. Though I am not toying around with the > > Live CD, the X server should work the same as traditional installs. > > cat /proc/cmdline > initrd=initrd0.img root=CDLABEL=F10-x86_64-Live rootfstype=iso9660 ro > liveimg xdriver=vesa BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz0 > > It did not work. > This one time, back in like Fedora 7, I had a pair of nvidia 6600 cards that didn't work with the nv driver (they had more memory than whatever was "standard", and I was using the Live CD. So, when booting the live CD, I actually had to append "3" to the kernel line as an argument (to start in runlevel 3), log in as root (with password, since I was on the live CD) and then edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to change the "nv" driver to "vesa". Then I ran "startx" (as root, because I lived dangerously back then) and did my install. I don't have that setup anymore, and Fedora is a newer version, but maybe that will help, or convince someone that an easier way should be available for getting alternatives to work other than passing arguments. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
