Am Fr, den 24.10.2003 schrieb Christoph Wickert um 14:12: > Am Fr, den 24.10.2003 schrieb Niels Weber um 07:57: > > Ok, the thing with text mode installation (at least on that machine): > > 1. It doesn't allow to choose packages individually. > I thought that option is gone anyway in fedora. Is it back again in test > 3??? (Would be great!) But you are right: Text install is not as good as > graphical mode, e. g. configuration of the boot-manager. In graphical mode, you can choose packages individually. In text mode you can't. > > 2. It always crashed on the second disk. > I'll try a text mode next time. Did the same disc 2 work with graphical > install? Would be very strange. Yes it is. I ran the graphical install with the same disks without problems. with the text based install, it crashed always during the second disk but always at different packages. > > What's the reason for using "fb" at the installation? Is it considered > > a bug (should I add it to bugzilla) if my system only installs with > > "nofb"? > I'm not sure about the use of fb. I don't think it's used or necessary > unless you set higher vga modes(? --duck&cover--). By the way: I'm using > an old Elsa Erazor TNT II Pro (Nvidia Riva 128 I think) and have no > problems with the fb. Mayby you can try to boot with fb but disable it's > use in X with > > Option "UseFBDev" "false" > > in the device section. Might be worth a try, but be sure to make a new > entry for that in grub, so you can always go back if it doesn't work. I'll have a look at that. > > > I think the problem is your TFT, not the graphics card , but i cannot > > The issue here seems to be that the "nv" driver doesn't work with the > > digital out (and as I understand bugzilla won't until nvidia gives the > > needed information to the XFree86 developers - so probably it will never > > work). > Well, then you have to change the monitor or need to install the nvidia > driver first. Should not be a problem, if the second disc did not crash. But it's not really the best solution... :( > > That was the reason for my question / proposal: That the binary > > nvidia-drivers should be available sometime during the installation. > This will never happen, for it is proprietary code and fedora core is > open source. Und das ist auch gut so;-) It sure is. I wasn't talking about including the binary drivers into fedora. I was talking about a way to make them available during install time somehow. BTW: Is the trademarked artwork of redhat less proprietary than the nvidia-drivers? -- Niels Weber <nath@xxxxxxxx>
