Thank you. I will try your suggestions. I am re-installing Fedora 2.
We do keep a lot of older computers around here.
On Monday, March 7, 2005, at 03:26 PM, Robert L Cochran wrote:
Margaret Doll wrote:
I downloaded and tested the cds for Fedora 3.
When I do an initial install on my test computer, the graphics go
haywire when I get to the point where I want to choose the software
to install. Portions of the graphics don't show at all. Old portions
of the graphics do not disappear. I reach the state where I can't
proceed.
I have downloaded and recorded the first of the cds a couple of
times. Both copies ran through the tests on the test computer prior
to the attempt to install.
The test computer has run Fedora 2, RH 3 EL, RH2.1 EL and RH WS 3
without problems.
It is a Dell Optiplex GX 110.
I maintain a dozen systems that run Fedora and about that many
running the RH Enterprise systems.
Is there a fix?
What graphics card is the machine using? I've used Optiplex machines
(but never with Linux) and I think the GX 110 is really old. So it
would have an older graphics card...maybe a FireGL card...and Core 3
might not have a driver for that. I'm not sure if you can pass video
parameters at boot time. Maybe you can do a text install and configure
graphics later?
A handy trick is to go through the process of installing Fedora Core
2. Then check the output of left-hand alt F4 (or is it alt F3? alt
F5?) to find out what graphics driver was inserted by anaconda. That
will be the driver you want to use when installing Fedora Core 3.
Check to see if that driver is provided for anaconda in Fedora Core 3.
If not, change the x configuration file after doing a text mode
installation to use the right driver.
Bob Cochran
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