On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 21:29 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote: > AdabalaP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I tried to performed a graphical install but got a "white screen", > > > So switched to test based install, Installation went fine. Now i > > > get the same "white screen" when i rebooted. Has any one seen this > > > issue ? > > > > > > Details: Model - Compaq Presario, Video Card - Cyber Blade > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160580 > > This person has. > > What might be helpful is to try to replace the file described in > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=157556 > regarding replacing /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a > with a version from extracting it from the latest FC3 version of xorg-x11. > > Good luck! > What this will provide is confirmation that this file is wreaking havoc > on a slew of different video cards. If it works, you will have more than > a white screen for your GUI. > Including binary hacks with released binaries are not sent out with the > binary rpms. sometimes the hack is desirable compared to the > alternatives though. > Rename the FC4 version before you do this replacement. You might need to > restart the computer, change runlevel or restart the x server in some > other way for the change to take effect. > > I like to use mc (midnight commander) to dive into rpms to extract files > from it. There are probably other utilities to extract the file, but > just a suggested program. > > Jim The white screen seems to be a problem with Trident CyberBlade videocards, which I have, so I couldn't get the GUI install to work at all. I installed FC4 alongside FC3, on a separate partition, using the text install. Then I could try the trick of substituting files, without risking loss of a working FC3. The bugzilla report mentioned above suggests two changes: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a and /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_drv.o I did this by mounting the FC4 partition in FC3 so I could just copy the files across from FC3 to FC4 directories. In short, it worked and FC4 looks very nice. I'll put a report into bugzilla soon but I want to try just changing one file at a time. -- James Bridge <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
