On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 07:13 -0400, Jim Cornette wrote: > James Bridge wrote: > > >>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. > > > > > > I'm glad that it worked for you to replace the files. > I copied the libvgahw.a file over from a system that had FC3 installed > in much the same way that you described. > The mga_drv.o was probably not needed, since you are not using an mga > card. I doubt it hurt anything though. Hi Jim - you were right, the mga driver makes no difference. But changing the FC3 libvgahw.a file for the FC4 version causes a blank white screen and corrupts the display in the text consoles. -- James Bridge <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
