I have also tried adding video=640x480-8@60 and variations of that. According to my monitor, /sbin/loader is switching from 1024x768@60Hz NP to 1064x768@60Hz NN. I'm actually not sure what NP or NN mean; it's just what the monitor is reporting. Patrick On 10/24/05, patrick <gibblertron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm having a problem installing FC4 on a machine with an "Integrated > VIA UniChrome AGP Graphics with MPEG-2 Accelerator" graphics adapter. > > I start up with "linux text" to enter text-mode installation, the > kernel starts and I see information about the hardware, and then just > after /sbin/loader loads, the screen changes video mode into something > that is all garbled. When the text installer starts, I can make out > the colours, but cannot read any text as it is shaking and garbled. > I've also tried booting up with vga=ask passed the kernel, picking a > standard 80x25 vga mode. > > Is there any way to have /sbin/loader NOT switch video modes? If it > would just stay in the same mode as when the kernel starts up, I'd be > fine. > > Thanks, > > Patrick >
