On 6/1/07, frank wang <yixiaodafang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am a new user on the linux. Could you tell me how to select the vesa driver in fedora? I thought I have tried it in ubuntu 7.0. Thanks Frank On 6/1/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6/1/07, frank wang <yixiaodafang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks for the help. > > > > However, what should I do after the installation? I have installed > > ubuntu on the computer, but I still have the display problem. I need > > to know how to fix this problem after I install the fedoar on the > > computer. > > > > Thanks > > > > Frank > > > > On 6/1/07, Benjamin Lewis <ben.lewis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > stan wrote: > > > > On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:54:58 -0700 > > > > "frank wang" <yixiaodafang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> It seems that my firse email did not send out. If this is a duplicate, > > > >> I am sorry. > > > >> Since I am desperately need some help, I resend here. > > > >> > > > >> I have burned a livecd of fedora 7 and the cd works fine with my new > > > >> desktop. However, when I try to run the livecd on my IBM A21p thinkpad > > > >> with 512MB RAM. The display is screwed up. It has two displays, each > > > >> takes about half screen. I have the same problem with ubuntu 7.0. > > > >> Since I hope fedora 7 will fix this problem and I wait until the > > > >> release of fedaora. The display card is ATI mobility 128. > > > >> > > > >> Could anyone tell me how can I fix this problem? Without the display, > > > >> I could not install fedora on this computer. > > > >> > > > >> Thanks > > > >> > > > >> > > > > I don't know if this will work, but you could get the rescue_CD image. > > > > It is much smaller and I saw in another thread that people were able to > > > > do the install from it as well (via the network). > > > > > > > Yes, that is possible > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Benjamin Lewis > > > Fedora Ambassador > > > ben.lewis@xxxxxxxxxx > > Have you tried using the VESA driver? >
Use command line as superuser/root: system-config-display Tip: Boot into runlevel 3 (textmode) by pressing "a", followed by a space and a "3", press Enter, and log in.
