On Nov 20, 2007 7:49 PM, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jack Howarth wrote: > > I found that when I tried to run the x86_64 Fedora 8 > > installer on a machine which currently runs x86_64 Fedora 7 > > that the X gui of the installer doesn't appear. I believe the > > problem is that the radeon driver is trying to drive the > > ATI Radeon X1650 Pro graphics card but only produces a black > > screen. I don't see any particular errors in the virtual console > > that anaconda launches X from. > > Is there anyway to force anaconda to default to the vesa > > driver (which is what Fedora 7 was doing)? I tried adding > > 'vesa' to the kernel options at the beginning of the installation > > but that didn't help. I am loath to do a text installation if > > I can find some way to suppress the radeon driver for the > > install (since I will use fglrx afterwards). > > Thanks in advance for any advice. > > Jack > > > > linux xdriver=vesa should do it. The option was changed to allow > flexibility so you could specify drivers other than vesa, such as intel. > > There may be documentation on this feature. I read it on the development > list and used it for several installations where the video card was not > detected properly. > > Jim If your display works when you boot to runlevel 3 you can (should be able to) use system-config-display to set up both your display adapter and monitor.
