On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 09:42 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> --- On Sun, 10/5/08, Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > From: Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > Subject: Forcing Fedora 9 Live CD to boot with VESA Video Driver >> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 9:39 AM >> > I've downloaded the latest F9 Live CD (not KDE version). >> > I'm trying to >> > use it with an HP2133 mini-notebook but the Chrome driver >> > still does not >> > work. Is there a way to force the Live CD to use the VESA >> > driver? (I'm >> > currently running F8 on the 2133.) >> > >> > Rick B. >> > >> > -- >> >> >> Pass the vesa parameter to boot after pressing tab to try and check if it forces vesa driver. >> >> Regards, >> >> Antonio > > Thanks. I included "xdriver=vesa" plus several other parameters in > various combinations, all to no avail. F9 installs (I can hear it play > some music/sounds) but I don't have any video. As I said, I'm running F8 > with the vesa driver and it works fine. I have no idea why F9 is such a > pain to install. > > Rick B. Try "vga=791". That should let you run 1024x768x64k colors. Search the web for more values. By the way, the opensuse 11 folks do a great job of providing possible video values in their grub. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
