"Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Sent: Jul 27, 2010 6:23 AM >To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: Thinkpad A22p/Improper Video on Install > >On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 20:21 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: >> I'm trying to install FC8 on my old, creaky Thinkpad A22p (ATI Rage >> Mobility Rage 3) and the video from the graphical installer is not >> correct. I get about 1/3 of the orginal screen, then 1/3 of the third >> 1/3 of screen followed by that 1/3 again. >> >> If I use the text installer, X will not start when running the first >> time after installing. >> >> TTIA. >> >> James McKenzie >> (And a big thank you to the wiki documentation team. I read through and >> used the archives to see if this had been answered before posting!) > >James, > >My A22p has the same problem. I have had to use the basic (VESA) video >driver whenever installing Fedora. A couple of weeks ago I finally found >the 'gtf' utility which computed the required modeline. I wrote a custom >xorg.conf file for Fedora 13. If Fedora 8 uses xorg (I don't remember), >it should work for you. > STOOPID question time from a long time Linux/UNIX sysadmin: How do I select the VESA video driver at the wonderful install screen? I don't readily see the ability to do this. Maybe I'm missing something. If it's in the docs, give me a section, I can read it myself and is a 'best left as an exercise for the student' :) James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
