On 07/27/2010 07:54 AM, James Mckenzie wrote: > "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' :) It's in the installation docs, but essentially add the following to the boot command line: xdriver=vesa Reference: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Installation_Guide/ch08s02.html#id814670 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks@xxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Charter Member of the International Sarcasm Society - - "Yeah, like we need YOUR support!" - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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
