<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000099"> user_X wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1215494076.2271.4.camel@localhost.localdomain" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 20:01 -0400, bob smith wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Just upgraded my AC4 to FC8. Tried to do the graphical install, but ... worked fine with ac1 and 4, system is a ds10, Radeon 7500 card, and just kind of barfs (my term for fails to give me an X installation), sometimes with some kind of plaid sort of screen (colored horizontal and vertical patterns) some timees with just the initial cursor X in the middle of the screen with no completion, and some times it will actually tell me it is not configured right and aborts. box has been idle for a bit, hardware is all recognized properly, nothing fancy, couple of scsi drives, cd, and the 7500 as the only power suckers beyond mb and memory. PS seems to be fine. thanks for any hints bob -- </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Bob, & list: The FC8's installation habits have improved markedly version over version. The most recent version (April XX 08) gave me a clean graphical install on a UP2000. Perhaps you are using an earlier release? I do know some of the the guys that put it together are using Radeon cards in their build machines, so the graphics drivers should be OK. just a thought. Good luck. jn </pre> </blockquote> jn, thanks, usiog the april iso. 20080404. I never rule out the machine being difficult, or obstinate... thanks! I will try again. bob <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- =============================================== Mary, Patty and Lynn are brats, hmmm I know some brats. </pre> </body> </html>