Fedora Release 1 - console display problem

[Chiu, PCM (Peter)]

How interesting, on the fully working system, the driver does
indeed set to "vesa".

Why it didn't get pick up in the first installation puzzles me.

Thanks a lot.

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On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 08:53:44AM -0000, Chiu, PCM (Peter)  wrote:
> Having mounted Fedora on an AMD Athlon system with integrated S3 
> graphics, I came across a problem in using the newly installed system 
> on the console in graphics mode. Right click on the screen gives a 
> rectangular block with some dots instead of texts showing
> the options.   Still if I select the second dot, it fires up a terminal
> session on the screen.
> 
> I tried using redhat-config-xfree86 but the display also exhibits 
> similar problems, ie. the tabs and options are shown as dots, making 
> selection rather difficult.
> 
> I reinstalled Fedora on the same box, but selected "everything" to the 
> package selection prompt. Now, the system is behaving properly, with 
> all the display options showing as they should be.
> 
> Any idea what could be missing?
> 
> Peter

There isn't anything missing.  I had a similar problem with an S3 install.
The solution for me was to change the S3 driver in XF86config to "vesa" and
it's been working ever since.


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