FC3 Graphical Install and Boot Problems

[Richard Duncan]

I tried re-running the installation using "nofb" but no change.  I also 
removed rhgb from the grub line, but still no change.  It boots up and 
into what I assume is the firstboot program.  Is there a way to set 
grub to tell the system to boot in runlevel 3 or anything?

As far as the output on boot, smartd fails, but it moves too fast for 
me to see the Xorg outputs before going into graphical mode.

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> Message: 15
> Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:48:16 +0100
> From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
> Subject: Re: FC3 Graphical Install and Boot Problems
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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> Am Fr, den 03.12.2004 schrieb Richard Duncan um 8:36:
>
>> I'm having troubles installing FC3 in graphical install or, once
>> installed using text mode, booting (can't get past firstboot's
>> graphical mode).  I see the buttons, dialogue boxes, etc., but not 
>> text
>> in any of them, so I have no idea what I'm doing.  I tried switching 
>> to
>> a VGA monitor, but no luck, same as with DVI.  Any ideas? I'm using 
>> the
>> FC3 DVD and it passes media check.

>> From the FC3 release notes: use the "nofb" switch if you experience
> problems with the framebuffer mode.
> One installed remove the "rhgb" (maybe too the "quiet" option to get
> more verbose output) from the kernel parameter line (grub boot screen
> press "a").
>
> Alexander