Install hang question ...

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mconsidine at netreach.net wrote:

>>>If rhgb is causing the problem you can get into the GRUB
>>>menu select the  right kernel, and press 'a' to edit the
>>>kernel arguments. Then remove  the rhgb part.
>>>      
>>>
>>That worked.  At least to the point where it now doesn't
>>like my video card (RIVA128 AGP) and - dispite bringing up
>>eth0 OK - not being able to ping to 'net.  :)
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>Turns out it didn't like the default color depth of 16.  So
>I editted xorg.conf and changed 16 to 8 (using emacs). 
>Rebooted.  X server now came up and is giving me all the
>needed screens to sync date/time, monitor config, etc. 
>Theoretically I should now be able to finish the setup.
>
>Thought this might help some other newbie to FC3
>
>Matt
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Now that you have the proper settings in the xorg.conf file rhgb should 
also work properly.