FW: Install problems Fedora Core 3 - Dell OptiPlex....

[David Cary Hart]

On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 21:08 +0000, Irving, Dave wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
> Im trying to install Fedora Core 3 on an old Dell box which was, until
> today, running Win NT (Dell OptiPlex GX110).
> During the (GUI) install process, I noticed that the screen wasn't
> refreshing very well (e.g, was not repainting properly if I scrolled the
> help menus). I thought this might sort itself out after the install.
> However, after the install completed (successfully according to the install
> tool), the screen just went mad (random colour lines all over the screen) -
> moving the mouse or pressing keyboard buttons did nothing.
> So I rebooted, and at start up (the usual starting this, starting that
> console messages appeared), but then the screen blew again.
> I have no idea what to do next.
> Can anyone help?

Try adding nofb to the boot command.
>  

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