Installing FC-4, problem with video

nodata fedora at nodata.co.uk
Sat Jul 23 15:58:24 UTC 2005


On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 16:21 +0200, Gary kaplan wrote:
> I am trying to install FC-4 on an older computer,  dual 700 MHz  P3,  
> Intel motherboard with GX chipset, and onboard video "Cirrus Logic 
> GD5480"     When I try to install FC-4, the installation starts OK, but 
> as soon as I pass the check disk screen, and the boot sequence starts to 
> determine the hardware the screen goes black then I get only vertical 
> lines of various sizes.   
> 
> This seems to me to be a video sync  problem,  That the video card is 
> not able to support the requirements of FC-4
> 
> What are the minimum graphic requirements for FC-4?     FC-3 installs 
> just fine.   
> 
> Is there a solution?
> 
> Gary
> 

Install in text mode, or use noprobe. Check the boot options from the
initial boot screen.




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