Fresh FC4 install issues

Jim Cornette fc-cornette at insight.rr.com
Wed Jun 22 11:13:12 UTC 2005


James Bridge wrote:

>>are probably other utilities to extract the file, but 
>>just a suggested program.
>>
>>Jim
>>    
>>
>
>The white screen seems to be a problem with Trident CyberBlade
>videocards, which I have, so I couldn't get the GUI install to work at
>all. I installed FC4 alongside FC3, on a separate partition, using the
>text install. Then I could try the trick of substituting files, without
>risking loss of a working FC3. 
>The bugzilla report mentioned above suggests two changes:
>	/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>and	/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_drv.o
>I did this by mounting the FC4 partition in FC3 so I could just copy the
>files across from FC3 to FC4 directories. In short, it worked and FC4
>looks very nice.
>
>I'll put a report into bugzilla soon but I want to try just changing one
>file at a time.
>  
>

I'm glad that it worked for you to replace the files.
I copied the libvgahw.a file over from a system that had FC3 installed 
in much the same way that you described.
The mga_drv.o was probably not needed, since you are not using an mga 
card. I doubt it hurt anything though.

Jim

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