how do you force anaconda to use vesa?

Patrick fedora-list at puzzled.xs4all.nl
Wed Nov 21 18:10:41 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 12:04 -0500, Jack Howarth wrote:
> Jim,
>    Unfortunately, adding 'xdriver=vesa' to the kernel flags that the
> installer uses doesn't help. I still find that anaconda probes the
> Radeon X1650 Pro and then I get a black screen. The weird part is
> that I can't seem to get to a virtual console after that happens.
> I guess I'll be sitting Fedora 8 out since I don't really want to
> mess with a text-based upgrade.

You could do a graphical install via vnc if you have another box.

Regards,
Patrick




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