Re: Fedora 16 on Power - install problems very early in the process

[Dennis Clarke]

> > Dennis
>
> At the prompt which answers "linux" when you hit tab (the yaboot
> prompt), enter
>
> linux text
>
> and try that.

Thanks for the help, however, same result. I end up with black on the left of the screen and blue
on the right. No text .. no menus, nothing.

Wish there was a headless option with a serial port.

Dennis

Fedora 16 on Power - install problems very early in the process

[Louis Lagendijk]

On Mon, 2011-12-26 at 01:01 -0500, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > > Dennis
> >
> > At the prompt which answers "linux" when you hit tab (the yaboot
> > prompt), enter
> >
> > linux text
> >
> > and try that.
>
> Thanks for the help, however, same result. I end up with black on the left of the screen and blue
> on the right. No text .. no menus, nothing.
>
> Wish there was a headless option with a serial port.
>
> Dennis

try 
linux vnc
see:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/VNC_Wh...

I have still some problems with my imac g5 display in X though after
installation.