Sebastian Vahl wrote:
Am Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:13:02 -0400
schrieb Jim <mickeyboa(a)sbcglobal.net>:
> Scott Robbins wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 08:20:08PM -0400, Jim wrote:
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>>> laptop has a VIA CX700M2 Unichrome
>>> chipset but I don't think Linux has a driver for it yet. the Video
>>> is normally run with a 800x600 Vesafb driver, how can I set
>>> the video resolution before starting boot process ?
>>>
>>>
>> I believe on a FreeBSD box, I was able to get one of those Unichrome
>> thingies working by choosing via as the driver. (Manually editing
>> xorg.conf).
>>
>> N.B. It was a different cheap onboard card (PCChips MB in a tower)
>> but might be worth a shot anyway.
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> Thanks for that info.
> But do you have any Ideal howto set video before before boot process
> starts, and pass to kernel "vesa 800x600" ,
> so I can get video, to get Fedora 9-KDE-live to install on
> harddrive.
>
You could pass "xdriver=vesa" to the isolinux boot prompt.
Sebastian
Sebastian, Thanks for the suggestion, it worked, but as soon as the boot process goes past
"udev"
the screen goes purple and when X starts it starts loading the Desktop and after
completion of Desktop
loading as soon as I do click on the mouse button, the screen locks up and
ctrl-alt-backspace won't even help,
I have to hit the shutoff button and reboot.
I think I having problems with mouse settings.
I have downloaded a install disk instead of the "Live" disk so I can install
then have control over my xorg.conf.
Can I pass onto the kernel "text" to install in the text mode ?