Am Fr, den 24.10.2003 schrieb Christoph Wickert um 14:12:
Am Fr, den 24.10.2003 schrieb Niels Weber um 07:57:
Ok, the thing with text mode installation (at least on that machine):
- It doesn't allow to choose packages individually.
I thought that option is gone anyway in fedora. Is it back again in test 3??? (Would be great!) But you are right: Text install is not as good as graphical mode, e. g. configuration of the boot-manager.
In graphical mode, you can choose packages individually. In text mode you can't.
- It always crashed on the second disk.
I'll try a text mode next time. Did the same disc 2 work with graphical install? Would be very strange.
Yes it is. I ran the graphical install with the same disks without problems. with the text based install, it crashed always during the second disk but always at different packages.
What's the reason for using "fb" at the installation? Is it considered a bug (should I add it to bugzilla) if my system only installs with "nofb"?
I'm not sure about the use of fb. I don't think it's used or necessary unless you set higher vga modes(? --duck&cover--). By the way: I'm using an old Elsa Erazor TNT II Pro (Nvidia Riva 128 I think) and have no problems with the fb. Mayby you can try to boot with fb but disable it's use in X with
Option "UseFBDev" "false"
in the device section. Might be worth a try, but be sure to make a new entry for that in grub, so you can always go back if it doesn't work.
I'll have a look at that.
I think the problem is your TFT, not the graphics card , but i cannot
The issue here seems to be that the "nv" driver doesn't work with the digital out (and as I understand bugzilla won't until nvidia gives the needed information to the XFree86 developers - so probably it will never work).
Well, then you have to change the monitor or need to install the nvidia driver first. Should not be a problem, if the second disc did not crash.
But it's not really the best solution... :(
That was the reason for my question / proposal: That the binary nvidia-drivers should be available sometime during the installation.
This will never happen, for it is proprietary code and fedora core is open source. Und das ist auch gut so;-)
It sure is. I wasn't talking about including the binary drivers into fedora. I was talking about a way to make them available during install time somehow.
BTW: Is the trademarked artwork of redhat less proprietary than the nvidia-drivers?