Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 20:21 -0700, James McKenzie wrote:
I'm trying to install FC8 on my old, creaky Thinkpad A22p (ATI Rage Mobility Rage 3) and the video from the graphical installer is not correct. I get about 1/3 of the orginal screen, then 1/3 of the third 1/3 of screen followed by that 1/3 again.
If I use the text installer, X will not start when running the first time after installing.
TTIA.
James McKenzie (And a big thank you to the wiki documentation team. I read through and used the archives to see if this had been answered before posting!)
James,
My A22p has the same problem. I have had to use the basic (VESA) video driver whenever installing Fedora. A couple of weeks ago I finally found the 'gtf' utility which computed the required modeline. I wrote a custom xorg.conf file for Fedora 13. If Fedora 8 uses xorg (I don't remember), it should work for you.
[custom xorg deleted]
Does it take a LONG time to boot into X or did I do something wrong?
And what can I do to revert the inittab back so I can mess with this file some more (actually key it into submission.)
James McKenzie