vesa-mode Anaconda install

[Adam Williamson]

On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 14:05 -0700, Bob Arendt wrote:
> On 08/11/10 10:03, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 08:20 -0700, Bob Arendt wrote:
> >>  .....
> >> Perhaps having a simple "vesa" arg to anaconda to force a vesa Xserver
> >> would provide a quick and simple work-around.  It seems like this might
> >> be a simple hack to add to anaconda.  A short-hand for xdriver=vesa
> >
> > There's a fallback mode right on the menu - 'Basic video driver
> > installation' or whatever. That uses vesa.
> 
> Even better.  Thanks.

Note that this turns out to be broken in current F14 (and Rawhide):

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623129

due to modesetting complications it happens to work on Intel and NVIDIA
chipsets, but that's only by luck. It won't work as intended for others
(including ATI). What it *should* do, though, is run the installation
using the 'vesa' driver.
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