No screen in attempted install

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 04 April 2010 11:22:54 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
> On 04/04/2010 07:12 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > I've never met this problem before, and am at a loss as to how to tackle
> > it. This is on a new laptop, suitably partitioned, ready for an install.
> > 
> > Attempt 1 - Fedora 12 DVD.  Spins up, text messages whizz past, screen
> > goes blank, disk stops spinning - and nothing happens.
> > 
> > Attempt 2 - Fedora KDE Live CD - Spins up, text messages whizz past,
> > screen goes blank, the disk continues to spin.  Eventually the startup
> > sound is heard - but there is still nothing on screen.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> Sounds like an X issue. What kind of video card? Try installing in vesa
> or text mode.
> 
Yes, I think so.  It's Intel - but the spec is vague about which model.  
Anyway, install is proceeding now.  I was attempting to interrupt the boot to 
add parameters, but of course that was causing it to use the default setting.  
This time I kept my hands off until I saw the grub menu, then selected the 
basic video install.  All looks ok now.

Anne
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