No screen in attempted install

Sun Apr 4 10:22:54 UTC 2010

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.

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> Anne
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