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[Jim]

Sebastian Vahl wrote:
> Am Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:13:02 -0400
> schrieb Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>:
>
>   
>> Scott Robbins wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 08:20:08PM -0400, Jim wrote:
>>>
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>>>   
>>>       
>>>> laptop has a VIA CX700M2 Unichrome
>>>> chipset but I don't think Linux has a driver for it yet. the Video
>>>> is normally run with a 800x600 Vesafb driver, how can I set
>>>> the video resolution before starting boot process ?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I believe on a FreeBSD box, I was able to get one of those Unichrome
>>> thingies working by choosing via as the driver.  (Manually editing
>>> xorg.conf).
>>>
>>> N.B.  It was a different cheap onboard card (PCChips MB in a tower)
>>> but might be worth a shot anyway. 
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Thanks for that info.
>> But do you have any Ideal howto set video before before boot process 
>> starts,  and pass to kernel "vesa 800x600" ,
>> so I can get video,  to get Fedora 9-KDE-live  to install on
>> harddrive.
>>     
>
> You could pass "xdriver=vesa" to the isolinux boot prompt. 
>
> Sebastian
>   

Sebastian, Thanks for the suggestion, it worked, but as soon as the boot process goes past "udev"
the screen goes purple and when X starts it starts loading the Desktop and after completion of Desktop
loading as soon as I do click on the mouse button, the screen locks up and ctrl-alt-backspace won't even help,
I have to hit the shutoff button and reboot.
I think I having problems with mouse settings.
I have downloaded a install disk instead of the "Live" disk so I can install then have control over my xorg.conf.
Can I pass onto the kernel "text" to install in the text mode ?