Rawhide 3d: 0 for Three

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 08/04/2009 02:55 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> ECS motherboard with Intel graphics -
> system>preferences>desktop effects:
> clicking on "enable desktop effects" blows
> out the session and dumps the user back to
> the login screen.  3d games don't work.
> 
> ATI 2600xt - the ATI .run script for installing
> the ATI server crashes leaving Linux inoperable.
> 
> Nvidia 9600gt - the current Nvidia .run installation
> compiles but then fails, even in runlevel 3, because
> it cannot load the kernel module.  Is this a side
> effect of kernel graphics mode setting?
> 
> Is there a boot code to bypass kernel graphics
> mode setting, or is this feature stuck in the
> kernel like a Drakh Keeper?

boot option "nomodeset"

Rahul