Partial Success with RC2

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R caf at omen.com
Sun Aug 8 14:08:02 UTC 2010


  RC2 with ATI Radeon HD 5670 - Blank screen with either
default or VESA driver.  What happened to text mode install?

RC2 with ATI 2600 XT (an old card) - successful install.
Had to add "vga" cheat code to get a display on a CRT.

The current ATI proprietary driver (I want my Cpmpiz!!)
installs without error messages on both 32 and 64 RC2.
However the result does not run X windows, and
removing xorg.conf doesn't allow X to run as desired.

Install did not ask for a user account.  I had to add
one using a console TTY and groupadd/useradd/passwd.
Almost a feature, but sure to confuse novices.

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Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R     caf at omen.com   www.omen.com
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
   Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
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