F14 Alpha blank screen during install

[Clyde E. Kunkel]

On 08/26/2010 09:41 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:11:00 -0400
> Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
>
>> Specify nomodeset in the kernel cmd line.  Known problem and in bz.
>
> During anaconda, I couldn't get any video to work on my system
> at all with ati or vesa. I installed with VNC and after getting
> updates, the ATI driver works fine.
>
> I'm planning on switching back to the vesa driver sometime and
> see if I can get a log telling me why it won't work (or maybe
> it works OK after updates as well).

The F14 Alpha DVD needs nomodeset on the kernel cmd line for most radeon 
adapters in order to see the gui installer.