F16 beta TC1 garbled graphical screen [workaround]

[Adam Williamson]

On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 17:02 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 11:53 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> > When I get past the current dracut/squashfs problems (BZ#735199)
> > (workaround maxcpus=1 works for me). I only get a garbled graphical
> > screen so I cannot continue with the installation.
> > anaconda textmode is no longer there and xdriver=vesa gives the same
> > garbled screen.
> > 
> > All F16 alpha rc's and alpha worked fine with the graphical installer.
> > Did something change here?
> > 
> > btw this is when booting through EFI. Legacy boot works.
> > 
> The garbled screen at boot is still there, but when booting in EFI mode
> with maxcpus=1 and a bit more patience (wait for hardware), anaconda
> gets to the normal graphical install screen and I can make my way
> through a the installation.

Oh, so it comes up garbled, then after a while resolves itself?
Interesting. What hardware?
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