f17 and ATI RAGE128

[G.Wolfe Woodbury]

On 05/26/2012 03:43 AM, Allen Halsey wrote:
> I found xorg-x11-drv-r128-6.8.2-1.fc17.i686.rpm in the Fedora 17 repo.
> I
> installed it and rebooted.
>
> As before, I couldn't see the Grub menu, but eventually I was presented
> the graphical Welcome screen and the system runs well.
>
> How can I get the grub menu to be visible?
in /etc/default/grub

add the definition

     GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768

then rebuild your grub.cfg file by

     grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg


The problem is that grub2 selects inappropriate video modes for ATI cards
The GFXMODE variable preselects a mode for grub2.
I've had to do this for a Radeon card.