Instalation Fedora Core 4 with nofb

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Di, den 05.07.2005 schrieb Tomás Fariña um 8:36:

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> The installation of FC4 worked for me with "linux nofb"; I can login
> either
> in text mode (init 3) or in graphics mode (init 5). Since it seems
> using
> nofb
> has something to do with the Frame Buffer, I would like to know why it
> is necessary.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-install-guide/s1-trouble-begin.html#S2-TROUBLE-FRAMBUFFERS

Your specific graphics card has a problem with the framebuffer mode. Not
knowing which card it isn't possible to say more.

Alexander


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