installing with a video card overriding built-in video [was Re: Fedora Core 6 HUGE problem]

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 28 May 2007 22:54:22 D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com>
> |
> | The problem may not have anything to do with the driver for the
> | graphics adapter. A few of my systems have embedded graphics adapters.
> | Numerous distributions(including Fedora) have choked on the disabled
> | embedded adapter. When that happens I resort to text mode install and
> | run system-config-display or it's equivalent post install.
>
> I've certainly run into this problem.  With Fedora and Ubuntu.  It is
> an xorg problem.  I haven't gotten to the bottom of it but I do know
> that the xorg.conf ebds up with the PCI address of the built-in video
> interface not the add-in card.
>
That sounds as thought the 'built-in' video is not disabled in BIOS.

Anne