Re: FC4 installer switching to garbled video after /sbin/loader

From: patrick (gibblertron_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/24/05

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    I have also tried adding video=640x480-8@60 and variations of that.
    According to my monitor, /sbin/loader is switching from 1024x768@60Hz
    NP to 1064x768@60Hz NN. I'm actually not sure what NP or NN mean; it's
    just what the monitor is reporting.

    Patrick

    On 10/24/05, patrick <gibblertron@gmail.com> wrote:
    > I'm having a problem installing FC4 on a machine with an "Integrated
    > VIA UniChrome AGP Graphics with MPEG-2 Accelerator" graphics adapter.
    >
    > I start up with "linux text" to enter text-mode installation, the
    > kernel starts and I see information about the hardware, and then just
    > after /sbin/loader loads, the screen changes video mode into something
    > that is all garbled. When the text installer starts, I can make out
    > the colours, but cannot read any text as it is shaking and garbled.
    > I've also tried booting up with vga=ask passed the kernel, picking a
    > standard 80x25 vga mode.
    >
    > Is there any way to have /sbin/loader NOT switch video modes? If it
    > would just stay in the same mode as when the kernel starts up, I'd be
    > fine.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Patrick
    > 

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