Re: Booting F9 with NO X11

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:27 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote:
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:20 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote:
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:13 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote:
I've installed F9 x86 on an hp 2133. But, as I expected, the graphical
interface is screwed up. (I had the same problem with the LiveCD). I've
tried passing the following options at boot (vesa skipddc vga=794) but a
weird somewhat blank screen always comes up and the system is locked (I
can't get to a console to try to fix X).

How can I boot just to a non-graphical system so I can get to a console?

I've asked repeatedly on this list for related info but so far no one
has responded. Please, I need some help!

Rick B.


OK, I tried adding "text" and that allows be to get to a text console.

Now all I have to do is get X working (it works fine using SUSE 10).

Rick B.


It's very weird. F9 appears to correctly identify the graphics card
(something like "chrome" by VIA). I changed this in xorg.conf to "vesa"
which I thought would be very generic but now the screen goes black when
I execute "startx".

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Rick


I just changed "vesa" to "vga" but there does not appear to be a "vga"
driver installed. I'm not sure what rpm to install.

Rick B.

The graphics adapter might not be able to support the millions of
color depth that you have chosen. Try "vga=733".

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