On Sunday 04 April 2010 11:22:54 Patrick Boutilier wrote:
On 04/04/2010 07:12 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> I've never met this problem before, and am at a loss as to how to tackle
> it. This is on a new laptop, suitably partitioned, ready for an install.
>
> Attempt 1 - Fedora 12 DVD. Spins up, text messages whizz past, screen
> goes blank, disk stops spinning - and nothing happens.
>
> Attempt 2 - Fedora KDE Live CD - Spins up, text messages whizz past,
> screen goes blank, the disk continues to spin. Eventually the startup
> sound is heard - but there is still nothing on screen.
>
> Any suggestions?
Sounds like an X issue. What kind of video card? Try installing in vesa
or text mode.
Yes, I think so. It's Intel - but the spec is vague about which model.
Anyway, install is proceeding now. I was attempting to interrupt the boot to
add parameters, but of course that was causing it to use the default setting.
This time I kept my hands off until I saw the grub menu, then selected the
basic video install. All looks ok now.
Anne
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