Am Fr, den 24.10.2003 schrieb Christoph Wickert um 14:12:
Am Fr, den 24.10.2003 schrieb Niels Weber um 07:57:
> Ok, the thing with text mode installation (at least on that machine):
> 1. It doesn't allow to choose packages individually.
I thought that option is gone anyway in fedora. Is it back again in test
3??? (Would be great!) But you are right: Text install is not as good as
graphical mode, e. g. configuration of the boot-manager.
In graphical mode, you
can choose packages individually. In text mode
you can't.
> 2. It always crashed on the second disk.
I'll try a text mode next time. Did the same disc 2 work with graphical
install? Would be very strange.
Yes it is. I ran the graphical install with the
same disks without
problems. with the text based install, it crashed always during the
second disk but always at different packages.
> What's the reason for using "fb" at the
installation? Is it considered
> a bug (should I add it to bugzilla) if my system only installs with
> "nofb"?
I'm not sure about the use of fb. I don't think it's used or necessary
unless you set higher vga modes(? --duck&cover--). By the way: I'm using
an old Elsa Erazor TNT II Pro (Nvidia Riva 128 I think) and have no
problems with the fb. Mayby you can try to boot with fb but disable it's
use in X with
Option "UseFBDev" "false"
in the device section. Might be worth a try, but be sure to make a new
entry for that in grub, so you can always go back if it doesn't work.
I'll
have a look at that.
> > I think the problem is your TFT, not the graphics card ,
but i cannot
> The issue here seems to be that the "nv" driver doesn't work with the
> digital out (and as I understand bugzilla won't until nvidia gives the
> needed information to the XFree86 developers - so probably it will never
> work).
Well, then you have to change the monitor or need to install the nvidia
driver first. Should not be a problem, if the second disc did not crash.
But
it's not really the best solution... :(
> That was the reason for my question / proposal: That the binary
> nvidia-drivers should be available sometime during the installation.
This will never happen, for it is proprietary code and fedora core is
open source. Und das ist auch gut so;-)
It sure is. I wasn't talking about
including the binary drivers into
fedora. I was talking about a way to make them available during install
time somehow.
BTW: Is the trademarked artwork of redhat less proprietary than the
nvidia-drivers?
--
Niels Weber <nath(a)snafu.de>