GUI Installation Problem

Thu Nov 6 12:45:01 2003

Yeah, install Mandrake PPC instead ;)  Just kidding, the problem is
your video card is not supported.  There's a petition going around
for Nvidia to release the source, good luck.  I believe you can
install it using the fbdev driver but you'll be limited to number of
colors and screen resolutions.  
try this for video:

install video=fbdev:vmode:14 

or 

install-text video=fbdev:vmode:14 

Try 14 vmode first, then work your way down.....

VMODE

vmode refers to both the screen size in pixels (horizontal x
vertical)
and the refresh rate (in Hz).

vmode   size(pixels)    refresh         notes
-----   ------------    -------         -----
1       512 x 384       60 Hz           Interlaced NTSC
2       512 x 384       60 Hz
3       640 x 480       50 Hz           Interlaced PAL
4       640 x 480       60 Hz           Interlaced NTSC
5       640 x 480       60 Hz
6       640 x 480       67 Hz
7       640 x 870       75 Hz           Portrait
8       768 x 576       50 Hz           Interlaced PAL
9       800 x 600       56 Hz
10      800 x 600       60 Hz
11      800 x 600       72 Hz
12      800 x 600       75 Hz
13      832 x 624       75 Hz
14      1024 x 768      60 Hz
15      1024 x 768      72 Hz
16      1024 x 768      75 Hz
17      1024 x 768      75 Hz
18      1152 x 870      75 Hz
19      1280 x 960      75 Hz
20      1280 x 1024     75 Hz

--- Jonathan Metts <lists@icedtrip.net> wrote:
> I have used Yellowdog Linux in the past with the 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3
> releases, but wasn't able to give 3.0 a shot until now.  Let me
> first say
> that I have never had a problem installing any of the other 3 on my
> computer, but 3.0 is causing me a headache.  Here are my computer
> specs:
> 
> 533DP G4
> 1.5 GB RAM
> 40GB HD (master, first ~23GB partition for Yellowdog Linux 2.3
> (boot,
> swap, and /; second ~10GB partition for OS 10.2.8 system; third
> ~5GB
> partition is a rescue partition)
> 60GB HD (slave, entire drive used for OS X /Users)
> 200GB Firwire Drive (multimedia, etc)
> nVidia GeForce 2 32MB
> 15' Apple LCD (this is where I think the problem might be.  This is
> the
> first version released of the 15'.  There is also a 2001 model, but
> this
> is not that one.  During the other version installations I had to
> make
> sure to choose the right one, because the original 15' LCD is
> further
> down in the list than the 15' 2001 model and 17', etc.)
> 
> When I try to start the installation, I boot from the first CD,
> allow it
> to go to the GUI Anaconda Installer.  When it first boots, the
> Yellowdog
> Dog at the top appears to be miscolored severely.  It probes my
> correct
> Video card, and the monitor shows as Apple 15' LCD (but I am unsure
> if it
> is misprobing as the 2001 model), then it starts the installer.  At
> this
> point the screen is scrambled, where I can barely make out the
> windows.
> The entire screen is miscolored and off as if it is a video tape
> with
> very bad tracking.  No mouse movement whatsoever, and what little
> bit I
> can see of the menus can be semi-selected with the keyboard, but I
> can't
> see enough to complete beyond the first selection.
> 
> Having failed this way, I decided to try the "install-safe" mode. 
> The
> installation screens, etc come up just fine and I begin my
> installation
> selection process, but I hit another speed bump when I try to do
> the
> partitioning.  Whether I choose Autopartition, Disk Druid, or
> pdisk, I am
> kicked to a dump screen where some kind of error has occured.  At
> this
> point it suggests filing this as a bug, I can either restart or
> debug.  I
> have tried unplugging everything except for the monitor, mouse,
> keyboard,
> and ethernet, but I still get the same results.  I have searched
> for an
> answer to this problem in the mail lists, and everywhere I can
> think, but
> all I have found is that it has happened to other people, but no
> one has
> ever pointed to or suggested a solution.  Anyone have any idea of
> how I
> can get the installation to work?  If I were to redownload the
> images,
> they would still be the 3.0 release, correct?  3.0.1 is an update
> after a
> successful 3.0 install, right?  Any ideas, suggestions, comments,
> advise,
> or criticism is accepted.  Thanks. 
> 
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