15" iMac (Lamp) install problem

[Jason Stevens]

I have a 600MHz Graphite iMac which does just about the same thing
during installation. You'd think YDL would be capable of a graphical
installation on such a popular Mac (only two years old!), but it is not.

I'm not entirely sure this will work for you, but in order to get it
working, I had to do a text install and NOT use the option to start X
automatically. If you configure YDL to boot straight into graphical
mode, perhaps you'll end up staring at a black screen like I did so many
times before just sticking with the text log-in.

On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 06:05, Steven Faulconer wrote:
> A little bit ago, Mr. Waite brought up an issue with the 15" iMac 
> (iLampMac) graphical installation screen. I seem to be having the same 
> problem. When attempting a graphical installation, YDL boots fine, 
> though it says that the monitor can not be detected. When the graphical 
> screen comes up, the monitor is scrolling both horizontally and vertically.
> 
> I jumped on IRC and spoke with 'vit' who told me to try a text install. 
> This went quite well and installed everything without problems. I 
> selected a graphical installation, and configured X and rebooted. X 
> still does the same thing.
> 
> I've sent in a message to YDL (per Vit's recommendation) but thought I'd 
> ask here as well. I also attempted 'Xautoconfig' and 'startx' from a 
> command line login, but same problem.
> 
> Anyone else get this working?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Steven
> 
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