help with x server after installing ydl-4 on a b&w g3

[Paul Higgins]

I wish I could help with the X server part of your problem, but that's a 
little over my head right now.  FWIW, I've never had an X server problem with 
any version of YDL.  My most recent installs were on two iBooks: G3 and G4 
models.  Both have ATI video cards, notorious for their lack of Linux support 
(you can thank ATI for that).  You are installing the latest YDL (4.1), 
right?

Anyway, you should really check your media, because that's the first thing to 
rule out.  If you still have the original ISOs on a hard drive somewhere, you 
can check them from a terminal by simply typing "md5sum 
[name_of_ISO_here.iso]" and hitting return.  This works on terminals in both 
Linux and OS X.  I'm pretty sure that there's a way to check the ISO on a 
burned CD, but I can't remember what that is.  Anyway, it's a good idea to 
keep your original ISOs on a removable drive so that you can burn them for 
friends, etc.

I always check md5sums of ISOs I download, and then make sure that all burned 
discs get verified after burning.  Then I know for sure that I can rule out 
data corruption if there's a problem.

One other thing: make sure you download the YDL install guide and print it out 
so that it's available during an install.  It has some useful tips. 

-PRH

On Saturday 03 March 2007 11:50, Daveran McCallum wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I successfully install in " safe" on my b&w g3, and after rebooting I get
> "ioctl" failed message and am prompted to let "x server" diagnose the
> issue. I select it and I am looped to a host login screen after "x" tells
> me it will turn it  off . I work with some computer hardware, server and
> software "geeks" and they all tell me to type commands like
> "video=vesafb:mtrr3,ywrap" or "video=vesa:mtrr3,ywrap," and then whatever
> the screen resolution is for my monitor. I try all and get "invalid
> command", so I need assistance if any is available to fix this issue. I
> have been searching on line for fixes for this, but most of the posts are
> specific for their situations and none of these have worked for me. Not to
> mention I cannot get Ubuntu, CentOs or fedora4,5 or 6 to install in
> "graphic" or"text" mode. These are all iso cd's and I naven't tried to
> check the autenticity using the "linux mediacheck" option because I cannot
> get that command to work, and it's probably because I am in th e wrong
> place on the install screen to do this. Any help would be appreciated much.
>
> thanks in advance.
> Dev