Install on Dell PowerEdge SC420

moger · 01-09-2006, 11:05 PM

When trying to install FC4 on my Dell SC420, my screen gets garbled and freezes when I get to the graphical install. I can do text mode install just fine, but it does the same when it gets to the graphical logon. I'm using the built in graphics - no PCI video card. What could be the issue?

acid_kewpie · 01-10-2006, 04:01 PM

odd, well try this... open /etc/X11/xorg.conf in vi or something, and find the Device section. there change the driver to "vesa". this will load the most generic X driver possible, which *should* work fine on any graphics card made in the last 10 years. the performance will suck, but it should be functional.

moger · 01-11-2006, 06:46 PM

Well when it says probing for video card during the install, it says it uses the VESA driver... And then the screen becomes garbled.

This even happens when I get to the login prompt after doing a text mode install.

moger · 01-20-2006, 08:44 PM

No other suggestions? Should I find a PCI video card and try that? (it doesn't have AGP).