(1) at the 1st [graphical] screen, hit TAB to modify boot params;
- it will show "vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img";
- add "vesa i8042.noloop psmouse.proto=imps clock=pit"
Details:
- "vesa" selects "vesa" driver instead of the "s3" one; mandatory if you
want the graphics installer. This also allowed "Millions of colors" to be used post-install.
- "i8042.noloop" makes the PS/2 mouse work, otherwise it's stuck in the center of the screen; reference: comment #45 at
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223606
- "psmouse.proto=imps" makes the mouse wheel work; optional as it's not that usefull during the install, but usefull to add it to kernel options for normal system use.
- "clock=pit", according to a MSKB article, resolves some problems with the time[r]; don't know how usefull is it during the install.
(2) at the 2nd [graphical] screen after boot of post install, hit TAB to modify boot params;
- add "vga=771 1"
so that the installation will go to linux single mode
(3) Edit the /etc/grub.conf
- add "vesa vga=771 i8042.noloop psmouse.proto=imps clock=pit"
(4) Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change default pixel depths to 16 from 24
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1680 x 1050"
HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
(5) Reboot to continue post installation
4 comments:
I try it but it doesn't work
Which step did you fail?
Great! You helped me, Thanks! I had the problem that even text terminal was not working after installation. Changing my grub.conf made it fine.
I was able to install FC8 on Virtual PC 2007 using this procedure. Initially, it was a garbled screen and there was no way to edit any .conf files. I did a reinstall following the steps here, exactly mentioned. I actually didn't need the second boot parm edition (vga=771 1) etc. I got both the text window and GUI (startx) functioning with just the first boot parm changes.
The other post that I found useful was http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.virtualpc/msg/a55d582c0a0ca3f0
It was a bit more detailed, step bu step. But the second part (after step 15, where it suggests using a floppy image for xorb.conf) is probably not required when we do the boot parm setting - atleast FC8 in my install went through fine.
Thanks to the community for all these valuable tips!
Kalimani.
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