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Re: RH 6.2 install causes screen to explode



Have you tried just not configuring the system for X, then when you boot,
type XF86Config or XF86Setup (I cant remember which is the gui one). The X
configurator is far far better.

Tim.

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Peter Evans wrote:

> Thank y'all for advice to type "expert text" at the start of RH 6.2,
> and/or to use a superior alternative to RH 6.2.  I am bearing in mind
> the latter advice, but right now lack either Slackware or RH 7.1 so I
> intend to go ahead with RH 6.2 -- for now, at least.
>
> Well, there's something distinctly Microsoftish about the installation
> procedure.  (It's Microsoft that has a habit of accepting the single
> answer "OK" to unpalatable utterances.)
>
> I infer from yesterday's fiasco that the RH 6.2 installation procedure
> can't make a correct guess at my video hardware. OK, no complaints about
> that; I'm willing to contribute my expertise. But rather than being
> invited to do so, I read:
>
> "X probe results
>
> "Video card: Trident TGUI9660 (generic)
> "X server: SVGA"
>
> -- to which it seems I can only choose between two responses: "OK" and
> "Back".
>
> Not OK! How do I tell it, or how should I have told it, or will I later
> (before the screen becomes indecipherable again) have the opportunity to
> tell it, that no I have Trident Cyber 9382?
>
> (I've attempted to RTFM -- I have the fat manuals for RH 6.0, but this
> doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere there, and there's almost nothing


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