Re: RH 6.2 install causes screen to explode

[Tim Hurman <kano-tlug@example.com>]

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