[Pardus-users] Installation Problem

[Onur Küçük]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:14:47 +0200
Derick Hewetson <derick at hewetson.co.za> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I am a new user of Pardus, and was very impressed with the quality of
> the software. It installed perfectly on my laptop, even recognizing
> the internal modem and wireless cards!

 great :)

> I ran into a problem, however, when trying to install onto my desktop
> PC. It is an AMD64 with a Radeon 9550 video card. The first few
> installation screens appear, but regardless of whether I choose a
> Full Install, Safe Graphics or Minimal Install, the screen goes black
> when trying to get to the GPL screen. What can I do to avoid this and
> complete the installation?

 Autodetection of the video card/monitor might have failed. There are 2
options. If you are familiar with xorg.conf, when the boot fails, you
can manually edit and correct the xorg.conf file with

 nano  /etc/X11/xorg.conf

 and then restart YALI with

 service yali restart

 For problems like this, we have an xorg kernel parameter to command
zorg (which configures Xorg). xorg=safe will tell zorg to configure
xorg use 800x600 vesa. To do this, at the first selection screen,
choose your desired installation type, press e, go to kernel line,
press e and add xorg=safe to the end of line. Press enter, then press b
to boot into system.

 This should at least bring you the installation display. After
installing the system, you can manually change xorg.conf or if you
prefer install ati-drivers.

 HTH,
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